Associated Press stories, Page 2091
Buffalo officers suspended in shoving of 75-year-old man
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dozens of Buffalo police officers stepped down from the department’s crowd control unit Friday, objecting to the suspensions of two fellow officers in the shoving of a 75-year-old protester who fell and cracked his head. Prosecutors were investigating the encounter captured by a TV crew Thursday night...
NFL commissioner Goodell says league was wrong for not listening to players on racial issuesVideo
NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was wrong for not listening to players fighting for racial equality and encouraged them to peacefully protest. One day after 2018 NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes and several of his peers released a video demanding the league condemn racism, Goodell made...
Minneapolis bans police chokeholds in wake of Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis agreed Friday to ban chokeholds and neck restraints by police and to require officers to try to stop any other officers they see using improper force, in the first concrete steps to remake the city’s police force since George Floyd’s death. The changes are part of a...
Black cops feel pain of Floyd’s death, duty to their uniform
OKLAHOMA CITY — Black police officers find themselves torn between two worlds: They feel the pain of seeing yet another black man killed at the hands of fellow officers, yet they must also try to keep the peace during angry protests fueled by that death. Those feelings, familiar to many...
Shot officer was targeted at Vegas protest, authorities say
LAS VEGAS — A prosecutor said Friday a 20-year-old Las Vegas man deliberately shot and gravely wounded a police officer during a Las Vegas Strip protest of the death George Floyd in Minneapolis, and said the man fired at least two other shots that night. Justice of the Peace Melanie...
Mayor downplays rough police treatment of NYC protesters
NEW YORK — Another day of protests over the death of George Floyd brought more examples of New York City officials downplaying or denying the police department’s rough treatment of protesters — even when it was caught on video. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday he had personally seen “no...
Seattle mayor to ban tear gas for next 30 days amid protests
SEATTLE — The Seattle mayor has banned the police use of tear gas as protests continue in the city and nationally over the killing of George Floyd. Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a news conference Friday afternoon that the ban would continue for 30 days. The move came hours after...
Footage shows cops shot at fleeing man over 20 times in Utah
Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away, body camera footage released Friday shows. Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, 22, was shot and killed May 23 after police who were responding to a call of a gun threat chased him when he ran from...
Michael Jordan giving $100 million for racial equality, justiceVideo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand are giving $100 million to organizations dedicated to promoting racial equality and social justice. In a joint statement Friday on social media, Jordan and the Jordan Brand said money will be paid over 10 years with the goal of “ensuring racial...
Colin Kaepernick has more support now, still long way to goVideo
When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to take a stand against police brutality and racial injustice in 2016, he was mostly alone. Politicians, team owners and fellow players criticized him, fans burned his jersey, and he was booed even at home. Four years later, his protest...
Vice President Mike Pence goes on listening session regarding George Floyd response
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Better training for law enforcement. More money for historically black colleges and universities. Speaking to Americans with the “right tone.” Vice President Mike Pence got plenty of recommendations Friday as he met with community and faith leaders about how the nation should respond to the death of...
Wall Street’s rally zooms higher after surprise gain in jobs
For weeks, critics said Wall Street’s big rally made no sense when the economy seemed set for only more despair. On Friday, it got a bit of validation. The S&P 500 jumped another 2.6% after a report said the U.S. job market surprisingly strengthened last month, bolstering hopes that the...
Fire destroys Southern California warehouse linked to Amazon
A fire early Friday destroyed a Southern California distribution facility that was used to ship items to Amazon customers but authorities said employees got out and there were no reports of injuries. A half-dozen fire departments were unable to stop flames from destroying the sprawling structure in Redlands, about 60...
Death row inmate walks free after 30 years in Philadelphia girl’s killing
A man who spent nearly three decades in behind bars, most of them on death row, after he was convicted at his second trial of killing a 4-year-old girl in Philadelphia was released Friday after prosecutors concluded he very likely did not do it. Walter Ogrod left death row and...
Steelers among handful of NFL teams with coaches back at their facilitiesVideo
More than half of the 32 NFL teams did not have their coaching staffs back at their facilities Friday even though the league approved such returns where local governments allow them. Clubs with coaches in place at their training complexes were Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Houston, Denver, Dallas and Atlanta. While...
Oklahoma State men’s hoops fined, banned from upcoming postseason for infractions by former assistantVideo
Oklahoma State was fined $10,000, and its men’s basketball team was banned from the upcoming postseason Friday after the NCAA found former assistant coach Lamont Evans accepted up to $22,000 in bribes intended to help steer athletes to certain financial advisers. The NCAA ruling included three years of probation, the...
Trump defies governor, heads to Maine where protesters await
GUILFORD, Maine — President Donald Trump’s first trip to Maine as president was meant to showcase the administration’s work to fight the coronavirus but it attracted hundreds of supporters and opponents of Trump who turned out Friday to demonstrate amid the national upheaval over the death of George Floyd. The...
Cedar Point, Kalahari Resorts sue Ohio over coronavirus restrictions
Three Ohio amusement and water parks are arguing that the state’s Department of Health does not have the constitutional authority to keep them closed despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, which filed the suit on behalf of Cedar Point, Kalahari...
Minneapolis to ban police chokeholds in wake of Floyd deathVideo
MINNEAPOLIS — Negotiators for the city of Minneapolis have agreed with the state to ban the use of chokeholds by police and to require police to report and intervene anytime they see an unauthorized use of force by another officer. The moves are part of a stipulation between the city...
West Virginia governor removes fire commissioner over social media posts
A West Virginia fire commissioner has been removed over “inappropriate and inflammatory” social media posts, Gov. Jim Justice said. Martin Hess was removed Thursday from the West Virginia State Fire Commission after Justice was made aware of various recent posts, the governor said in a statement. The brief statement did...
DC paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House
WASHINGTON — City workers and activists painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia’s embrace of a protest movement that has put it at odds with President Donald Trump....
German basketball returns in bubble format, protests likely
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — With teams living in a bubble, no fans in the arena and likely anti-racism protests on the court, German basketball will show how the NBA’s future could look. The Basketball Bundesliga, or the BBL for short, returns Saturday after a three-month break caused by the coronavirus pandemic...
Officers suspended after man, 75, is shoved on video, bleeds
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Prosecutors investigated Friday after a television crew captured a police officer in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old man who then falls and cracks his head, a confrontation that resulted in the suspension of two officers. The video from WFBO of Thursday night’s encounter, which happened near the conclusion...
Virginia city removes 176-year-old slave auction block
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A 176-year-old slave auction block has been removed from a Virginia city’s downtown. The 800-pound stone was pulled from the ground at a Fredericksburg street corner early Friday after the removal was delayed for months by lawsuits and the coronavirus pandemic, The Free Lance-Star reported. The weathered...
Putin chastises Russian tycoon over massive Arctic oil spillVideo
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday chastised the billionaire owner of a nickel giant for negligence over a massive fuel oil spill that has inflicted huge damage on a fragile Arctic region. An estimated 20,000 tons of diesel oil spilled into the Ambarnaya River last Friday from a...
