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Costco Pulls Cheese Brand From Its Shelves After Founder Calls BLM Organization A Terrorist Group - Blavity

Costco has removed a popular cheese brand from more than 100 stores after the company's owner called the Black Lives Matter movement a terror group on social media last month. Brian Henry, the founder of Palmetto Cheese and mayor of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, came under fire for a post on Aug. 25 that critics have blasted as a racist take on the killing of two local residents, Today reports . In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, Henry connected the Black Lives Matter movement to the killing of Laura Anderson and her step-father, Nick Wall, who were killed in an altercation following a car accident on Aug. 24, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office. "I am sickened by the senseless killings in Georgetown last night. 2 [sic] innocent people murdered. Not 2 thugs or people wanted on multiple warrants. 2 white people defenselessly gunned down by a black man," Henry wrote. "So why do we stand by and allow BLM to lawlessly destroy great American cities and...

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