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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. – A Northeast Florida-based beverage maker is facing significant backlash following multiple posts on Instagram that criticized supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. Moonbooch’s Instagram account and that of the company’s owner, Stephen Joseph Mekoski, reportedly featured the phrase, “all 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:“We apologize to anyone we may have hurt for comments that we’re (sic) taken out of text!”