NYPD detains 6 protestors outside Palantir office

Since a group of prevented the entrance to the New York office, six people were detained by the police on Thursday. Palantir Protest the work of the technology company for the USA Migration and Customs Protection The agency, the Israeli army and other efforts.

More than 30 people participated in the protest. Profit on the planetThe group that organizes the show in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.

New York Police Department He did not immediately comment when he was asked if the six protesters were detained were accused.

Planet Over said that six of them were released later in the morning.

The planet said in a statement that Palantir “deportation of the turbocharger, the complexity of the Palestinian genocide and that he plans to expand the surveillance of those who reside in every US,” he said.

“Palantir’s technology programs are used to deport our neighbors, kill civilians in Gaza, increase oil extraction, and reject health insurance claims,” ​​the group told the group.

“If your company kills for profit, we will break you.”

Palantir did not respond immediately to CNBC’s request.

Palantir founded Billionaire Peter Thiel, who donated $ 1 million to President Donald Trump’s opening fund, and his current CEO Alex Karp. The company drew attention to defense and software contracts with the government.

In April, ICE paid the company $ 30 million to provide the agency “visibility” about people who have replaced by self. Federal Documents.

Karp, CNBC in March 2024, some Palantir employees left the company due to public support to Israel, and more for the same reason, he said.

A month ago, during a call for a earnings, Karp said that Palander was “on the ground” in Israel’s attacks on Hamas’s heels on October 7, 2023. He also said that Palantir was “involved in operational operational operations in Israel.”

The company’s shares gathered 500% last year and on Wednesday morning, it has reached a new summit.