“We now have seen an uptick in focused killings and anti-police rhetoric over the previous few months and it has come to the eye of the MCSA that Amazon and Fb usually are not exclusively selling felony conduct however are additionally benefiting from it”, based on the discharge.
Republican Mike Bouchard takes aim at his opponent Tom McMillin for making “false and offensive” statements attacking the role of the police.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, a vice president of government affairs of MCSA, found out through Facebook over the weekend about T-shirts for sale on Amazon with “F**k the police” emblazoned on them.
The association “condemns the obscene caricatures depicting the assassination of law enforcement officials and calls upon Facebook to immediately remove the content”, Bouchard wrote.
They added, “Social media and online retail stores must stand up and stop promoting the unsafe anti-police rhetoric”.
Bouchard, in sending out the discharge, famous that 86 cops have died within the final 9 months. Disturbed by what seemed like a “commercial exploitation” of an incendiary notion directed at his uniformed colleagues, he posted a link on two personal Facebook pages seeking input from others. Bouchard encouraged his Facebook friends to contact Amazon and to boycott such purchases. “This went out to thousands of people and universally all of them say: ‘They took (the posts) off mine.’ It was like a systemic purge”.
However, Amazon appeared to end T-shirt sales promoting anti-police messages, according to the Detroit News.
Reached Monday night, an Amazon representative confirmed the item was not listed for sale but said the company wouldn’t comment further. “They created a huge act of subjective censorship.”. “They’ve a proper to do it, to say it, however we have now a proper to not spend our cash on it”.
Facebook responded, saying: “Not all disagreeable or disturbing content violates our Community Standards”.
Bouchard, in his postings, also raised concerns about items sold on Amazon, including T-shirts showing what appears to be bloodstains, with profanities encouraging violence against police. People have a right to say what they want to say, but we have a right to inform and let the consumer make the decision about what they want.”.
The sheriff also insists that he was not seeking to curb anyone’s right to free speech, which authorities are supposed to protect.
“Social media has become a main source of propaganda for the anti-law enforcement movement and it is disgusting that Facebook continues to permit “f– the police” pages and groups for public consumption”, the MCSA said in a statement.