The General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) will observe Juneteenth with a 8 minutes 46 seconds long silence on all its facilities globally, President Mark Reuss said in an internal memo, as reported by CNBC on Tuesday.
What Happened
In the memo obtained by CNBC, Reuss said that the timeframe of the silence matches with the amount of time Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, knelt at George Floyd’s neck before the latter died.
“Tragically, it’s not even the most recent…
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