Wouldn't surprise me if was the GOVT. offended by these shirts. Unarmed students shot by U S Natl. Guard. Insensitive,... maybe, but part of Americs past [embarrasing] history

Urban Outfitters Apologizes for Insensitive Kent State Sweatshirt Sale   By STEFANIE TUDER  

 

Urban Outfitters Apologizes for Insensitive Kent State Sweatshirt Sale (ABC News)

Retail clothing store Urban Outfitters is apologizing today after selling what some see as a sweatshirt on its web site that some see as trivializing a campus shooting from the Vietnam War era.

The red faded Kent State University sweatshirt, billed by the company as a vintage find, retailed for $129 and is now listed on the site as sold out after someone purchased the company’s single available sweatshirt.

“Get it or regret it!” the company urged in its description for the article of clothing.

People on social media immediately identified the offensive connotations of the sweatshirt, pointing out that it looked blood-stained and seemed to refer to the 1970 Kent State deaths when the Ohio National Guard killed four UNARMED students and wounded nine others during a protest against President Richard Nixon’s campaign to expand the Vietnam war into Cambodia.

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