Chris Smalls, founder of the Amazon Labor Union, was arrested outside the 2026 Met Gala after allegedly jumping a barricade during a protest targeting Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' sponsorship. Activists demonstrated against Amazon's labor practices, tax avoidance, and alleged ties to Israeli military actions in Gaza. Smalls, a prominent labor organizer, was previously detained in Gaza while on a humanitarian mission.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 02: Chris Smalls attends the"Union" screening during the 62nd New York Film Festival at Francesca Beale Theater on October 02, 2024 in New York City.
The Met Gala arrest came as activists organized a broader demonstration outside the star-studded event over Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez’s sponsorship. Amazon Labor Union founder Chris Smalls was reportedly arrested outside the 2026 Met Gala on Monday night after allegedly jumping a barricade during a protest targeting the event’s sponsorship by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.reported, Smalls was detained and beaten by Israeli forces last July while on a humanitarian aid mission to Gaza, and he vowed at the time to continue his activism.
Video footage showed police wrestling a man to the ground outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a Reuters photographer captured a man resembling Smalls holding a protest sign similar to one he had posted on his own social media ahead of the event. The Met Gala arrest came as activists organized a broader demonstration outside the star-studded event over Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez’s sponsorship.
Protesters cited concerns over Amazon’s labor practices, worker exploitation, tax avoidance, and alleged complicity in Israeli military actions in Gaza. In the days leading up to the gala, activists also projected messages onto New York City buildings, left bottles of urine inside the Met, and displayed signs targeting billionaires and Amazon’s business practices. Taraji P. Henson Smalls rose to national prominence in 2022 after successfully leading the first union election at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York.
He has since become one of the most recognizable labor organizers in the country, expanding his activism well beyond Amazon’s warehouse floors. Monday’s reported Chris Smalls Met Gala incident marks the latest chapter in his years-long push to hold powerful corporate interests publicly accountable.
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