Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response to the outrage and protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

Protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. in response to the death of Floyd, who died after being held down by a white Minneapolis officer during an arrest. The officer was charged with third-degree murder in the case on Friday.

Demonstrators broke the windows of an Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle during a protest Friday evening. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan placed a 5 p.m. curfew for downtown Seattle on Saturday as the protests continued.

Bloomberg reported Sunday that Amazon adjusted delivery routes and “scaled back typical operations” in cities where protests occurred this weekend.

ACLU responded to Amazon’s statement:

Leaders in Seattle and in the tech community are among those speaking out. “The pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote in an Instagram post directing users to this essay, “especially if you’re a manager or leader.”

Here’s Amazon Web Services cloud chief Andy Jassy:

Microsoft posted remarks from CEO Satya Nadella to employees on Friday.

“We need to recognize that we are better, smarter and stronger when we consider the voices, the actions of all communities, and you have my assurance that Microsoft will continue to advocate to have all those voices heard and respected,” Nadella said, adding that employees should “have empathy for those who are scared and uncertain, and join me and everyone on the senior leadership team, in advocating for change in our company, in our communities, and in society at large.”

Update: Here’s another statement from Nadella on Monday:

Here’s former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer:

Here’s Melinda Gates’ comments:

Seattle real estate company Zillow Group issued its own statement Saturday: “Racism has no home here.”

Here’s a statement from Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile:

Sherrell Dorsey, an entrepreneur from Seattle and founder of The Plug, is tracking tech company responses. Other giants including Apple, Salesforce, Twitter and others made statements.

Leaders in the Seattle startup community are also sounding off:

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