a photograph shows the founders of ben & jerry's holding a sign that reads "we hate cops."
a photograph shows the founders of ben & jerry's holding a sign that reads "we hate cops."
ben and jerry’s ‘hate cops’?
an image purportedly showing the founders of ben &amp; jerry’s ice cream, ben cohen and jerry greenfield, holding a sign reading “we hate cops” was widely circulated on social media in october 2016:





































































the above-displayed image is fake. the real image was taken on 19 april 2016 and shows cohen and greenfiled holding a bernie sanders sign at a protest for voting and campaign reforms in washington d.c.:











































































































































black lives matter.


































they matter because they are children, brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers.


































they matter because the injustices they face steal from all of us — white people and people of color alike. they steal our very humanity.


































systemic and institutionalized racism are the defining civil rights and social justice issues of our time. we’ve come to understand that to be silent about the violence and threats to the lives and well-being of black people is to be complicit in that violence and those threats.


































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all lives do matter. but all lives will not matter until black lives matter.


































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an image showing the founders of ben & jerry's ice cream holding a "we hate cops" sign has been photoshopped.
an image purportedly showing the founders of ben &amp; jerry’s ice cream, ben cohen and jerry greenfield, holding a sign reading “we hate cops” was widely circulated on social media in october 2016:  the above-displayed image is fake. the real image was taken on 19 april 2016 and showscohen and greenfiled holding a bernie sanders sign at a protest for voting and campaign reforms in washington d.c.