Amazon protesters set up GUILLOTINE outside Jeff Bezos’ Washington DC mansion demanding better treatment for workers

PROTESTORS gathered outside the Washington D.C mansion owned Jeff Bezos and placed a guillotine at his front door on Sunday night. The protestors demanded better treatment for Amazon workers, particularly black workers who have spoken out about working conditions. A speaker at the protest also spoke in solidarity with service workers hit the hardest by […]

PROTESTORS gathered outside the Washington D.C mansion owned Jeff Bezos and placed a guillotine at his front door on Sunday night.

The protestors demanded better treatment for Amazon workers, particularly black workers who have spoken out about working conditions.

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Protestors demanded better treatment for Amazon workers in front of Jeff Bezos’ DC mansion[/caption]

A speaker at the protest also spoke in solidarity with service workers hit the hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.

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A “DC-themed” guillotine was on display in front of the $23million mansion[/caption]

A “DC-themed” guillotine was on display in front of the $23million mansion, which also happens to be the largest in the city.

Tilted against the guillotine was a sign that read “Support our poor communities not our wealthy men.”

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A sign in front of the guillotine said, “Support our poor communities not our wealthy men”[/caption]

While the Metro Police Department closed off the street, the atmosphere of the protest was reportedly “calm and chill.”
Many protestors appeared to be social distancing while wearing face masks.