KSU objects to May 4 sweatshirt

Kent State University statement said Urban Outfitters' production of and sale of one “blood-stained” sweatshirt about the May 4, 1970 Ohio  National Guard killing and wounding of its students “is beyond poor taste and trivializes a loss of life that still hurts the Kent State community today.”

The KSU release continued: “We take great offense to a company using our pain for their publicity and profit. We lost four students that day while nine others were wounded and countless others were changed forever.”

Urban Outfitters also produced a drunk Jesus sweatshirt.

To see the story about the shirt published in Business Insider, click on
http://www.businessinsider.com/urban-outfitters-kent-state-sweatshirt-bloodstain-2014-9

Said Urban Outfitters in its Monday apology:

It was “part of our sun-faded vintage collection” and the “blood” was “discoloration from the original shade of the shirt and the holes are from natural wear and fray.

 “We deeply regret that this item was perceived negatively.”