Activist arrested spray-painting Midtown Apple store in protest over climate change and Trump
NEW YORK, JUL 6 – Extinction Rebellion activists accused Apple and the Trump administration of abandoning the Paris Agreement and supporting fossil fuels during a disruptive Midtown protest, police said one arrest was made.
- On Sunday, Extinction Rebellion protested at New York's Fifth Avenue Apple Store, spray-painting slogans and chanting against CEO Tim Cook and President Trump.
- The protest followed Tim Cook's 2025 donation to Trump's inauguration and accusations that tech CEOs betrayed climate commitments while balancing business interests.
- Activists called for a boycott, referenced Apple's climate hypocrisy, and denounced the Trump administration for rolling back environmental protections amid ongoing Texas floods.
- Police officers ejected protesters and arrested one man who spray-painted phrases like "Boycott" and "Tim + Trump = Toxic" on the store's glass exterior.
- The event highlights growing tensions as Big Tech faces criticism for expanding AI-related emissions and aligning with a government accused of undermining climate progress.
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A climate change activist was arrested after spray-painting Apple’s 5th Avenue store as part of a protest against Big Tech’s “climate hypocrisy.” Protestors from the Extinction Rebellion environmental group staged a demonstration at the New York City storefront on Sunday, and one individual spray-painted “Boycott” beneath the Apple logo on the building’s entrance, along with “Tim + Trump = Toxic.” In a press release posted after the demonstratio…
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Activist arrested spray-painting Midtown Apple store in protest over climate change and Trump
At least one man was arrested Sunday when climate activists staged a protest at the Midtown Apple store, spray painting its glass windows.
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