My question is have any tech companies revoked their contracts with police agencies in response to the protests?<p>I saw this headline[0] "UK government urged to suspend export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to US" and it made me question if American tech companies have any clauses in their contracts which revoke use when the software/hardware is used to repress civil rights.<p>There have been a lot of videos of journalists with identifying gear on, beaten by police officers. This alone is a gross violation of rights.<p>[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-floyd-protests-uk-export-tear-gas-rubber-bullets-shields-us-a9543106.html
Most police departments do business with extremely shady technical firms. These are things no normal say DevOps engineer has ever heard of.<p>I can say confidentially the whole computer forensics industry is something of a cross between Chinese government schemes and Organized Crime schemes.<p>Many firms try to get <i>video</i> data from the police. This is key. Look at Granicus Video, the recent debacle with Banjo in Utah, or the various bodycam makers.<p>Many drone makers with established Chinese military connections have been pitching police departments for months. Look at Autel Robotics, sister company of Wyze Camera, and what they are doing in Virginia. They have not broken any contract that is for sure.<p>I welcome the down vote bots. I also welcome the "yeah but what's your evidence!". The evidence is go research what I said on a Google. More than happy to go into detail on certain parts.
Most police departments do business with extremely shady technical firms. These are things no normal say DevOps engineer has ever heard of.<p>I can say confidentially the whole computer forensics department