Fuji suspends bike sales to US police after violence against protestors

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BikeCo., the North American distributor for Fuji Bicycles, have issued a statement declaring that the sale of Fuji bikes to police forces has been suspended following numerous incidents in which bikes have been weaponised against protestors around the USA.

Protests have erupted in the country and in other cities around the world after George Floyd was killed by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late May. Derek Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, has since been charged with second-degree murder, and tbree other officers who were also kneeling on the 46-year-old, have been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

Around the United States, police have met the protests – against police brutality and systemic racism, and for justice for Floyd – with countless incidents of violence against largely unarmed civilian protestors. Coverage of the protests has caught on camera police firing rubber bullets and using tear gas and pepper spray against protestors, and in some cases even driving cars into crowds.

https://sports.yahoo.com/fuji-suspends-bike-sales-us-105512056.html

[RockRaven]

1. Prediction: some day soon they will resume selling to police depts but sell bikes w/o decals