SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc and Snap Inc became the latest US companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week.
“We stand with the Black community – and all those working towards justice in honour of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and far too many others whose names will not be forgotten,” Facebook’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said late Sunday.Floyd’s death caused yet another round of outrage across the US on the treatment of African-Americans by police officers, polarising the country politically and racially as states begin to ease lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic.