Business Insider reports New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet resigned on Sunday.

The move came after the paper published a controversial op-ed by GOP Sen.

Tom Cotton.

In it, Cotton called for the US Army to be deployed to protests in American cities, over anti-racism, and police brutality.

Times staffers were quick to denounce the article, writing near-identical statements online that "Running this puts Black @nytimes staff in danger." The Times acknowledged that publishing the piece was an error.

Bennet later admitted he hadn't read the essay before it was published.

In a note sent to NYT staffers on Sunday, publisher A.

G.

Sulzberger called it 'a significant breakdown in our editing processes.'