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THIS SHIRT HAS A BIT OF CONTOVERSARY ATTACHED I HAVE BEEN TOLD. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE HOWEVER HERES THE STORY. WHEN MADE THE DESIGN HAD 2 LIGHTENING BOLTS IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE. SINCE THESE WERE ORDERED, THE CLUBS DECIDED NOT TO USE THE BOLTS ANY MORE IN THEIR SUPPORT WARES. (Note: this also may or may not be true…) SO, AS THE SHIRTS WERE ALREADY ORDERED AND COULD NOT BE CHANGED, IT WAS DECIDED TO ADD, AFTER THEY WERE RECEIVED FROM THE SILK SCREENER, AN IRON CROSS AND HAVE IT STITCHED OVER THE OFFENSIVE BOLTS. AS YOU WILL SEE IF YOU OWN THIS SHIRT, THERE IS A LARGE RED FABRIC CIRCLE WITH AN IRON CROSS AFFIXED TO IT AND THEN SEWED TO THE SHIRT. INTERESTING STORY AND SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE TRUTH LOOKING AT THE SHIRT INSIDE OUT. NEVER KNOW UNLESS SOMEONE ASKS THE CLUB. BE BRAVE, BID AND WIN THIS SHIRT. CALL SOMEONE FROM THE SFV CLUB AND DISCOVER THE TRUTH. LET ME KNOW TOO..

Hells Angels Iron Cross Shirt

Hells Angels Iron Cross Shirt (saved image)

IN THE 90′S THERE WAS A LOT OF GANG VIOLENCE AND DRUG DEALING IN THE US. THE POLICE AND THE DARE PROGRAM HAD TO STOP PRODUCTION OF THESE PARTICULAR T-SHIRTS. THE REASON BEING WAS THE DRUG DEALERS AND GANG MEMBERS WOULD OBTAIN THESE SHIRTS AND WEAR THEM SO THEY THOUGHT THE POLICE WOULDN’T IDENTIFY THEM AS GANG AND DRUG DEALERS. THEY WERE MEANT FOR KIDS PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM. THE POLICE COULDN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS.

D.A.R.E. t-shirt
D.A.R.E. t-shirt (saved image)

In 1987 I ( Jeff Nelson, Minor Threat / Dischord ) was so mad at the Reagan administration during the Iran-Contra scandal, and especially at Attorney General Edwin Meese for doing nothing about it, that I put together a big poster campaign around Washington, DC. There were about 60 people from within the DC punk scene helping to silkscreen big posters, which said “Meese Is A Pig” and had an essay written by my friend Kurt, laying out all the reasons why. Some of us got caught putting them up, but that did not deter us from printing a second batch months later. For this second version, I added “Experts Agree!” at the top in place of the text at the bottom. I printed up a handful of t-shirts for those who helped me, and put the text from the bottom of the first poster on the back of the t-shirt. This time, between the FBI and the U.S. Park Police and U.S. Capitol Police and Washington, DC Police and Arlington County Police and Montgomery County Police, there were quite a few law enforcement agencies out there to catch more of us, and they did just that! While we waited to appear in court, I decided to sell the t-shirts, and it became a very successful campaign in itself. At one point, a bicycle messenger was denied access to the Justice Department for wearing one of these shirts, and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) threatened to sue the Justice Department for its policy regarding the shirt. Everyone was sure we had engineered the whole thing, but we had nothing to do with it - the whole thing had a life of its own. I am not sure we can take credit for his departure, but the swine did eventually resign. The shirt has not been printed since 1988.

Meese is a Pig t-shirt

Meese is a Pig t-shirt (saved image)