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June 9, 2020 02:44 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/0YIKeDueGpQ/250-microsoft-employees-call-on-ceo-to-cancel-police-contracts-and-support-defunding-seatt
250 Microsoft Employees Call on CEO To Cancel Police Contracts and Support Defunding Seattle PD
Hundreds of Microsoft employees have signed a letter to the company's top executives asking for Microsoft to take action in the wake of national protests. From a report: The letter, which was obtained by OneZero, requests that Microsoft cancel contracts with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and other law enforcement agencies, asks the company to formally support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and calls for the resignation of the Seattle mayor. The email, which eventually included more than 250 employees CC'd in solidarity, was sent in the early hours of Monday, June 8, and was addressed to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and executive vice president Kurt DelBene with the subject line, "Our neighborhood has been turned into a warzone." Much of the email focused on the protests and police response in Seattle. "Every one of us in the CC line are either first-hand witnesses or direct victims to the inhumane responses of SPD to peaceful protesting," the letter said, according to the copy obtained by OneZero.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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