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Wal-Mart Apologies for Baking Cake Decorated With ISIS Flag

“One customer sought to take advantage of an associate who did not know the flag or its meaning.”
Chuck Netzhammer says he ordered this cake from Walmart printed with the ISIS flag after his request for a Confederate flag cake was denied.
Chuck Netzhammer says he ordered this cake from Walmart printed with the ISIS flag after his request for a Confederate flag cake was denied.Chuck Netzhammer
By Erin McClam

Wal-Mart has apologized for baking a cake decorated with the ISIS flag.

The cake was ordered from a Wal-Mart in Slidell, Louisiana. The customer said he had been denied an earlier request for a cake decorated with the Confederate battle flag and the words “Heritage Not Hate.”

Wal-Mart said in a statement: “It’s unfortunate that one customer sought to take advantage of an associate who did not know the flag or its meaning. This cake should not have been made and we apologize for the mistake.”

The man, Chuck Netzhammer, did not immediately return a request for comment from NBC News.

Erin McClam

Erin McClam is a senior writer for NBC News, responsible for reporting, writing and editing general news for NBCNews.com. Prior to joining the site in January 2013, McClam worked at The Associated Press, where he spent 13 years and was most recently financial markets editor. In that role, McClam was responsible for a team of five reporters and a deputy editor that covered the stock and bond markets, financial regulation and the nation's largest banks.

Prior to that role, McClam held a variety of jobs at AP, including being a national correspondent and an original member of its Top Stories Desk editing operation.

McClam lives in New York.