Urban Outfitters Causes Uproar With Kent State Sweatshirt [VIDEO]
A major retailer is criticized over a controversial sweatshirt.
FOX News Radio’s Kerin McCue explains why:
Ohio’s Kent State University came to epitomize the anti-war movement on college campus’ in the Vietnam era. Four student protesters were shot and killed, nine were wounded by National Guard troops in May of 1970.
Urban Outfitters struck a raw nerve with its release of a vintage-looking Kent State sweatshirt — complete with what looks like fake blood stains. University officials were appalled, saying in a statement they “take great offense to a company using our pain for their… profit.” 64-year-old Dean Kahler, who was left paralyzed by the shootings, said “this shows the continued low-brow of Wall Street.”
Urban Outfitters have pulled the $129 item from their website. Company officials say they never intended to allude to the shootings.
Kerin McCue, FOX News Radio.
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