Shoe company New Balance is pushing back today after photoshopped images of looters in New Balance sneakers began making the rounds on Twitter, with many assuming the images were part of an authentic marketing campaign claiming that New Balance was the official sneaker of the riot.
Check it out:
It's photoshopped RT @milesfan79: So yall going boycott new balance?…ppl in the DMV need not answer i know y’all not pic.twitter.com/gfcJ8jV0hU
— Cinnamon Apple?? (@itsLenaB) April 29, 2015
LMAOO Tf wrong with New Balance http://t.co/X9tKDJ40QF
— Tobi (@TheTobiSmith) April 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/HugeHefner_/status/593436224590839808
New Balance gotta chill http://t.co/Ok3Yzsgm1O
— Steel fuckin Curtain (@AddieLeHeron) April 29, 2015
they holla New Balance is the official shoe of the Baltimore Looters ???? pic.twitter.com/jEvwg59Jyb
— A.L.I.S.T. (@AList_AL) April 29, 2015
the side New Balance doesn't show @kylegotjokes pic.twitter.com/rHbW98dBrs
— A.P (@dbmhAP) April 29, 2015
This is so sick and corrupt @newbalance pic.twitter.com/ZWew4nd6DD
— Sav Uchiha (@SavasaurusRexx) April 29, 2015
This is so sick and corrupt @newbalance pic.twitter.com/ZWew4nd6DD
— Sav Uchiha (@SavasaurusRexx) April 29, 2015
As you can see, New Balance is not happy at all with the images:
Y'all really think New Balance posted that? Cmon now pic.twitter.com/fsCF4X9RxY
— ? (@Mo_Cain) April 29, 2015
my man has New Balance's whole PR team going crazy this morning ? pic.twitter.com/GfHWVv8Ozg
— The Finesse Kid (@aceFLVC0) April 29, 2015
New Balance has some work ahead of them, however, as “New Balance” is currently the No. 7 trend nationally.
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