Ray Fisher had an angry reaction to a statement that WarnerMedia released about the company's supportive position on "racial equity and social justice" in the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict. In Minnesota on Tuesday, a jury convicted former police officer Derek Chuavin of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. WarnerMedia released the following statement, "While this verdict doesn't bring back those we've so wrongly lost, we know that it brings us closer to significant change. We reaffirm our commitment to be part of the solution by using our platforms, content, and resources to advance racial equity and social justice." Ray Fisher has been in a very public fight with WarnerMedia since he made a public statement last year accusing Joss Whedon, who did rewrites and reshoots on the 2017 Justice League film, of engaging in "gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable" behavior during the reshoots. Therefore, his reaction on Twitter to WarnerMedia's statement was an angry one.
Fisher has very vocally refused to work with WarnerMedia until he receives an apology for how he was treated, noting of any possible future DCEU film appearances by him, "I don't really expect anything, right? Particularly dealing with large corporations. They will oftentimes find a way to defy whatever expectation you may have. But, I think where we could start is an acknowledgment and an apology of what is clearly, publicly known to be an untruth. Then, we can see where it goes from there. We can have that conversation, but I think that's where the accountability begins. It's us being able to come to the table and say, 'These are the things that happened, let's go ahead and try...' There seems to be this sort of narrative, I don't know why it is, but there's this thing that if you apologize it denotes weakness."
So Fisher continues to push WarnerMedia (and specifically DC Films President Walter Hamada) to apologize, explaining, "I have to apologize for things all the time. Right? Ultimately, it shows, 'Hey, I understand what the situation is.' I'm willing to talk about that. If it's something folks are willing to make the first step on. Like I said, I don't have too many expectations when it comes to that. Because, as we've seen, folks are digging their heels in pretty hard. So, I'm just going to keep pushing. Keep pushing for accountability and whenever folks decide they want to pop their heads up for what I'm doing. I'll be there."
Fisher tagged WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar and asked him to address the statement.