An Oklahoma police department is facing backlash after advertising a local blood drive with social media posts that employed gang slang and racist stereotypes, per Atlanta Black Star.

In a now-deleted Facebook post, the Owasso Police Department shared an image of white hands forming the Bloods gang sign, captioning it “BLUD! Give it up! We need blood to help OBI’s emergency stock… Stabbed – No. JABBED – Yea.” A second deleted post featured a group of animated Black men from South Park wearing red gang attire.

“Whut up bluuud! We need it! Owasso Community Blood Drive. We won’t ‘jump you in’, it’s just a little jab,” the caption read.

The posts sparked backlash from community members, religious leaders, and advocacy groups.

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