Protests ... [+] have erupted in Miami and around the country following the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis and against police brutality. (Photo by Adam DelGiudice/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesTrek Bikes is coming under increasing pressure to divest from supplying bicycles to U.S. police forces. This follows the publication of photographs and videos of bike cops using Trek-branded bicycles to subjugate, threaten, and hit protestors on Black Lives Matter marches. The family-owned Wisconsin-based business has been pilloried on social media for maintaining its police contracts during the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a U.S. police officer in Minneapolis. A police officer uses his bicycle to control the crowd during a demonstration in response to the ... [+] recent death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, in Miami, Florida on May 31, 2020.

Source: Forbes June 08, 2020 11:26 UTC