![]() ![]() POMC protested a candidate willing to hold a “Murder Mystery Fundraiser”. Terry Hemlin – Candidate for District 3 Supervisor We received the following response, “A police memorial was constructed at our new facility and this effort could not have come to fruition if not for the monies obtained from the sale of these controversial items”. They say it was one of their “biggest” sellers. POMC protested this police association’s sale of t-shirts which listed their high murder rates. San Bernadino Police Officer’s Association We received this response, “I am truly sorry we have offended you.” POMC protested the distribution of murder puzzle games by Marshall Fields. We also had the support of Cincinnati’s Police Chief who also wrote letters. POMC protested WINK 94.1 sponsorship of a office party featuring a “whodunit”. The tag line was, “We have degrees for murder, but not for love.” We received no response. POMC protested an ad put out by JOOP Jeans portraying an angel, obviously dead, with an arrow through her heart. Valentine’s Day massacre event and they had an ad which featured machine guns and gangsters. It’s a comedy…” POMC did not receive a response.Ĭenter for Crime Victims and Survivors, Inc. The Executive Director of the shelter stated that, “I think the majority of our population understands and accepts it for what it is. POMC protested their yearly fundraising event, “Murder at Rutherford House”. Montgomery County Women’s Center Shelter – Woodlands, Texas We received no response from the company. We use one of these shirts in our MINE presentation, alongside a REAL drive by fashion, a shirt worn by one of our members loved one who was shot through the chest. POMC vehemently protested “Drive By Fashions”, which featured shirts with bullet holes in them being advertised as fashionable. In response to complaints, the airing of this commercial was discontinued. It suggests that the “husband and children are asleep – a perfect time for a cup of Maxwell House coffee”. POMC protested a commercial produced by Maxwell House Coffee which gives the viewer the impression that a woman is about to read a novel called, “Murder Makes a House Call”. POMC protested these makers of Records, CD’s and Tapes for running an add of a child going to buy an Amy Grant album and in the ad, a person behind the counter stabs her in the chest, and it showed her lying on the ground with blood squirting out, and a pop up box showed the word, “gurgle”. We received this response, “We will be entirely more sensitive to the concerns of organizations such as yours in the future”. POMC protested Safeway’s ad promoting a “Murder Mystery Weekend”. We received this response, “We are sorry if we offended you and will consider your comments when planning future promotions”. POMC protested Campbell Soup’s sponsorship of a “Mystery Murder Contest”. If you have any questions, please contact Bev at National.īelow is a listing of all MINE alerts initiated by the National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc. If you have a particularly objectionable MINE Alert or one that is not the usual, please send them to National and we will put them in the CP/CL and on the POMC web site. Therefore, we are proposing the following: Please handle the numerous murder mystery dinners, theatres, weekends, etc. If we inundate people with these requests we are concerned that they may stop protesting because of the shear numbers. Immediate Attention: We are receiving so many requests to do MINE Alerts that it has become necessary to restrict the amount we put in the CP/CL and on the POMC web site. Through education, crime prevention, and promoting an overall change of attitude, the MINE program drives home the message – Murder Is Not Entertainment. The program strives to instill the same empathy and respect for victims of murder that society affords victims of other tragedies. MINE SM wants to eliminate the playing and marketing of violence and murder as forms of entertainment for both children and adults. A list of products and addresses are available from POMC. These Alerts describe the material and ask that they express their concerns by writing letters to those responsible for the products. When POMC becomes aware of objectionable materials, it sends a “MINE Alert” to its representatives and others who volunteer across the United States. This attitude is flamed by a myriad of sources including TV, toys, games and other means of entertainment. ® (POMC), launched the Murder Is Not Entertainment (MINE) SM Program – a nationwide campaign to alert society to its insensitivity towards murder and its aftermath. In November 1993, the National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc. ![]()
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