that through the end of 2018 more than 1,081 people died after a police encounter involving the weapon. At least 32% of those who died were Black despite Black Americans making up only 14% of the US population.
In Smith's statement lending support for Black Lives Matter, he wrote that the company stands for "transparency and accountability." But as part of an investigation into deaths involving Tasters by Reuters, Axon declined to share an internal list of people who died due to Taser encounters, or their racial makeup, maintaining that only a few dozen people have died from Tasers.
These companies only scratch the surface of corporate America's duplicity on racial politics in the wake of George Floyd's death. It is by no means a comprehensive list of brands saying one thing and doing another. Still, as long as police budgets are flush with cash there will be large companies eager to get a piece of the pie. The only way to change this incentive structure is to divest from punitive systems of violence that see Black and brown lives as expendable. Legislators who write government budgets have the power to take money away from the police and other agencies that engage in foul conduct.," but they won't divest until they are forced to do so.
Will Meyer is a freelance writer and co-editor of The Shoestring in western Massachusetts. His writing has appeared in The Baffler, The New Republic, CJR, and many other publications. Find him on TwitterRead the original article on
willinabucket BLM doesn't mean be anti-police as this article suggests. Tech companies can both stop selling facial recog software and still work with police depts in other areas. To say otherwise is to suggest black people are only criminals which is certainly Not the case!
willinabucket Like trying to minimize family and the role of fathers.
willinabucket Noname some one tag her for me, and other ignorant folks.
willinabucket Chorprecha!
willinabucket It's popular to be 'woke' in 2020. Companies do it to attract customers and everyday individuals do it to emphasize their 'righteousness'.
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