Tech CEOs have been vocal in their outrage at the death of George Floyd, but almost none of them are black. Here's what the CEOs of Rocket Lawyer and ShotSpotter have to say.
after the Monday night call that they "are disappointed and stunned by Mark's incomprehensible explanations.""Five million or $10 million is interesting, but give me three VPs," said Ralph Clark, CEO ofClark, one of the country's few black tech CEOs, splits his time between Seattle and Oakland. Like Moore, whom he calls a good friend, Clark views the killing of an unarmed black man by a policeman in Minneapolis through a personal lens.
ShotSpotter's technology helps law enforcement detect and locate gunfire through sensors and algorithms, and the company sells it to more than 100 departments around the countryincluding Minneapolis. The quest is to accurately identify shooters and ultimately reduce gun violence.includes Bill Bratton, who was previously chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and police commissioner of New York City.
But there's some debate internally around what should happen to the three officers who stood idly by while Floyd died. They were fired from the department but have not been charged."I think it's really, really important that those other officers are charged as accessories," he said. "That's the thing that's going to change the behavior going forward."
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