NYPD increases security around media outlets after Charlie Hebdo attack

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published 23 January 2015

In the wake of the deadly terrorist attack at the office of Charlie Hebdo, a French satire magazine, the New York City Police Department has assigned police officers to some Manhattan-based organizations, Gawker reports.

Gawker CEO Scott Kidder sent his staff a memo about increased patrols outside their Nolita offices, noting there is no specific threat against the company:

I want to send a note to let you know that the NYPD has advised us that they’re increasing patrols of media companies in light of some of the activity in Europe—and so you may see an increased police presence outside 210 Elizabeth Street. [Gawker]

Gawker also reports BuzzFeed, The Daily Beast, and possibly other publications also have increased security presences. All three outlets recently re-published Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Other U.S. outlets, including The New York Times, declined to publish the cartoons.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.