If global ridicule and anger weren't bad enough, Pepsi Co. could now face a lawsuit over its recent 'protest' advert, with the San Francisco Police Department "investigating" its use of a badge that imitates its own.

The ad, which at best is cringe-worthy and at worst trivialises the Black Lives Matter movement, features officers wearing an eagle emblem very similar to that of the SFPD.

"It's not 100 percent identical but it appears to be our patch," SFPD spokesperson Officer Robert Rueca told ABC13.

(Photo: Pepsi/Getty)

"After our understanding that this occurred, we are investigating the matter."