Pepsi has pulled an advert that sparked an outcry and accusations that the drinks maker was trivialising recent street protests across the US.
She defuses the tension by walking to the police line and handing an officer a can of Pepsi, prompting cheers.
In a statement posted on its website, Pepsi said they did not intend to make light of serious issues.
The much-ridiculed advert was posted to YouTube on Tuesday evening but was no longer accessible there less than 24 hours later.
For nearly two years, there have been protests about the use of force by police against African Americans.
And since the election, there have also been demonstrations against President Donald Trump.
The advert did not specify what the crowds of mainly young, and very good looking, people were marching for. Even their signs only had generic slogans like “conversation” and “voice”.
But within minutes of its launch, observers said it trivialized protests in cities like Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, that followed the police killing of black men.
“If I had carried Pepsi, I guess I never would have gotten arrested. Who knew?” said DeRay McKesson, a leading activist in the Black Lives Matter movement. “Pepsi, this ad is trash.”
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