Activists were recorded standing outside of Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos’s Washington, D.C., home demanding his company be abolished.
Videos posted to Twitter Sunday show a pair of protesters standing next to a guillotine, which gained popularity during the French Revolution to carry out executions.
One of the protesters said in the video, “When they become threatened, and we have no voice, the knives come out.”
DC protester says: “when they become threatened, and we have no voice, the knives come out.” In front of a guillotine set up in front of Jeff Bezos complex in DC pic.twitter.com/synjRwgD1H
— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) June 28, 2020
A poster at the scene read, “Support our poor communities not our wealthy men.”
DC protesters have set up a “guillotine” in protest of Jeff Bezos in front of his complex in DC pic.twitter.com/VZ0AWTJqaV
— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) June 28, 2020
Bezos is ranked as the world’s wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of more than $100 billion.
A flier posted to Twitter from the account “abolish the present/reconstruct our future” advertised the event Saturday.
“Amazon works directly with police to surveil us, stoking racist fears in the name of profit. Doubling down on their union busting and mistreatment of workers, Amazon fired and racially slandered labor organizer Chris Smalls. Join us to tell Bezos enough is enough!” the flier stated.
It’s an uprising, and we’re taking it to our neighbor @JeffBezos‘ house #dcprotest pic.twitter.com/D70BWwZ3o8
— abolish the present / reconstruct our future (@AbolishTheNow) June 27, 2020
The flier was referencing former Amazon employee Chris Smalls, who was fired from the company earlier this year after organizing a strike in New York over workplace conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
“END THE ABUSE AND PROFITEERING. ABOLISH THE POLICE, THE PRISONS, AND AMAZON,” the flier added.
