"On July 30, according to a criminal complaint from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, protesters splashed red paint on the Times building and accused the newspaper of being complicit in what they consider Israel's genocide in Gaza. The protesters wrote "NYT Lies; Gaza dies" on a window and left leaflets saying "The New York Times is starving Gaza" and calling the Times "an active accomplice in the ongoing genocide." The building required repairs costing more than $100,000."
"The complaint accuses Wilkinson of sharing, four days earlier, "social media posts from the account @framed.unrest that included an excerpt from an opinion article in The Times asserting that Israel was not committing genocide in Gaza," the newspaper reports. "Another, commenting on that excerpt, said, 'They hanged newspaper editors at Nuremberg.'" It also accuses Wilkinson of adding the comment "Looking at you," directed at Joseph Kahn, executive editor of the Times. Wilkinson, by the way, is Jewish."
Activists oppose a hate-crime aggravated harassment charge brought against queer photojournalist Alexa Wilkinson, who uses they/them pronouns. Wilkinson was charged in connection with social media posts and alleged presence during vandalism targeting the New York Times and has pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court. Two others face criminal mischief charges without hate-crime allegations; all are due in court November 17. A criminal complaint states protesters splashed red paint on the Times building on July 30, left leaflets accusing the paper of complicity in Gaza's suffering, and caused over $100,000 in damage. The complaint alleges Wilkinson shared posts and video and added a comment directed at the Times' executive editor.
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