Jeff Bezos crowned “Pandemic Profiteer” by protesters outside his Manhattan home
By AFP
04 December 2020 |
2:55 pm
Protesters gather outside Jeff Bezos' Fifth Avenue apartment in Manhattan, to demand better pay and protection for workers, and to gift him a "Pandemic Profiteer Award", for the "most money made during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic."
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