'Things Are Different Now': General Counsel, Corporations React Publicly to George Floyd's Death
"We didn't think of this necessarily as a political issue," said Minority Corporate Counsel Association chair Stuart Alderoty, general counsel of fintech firm Ripple Labs Inc.
June 01, 2020 at 02:24 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
A growing number of prominent companies are speaking out about the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes as other officers watched.
So far, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Marvel Entertainment, Netflix Inc., Nike Inc., Starz, The Walt Disney Co., ViacomCBS Inc. and Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. are among the businesses that have spoken out about what happened to Floyd.
"To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter. We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up," Netflix tweeted Saturday.
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