NYPD Guards Gawker, BuzzFeed, and Daily Beast offices After Republishing Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

By: David Holmes | PandoDaily

According to Gawker, its offices along with at least two other New York media companies are under special protection of the New York Police Department, after all three outlets republished Charlie Hebdo covers depicting Muhammed.

On January 7, the Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo came under attack by gunmen who killed 12 people, presumably in response to controversial cartoons it published depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammed.