Amazon says 'Black Lives Matter'. But the company has deep ties to policing

Activists say the company's work, which includes commercial partnerships with law enforcement, harms communities of color

Amazon on Monday became the latest tech company to face criticism for sharing public-facing statements supporting police reform and the Black Lives Matter movement while continuing internal policies and business practices that perpetuate the status quo.

Amazon on Twitter has called for an end to the inequitable and brutal treatment of black people" in the US and has put a Black lives matter" banner at the top of its home page. Its chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos, on Sunday posted on Instagram an email from a customer criticizing the BLM banner on Amazon's home page, and said the emailer is the kind of customer he's happy to lose".