Protesters rally outside Met Gala as Chris Smalls is detained

8 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 5

At New York’s Metropolitan Museum, demonstrators targeted honorary chairs Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, while Amazon Labor Union founder Smalls was tackled by security after trying to enter.
Signs attacked Bezos over alleged poor Amazon working conditions and ties to President Donald Trump, while activists also reportedly left 300 fake urine bottles in the museum.
The action reflected widening anti-billionaire sentiment around the gala, with campaigners projecting boycott messages in New York and some invitees, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, declining to attend.

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