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St. Augustine company faces backlash after anti-Black Lives Matter posts
Read full article: St. Augustine company faces backlash after anti-Black Lives Matter postsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ A Northeast Florida-based beverage maker is facing significant backlash following multiple posts on Instagram that criticized supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. Moonboochโs Instagram account and that of the companyโs owner, Stephen Joseph Mekoski, reportedly featured the phrase, โall stomachs matter" appearing to mock the BLM movement. It displays two controversial posts from Moonbooch's Instagram account and that of its owner Stephen Joseph Mekoski. The kombucha company has since deactivated its Facebook page and its Instagram account . The Moonbooch Instagram account posted an apology which reads in part:โWe apologize to anyone we may have hurt for comments that weโre (sic) taken out of text!โ