Amazon.com Inc. general counsel David Zapolsky seems to have dropped a lit match into a puddle of gasoline.

The tech giant’s firing of Staten Island warehouse employee and protest organizer Chris Smalls had already sparked controversy. But the situation exploded when reports surfaced, based on leaked notes from an internal meeting, that Zapolsky had bad-mouthed Smalls while cooking up a plan to bolster Amazon’s public relations situation.  

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