Ford rejects workers' calls to get out of the police car business, saying it can support the Black Lives Matter movement while selling the majority of US police cars
Hackett, in a recent memo to staff, acknowledged that some Ford employees are urging the company to stop making police cars because of a series of high-profile killings of Black Americans by police. A public petition on Change.org has also gathered about 12,000 signatures over the last month, urging Ford to refuse sales and service of cars to police departments"using violent tactics."The police car that George Floyd was lying next to when he was killed was a Ford.
The issues plaguing police credibility have nothing to do with the vehicles they're driving. In fact, as we imagine the future power of our connected vehicles, smarter Ford vehicles can be used to not only improve officers' ability to protect and serve, but also provide data that can make police safer and more accountable."The petition was supported by an undetermined number of Ford employees, both Black and White. It was first reported by Jalopnik.
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