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Employees of Hillerich & Bradsby Co. the maker of the Louisville Slugger bat becameunhappytheir company had Daniel Murphy Jersey been supplying nightsticks to local police for decades and initiated discu siontoendthe practice this week, .
The decision to discontinue the sales to the Louisville Metro Police Foundation comesas Louisville sits in a central position in the fight to end Chris Rusin Jersey police brutality toward black people; Breonna Taylor was killed in her home by aLouisville police department officer on March 13 in an incident that has not Chris Iannetta Jersey led to criminal charges. Protests in the city (and around the country) have reflected anger at continued disconnect between officers and the people they Sam Hilliard Jersey serve.
Nightsticks, of course, are commonly a sociated with violence fromlaw enforcement.
We condemn police brutality in any form," . "We recognize the symbolism of nightsticks."
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The company still wants to work with Louisville Blank Jersey police in some capacity, writing it was "open to discu sing other ways we may be able to support their organization's efforts that benefit all of our community."
The optics of sellinglaw enforcement nightsticks right Adam Ottavino Jersey now, though, has changed the nature of their relationship.
Twitter provided of the practice following the Courier Journal's initial report.