Following a powerful press release declaring “We must dismantle white supremacy,” popular ice cream producers Ben & Jerry’s have released a new flavor, consisting of swirled chocolate ice cream, crunchy cookie bits, and sprinkles of police abolition: A.C.A.B. Cookie Crunch.
“When we founded this humble company in Burlington, Vermont back in 1978, scooping ice cream out of a renovated gas station, we started with three simple beliefs: only the best ingredients go into our ice cream, our company should be run with integrity, and All Cops Are Bastards,” said founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield in a joint statement. “The insidious tendrils of white supremacy have dug themselves so deep into the core of our police forces that the host and infection are no longer discernible, and thus must be ripped out by its root and destroyed. Also, this non-GMO ice cream has giant cookie chunks.”
Ben & Jerry’s is not new to politically charged ice cream flavors.
“If there’s a bad apple in a batch of our famous Eye Spy With My American Apple Pie ice cream, we throw the whole batch out, rather than asking people to choke on it and die,” said Greenfield. “We believe the same should apply to those who police our communities. In closing, we’ll leave you with these words from the illustrious American activist and poet Ice Cube: “Fuck the police comin’ straight from the underground.”
Ben & Jerry’s also announced plans to release a new flavor honoring President Donald Trump’s response to the ongoing protests across the country, Bunker Boy-senberry.
