LEGO Pulls Advertising For Police-Related Toys & Donates $4 Million To Fight Racism and Inequality

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LEGO Pulls Advertising For Police-Related Toys & Donates $4 Million To Fight Racism and Inequality

LEGO is doing its part by taking firm stand support of protestors and the Black Lives Matter movement.

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The company recently announced on Twitter that it will donate $4 million to “organizations dedicated to supporting black children and educating all children about racial equality.” The statement on Twitter read. “We stand with the black community against racism and inequality. There is much to do. We will donate $4million to organizations dedicated to supporting black children and educating all children about racial equality.”

In addition to that, the toy company behind the popular The LEGO Movie franchise and The Lego Batman Movie also announced that they plan to remove any marketing for any toy sets that include police characters or are based around a police theme.

LEGO is just one of many companies that have pledged millions of dollars to end racial inequality amid the nationwide protests following the recent killing of George Floyd.

As we previously reported, Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer who placed his knee on his neck for nearly 9 minutes until he lost consciousness and later died. The officer, Derek Chauvin, who committed the crime along with his other three fellow officers who stood by and did nothing, have since been arrested and charged for their roles.

We will continue to follow the news on George Floyd and keep you updated when more details have been shared.

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