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The Daily Spread: Protests, Torii Hunter’s Encounter with Police + Other Stories of the Day

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TOLEDO, OH - MAY 31: Protestors block the intersection of Monroe Street and Talmadge Road in the west Toledo retail business district on May 31, 2020, in Toledo, Ohio. The protest was organized to voice concerns over police brutality in the aftermath of the recent death of George Floyd, an African-American man from Minnesota, who died in police custody on May 25, 2020. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire)

All Daily Spread news of the day either covers the protests nationwide, circumstances surrounding them or other stories of police brutality/racial discrimination. Nothing else from the news matters much at this time.

News

Protesters in New York trapped on Manhattan bridge as police block both ends

Racist Iowa representative Steve King loses in primary

Australian embassy in Washington contacts U.S. State Department after Australian news crew attacked by police

New York protesters stay out past curfew, though some report police not letting them go home

Sports

Tobias Harris for The Players’ Tribune: “Y’all Hear Us, But You Ain’t Listening”

Former Clemson player recounts incident with coach using N-word

In roundtable with former African American ballplayers, Torii Hunter details incident with police

CM Punk to white people: “You need to listen to black brothers and sisters”

Related

Culture

Nicole Byer, comedian and host of Nailed It, offers suggestions on how to talk to white children about Black Lives Matter

A24 to donate $500,000 organizations that fight discrimination and police brutality

Cole Sprouse arrested while protesting racial discrimination

Just Mercy free to rent during the month of June

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