“The murder of #DaunteWright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown communities,” Ben & Jerry’s posted to their official Twitter account on Tuesday.
“This system can’t be reformed. It must be dismantled and a real system of public safety rebuilt from the ground up,” the company added, concluding the tweet with the hashtag, “#DefundThePolice.”
The post received over 25,000 likes, but whipped up plenty of controversy, with commenters weighing in to support and slate the message.
The murder of #DaunteWright is rooted in white supremacy and results from the intentional criminalization of Black and Brown communities.
This system can’t be reformed.
It must be dismantled and a real system of public safety rebuilt from the ground up.#DefundThePolice
— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) April 12, 2021
None of that is true.
But more important—and I cannot stress this enough—you are ice cream. https://t.co/pjcK7MZTFL
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) April 14, 2021
why is my ice cream yelling at me https://t.co/jRjdgT3PnM
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) April 14, 2021
Your brains are made of soft ice cream. You are a disgrace for "racializing" everything. Stick to making ice cream and leave the faux-hysterics to @donlemon. https://t.co/OHk9qEZ70L
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) April 14, 2021