Pepsi has come under fire after a new ad showing reality TV Star and Model Kendall Jenner handing a can of the drink to a police officer.
In the ad, Jenner is having a photo shoot but becomes distracted by a group of young protesters. She decides to join them, and toward the end, comes face-to-face with a stoic police officer. She offers him a Pepsi and he accepts the drink before cracking a smile.
The imagery – whether intentional or not – evokes the real-life moment protester Ieshia Evans faced down lines of heavily armed police wearing riot gear during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Baton Rouge following the shooting death of Alton Sterling by white police.
Watch the ad below:
Is this Pepsi ad so much worse than "I'd like to give the world a coke?" Cola of any sort won't bring world peace. https://t.co/XKyBZwFWVy
— Mark Beech (@Mark_Beech) April 5, 2017
The advert has come under severe criticism. See reactions below:
