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With tasting rooms and restaurants closed, It’s one of the reasons America is burning,
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age-old traditions go online. In Money columnist Dan Wolken writes. In Sports
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PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS USA
Floyd
family
calls for
peace
Second autopsy
cites asphyxiation
as cause of death
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MINNEAPOLIS – An autopsy com-
missioned by George Floyd’s family
determined that “asphyxiation from
sustained pressure” was the cause of
Floyd’s death in an incident that has
sparked tense protests and violence
across the nation.
Rylie Blue joins a Black Lives Matter march and rally Sunday in Oshkosh, Wis. WILLIAM GLASHEEN/USA TODAY NETWORK
Floyd. Arbery. Taylor. Racism.
What do we tell our children?
Mourners gather Monday at the site
where George Floyd died on
Parents shouldn’t avoid difficult topic, experts say Memorial day outside a market in
Minneapolis. JACK GRUBER/USA TODAY
Resources for parents
Alia E. Dastagir “Silence will not protect you or them,”
USA TODAY said Beverly Daniel Tatum, a psycholo- ❚ For books dealing with topics Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia
gist and author of, “Why Are All The on social justice:Social Justice Books Wilson performed the autopsy and said
Should we tell the children? How? Black Kids Sitting Together in the via socialjusticebooks.org there was “neck and back compression
Those are among the questions Cafeteria? And Other Conversations ❚ For teenagers dealing with police that led to a lack of blood flow to the
parents across the nation are asking About Race.” “Avoiding the topic is not a shootings:“The Hate U Give” brain,” Floyd family attorney Benjamin
after the deaths of George Floyd, solution.” by Angie Thomas Crump said Monday. They added that
Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Racism persists, experts say, in part “weight on the back, handcuffs and po-
Many white parents wonder whether to because of an unwillingness to have dif- ❚ For young children (ages 4-8): sitioning were contributory factors be-
talk with their kids at all; parents of ficult conversations. “Something Happened in Our Town: cause they impaired the ability of Mr.
color swallow their grief and fear to have “One of the most important things to A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice” Floyd’s diaphragm to function.”
“the talk” once again. remember is that you may not have all by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins Floyd, 46, died May 25 after a Min-
These deaths are part of a more the answers, and that is OK,” said and Ann Hazzard; “A Terrible Thing neapolis police officer knelt on his neck
complex story, one some parents have Erlanger Turner, a clinical psychologist Happened,” by Margaret Holmes; for several minutes while he was hand-
been telling for generations, and others and professor at Pepperdine University “Daddy Why Am I Brown?: A Healthy cuffed, crying that he couldn’t breathe.
have long felt they’ve had the luxury to who studies mental health among racial Conversation About Skin Color and Floyd’s brother Terrence urged Min-
ignore. Experts in child psychology say communities. Family” by Bedford F. Palmer. neapolis on Monday to keep his memo-
these conversations are essential for all USA TODAY asked Tatum and Turner ❚ Especially useful for white parents: ry alive but to protest in a peaceful
parents, and they underscore that there for their advice on talking to children in “Raising White Kids: Bringing Up manner. He chastised those responsi-
are developmentally appropriate ways this time of national upheaval: Children in a Racially Unjust America” ble for violence and looting. “My family
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Asked if the president should be required In Wake Forest, North Carolina, a
to wear a mask when he’s in public near town of about 40,000 near Raleigh, a Primary races
other people, Americans say …
sweeping national survey of COVID-19
Not sure 5%
symptoms has exposed a staggering
No 6% to watch today
ethnic divide.
Nearly two-thirds of Wake Forest’s
Hispanic homes surveyed reported in 8 states, DC
suffering the combination of symp-
It’s a
personal toms most closely tied to the corona- JUSTIN KASE CONDER FOR USA TODAY
choice virus, compared with less than 1% of Voters will head to the polls, or cast
24%
Yes everyone else. mail-in ballots in a few states, amid
64% The survey by a marketing research the coronavirus pandemic and pro-
company is believed to be the largest tests that have engulfed the nation.
measurement of symptoms of the “We’re forced to go Although the presidential lineup has
virus. Since March, 1.6 million people been all but settled, races for offices
out and work and risk
have answered the basic question: Is down the ballot could help determine
NOTE Numbers rounded anyone in your home experiencing getting infected.” the battle for the U.S. House and
SOURCE The Economist/YouGov survey, May 17-19 Senate in November. Here are a few
AMY BARNETTE, DAVID ANESTA/USA TODAY SeeHISPANICS,Page2A Michael Torres,Wake Forest, North Carolina key races we’re watching. 3A
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Justices won’t speed church reopenings
Roberts: Elected officials, extended periods of time.” essentially moot. The court said the
Writing for three of the four conser- churches could file “a new motion for ap-
not judges, should decide
vative justices who dissented, Asso- propriate relief if circumstances warrant.”
ciate Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Cali- The religious disputes over governors’
Richard Wolf fornia’s current 25% occupancy limit on reopening plans are most heated in states
USA TODAY churches amounted to “discrimination that impose limits on religious gather-
against religious worship services.” ings. While 30 states no longer have pro-
WASHINGTON – A deeply divided “The basic constitutional problem is hibitions, 20 and the District of Columbia
Supreme Court refused Friday night to that comparable secular businesses are impose restrictions, according to the
allow churches in California and Illinois not subject to a 25% occupancy cap, in- Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. They
to reopen amid the coronavirus pan- cluding factories, offices, supermarkets, are most severe in California, Maine, Ne-
demic with more worshippers than restaurants, retail stores, pharmacies, vada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon,
state plans permit. shopping malls, pet grooming shops, Rhode Island and Washington.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who cast bookstores, florists, hair salons, and can- President Donald Trump, Vice Presi-
the deciding vote in the more conse- nabis dispensaries,” Kavanaugh wrote. dent Mike Pence and many religious
quential California case announced just Monica Asitimbay prays at Holy Trinity The legal battle reached the high court leaders have demanded that state and
before midnight, said choosing when to Church in Hackensack, N.J., May 17. days before Pentecost Sunday, when local governments treat churches the
lift restrictions during a pandemic is the AMY NEWMAN/USA TODAY NETWORK churches that have been restricted to vir- same as most businesses. Last week,
business of elected officials, not un- tual or drive-by services since before Trump labeled churches, synagogues
elected judges. He was joined in the vote Easter are eager to greet congregants. and mosques “essential places that pro-
by the court’s four liberal justices. those restrictions appear consistent In the California case, the court sided vide essential services.”
Roberts, the only one of the five to ex- with the Free Exercise Clause of the with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to But some states and public health
plain his vote, compared in-person First Amendment,” Roberts wrote. limit in-church gatherings to 25% of ca- authorities, including the Centers for
church services to other forms of as- “Similar or more severe restrictions ap- pacity, and no more than 100 people. Disease Control and Prevention, have
sembly. His conservative colleagues ply to comparable secular gatherings, In a second, separate case arising in Il- linked religious services to outbreaks of
who dissented compared the services to including lectures, concerts, movie linois, the justices earlier denied two Ro- COVID-19. In one example, the CDC said
secular businesses. showings, spectator sports, and theat- manian American churches’ petition be- 38% of those attending a rural Arkansas
“Although California’s guidelines rical performances, where large groups cause Gov. J.P. Pritzker lifted his state’s church in early March caught the virus,
place restrictions on places of worship, of people gather in close proximity for restrictions Friday, making the complaint resulting in four deaths.
Hispanics during the pandemic. said. “Most of the Latinx community are
Types of reported COVID-19
Since the remainder of his senior undocumented and work in construc-
symptoms by Hispanic and year of high school was canceled in mid- tion. We can’t get money from the gov-
Continued from Page 1A non-Hispanic households March, Torres has been working full ernment. We can’t get help, basically.
time with his father in his painting and We’re forced to go out and work and risk
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symptoms ranging from a dry cough to construction business to help pay the getting infected.”
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difficulty breathing? bills. His mother, a hairstylist, has been The rate of serious symptom pairs re-
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Across the nation, Hispanic house- out of work for two months. ported by Hispanics exceeded the non-
holds said yes to symptoms of COVID-19 “I realized this is serious, and this is Hispanic rate in every U.S. state except
Hispanic non-Hispanic
– the lung disease caused by the virus – how life is going to be,” Torres said. Wyoming, the survey data show. Both
nearly a third more often than others, a Most serious symptom “There’s no more waking up and going rates have decreased since the survey
USA TODAY analysis found. combinations1 to the bus, seeing your friends at school, began and started to plateau in recent
When the list of symptoms is nar- doing assignments every day. Now the weeks, but the Hispanic rate remains
8.7%
rowed to what the Centers for Disease only reason to get up early is to work and more than twice as high.
4.8%
Control and Prevention recently identi- try to support my family.” Ultimately, the plight of Latinos in
fied as the most serious pairs of (cid:111)(cid:142)(cid:139)(cid:178)(cid:136)(cid:154)(cid:145)(cid:153)(cid:158)(cid:3)(cid:135)(cid:151)(cid:138)(cid:134)(cid:153)(cid:141)(cid:142)(cid:147)(cid:140) Torres thinks about catching the vi- the U.S. needs to be addressed if only
ailments – dry cough and difficulty rus each time he and his father go to a because it is inextricably linked to the
11.7%
breathing, or fever and loss of taste or job or the store to pick up materials. His fate of the nation as a whole, says
7.1%
smell – the differences were far starker: mother is nervous about returning to Priscilla González, campaigns director
Hispanics experienced them almost (cid:111)(cid:151)(cid:158)(cid:3)(cid:136)(cid:148)(cid:154)(cid:140)(cid:141) work, lest she falls ill and infects others at Mijente, a national social justice
twice as often. 18.6% back at home. organization.
Overall, 1 in 12 Hispanic households That Hispanic families in Wake For- “We are only as strong as the most
13.1%
said someone in their home experi- est have reported serious symptoms at a vulnerable among us. If the world wants
enced those combinations at least once (cid:113)(cid:134)(cid:153)(cid:142)(cid:140)(cid:154)(cid:138) much higher rate than non-Hispanic a full recovery, we need relief for com-
from late March to late May, compared 16.4% came as no surprise to Torres. munities that are hardest hit,” González
with 1 in 21 non-Hispanic households. “We don’t really have a choice,” he said.
12.6%
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14.1%
Those findings made perfect sense to 8.2%
Clarissa Martínez de Castro, deputy vice
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president of the nation’s largest Latino
nonprofit advocacy group, UnidosUS. 8.6%
“Data is now emerging that matches 4.6%
the reality that we’re seeing,” Martínez
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overrepresentation of Latinos in front-
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“When I meet with patients in our
community, it’s clear that their jobs
make it difficult for them to social- biggest challenge of our time.”
distance,” Cabanas said. “Add to that a The symptoms data may offer a more
language barrier, the need to provide complete picture of the virus’s true toll,
shelter for large families and it ends up said Daniel Lòpez-Cevallos, associate
being hard to follow official recommen- professor of Latino/a/x Studies, Ethnic
dations.” Studies and Health Equity Studies at
Oregon State University.
People of color hit hard The gap between symptoms reported
and cases, he said, suggests Latinos
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Eight states and Washington, D.C., USA TODAY
will hold primary elections Tuesday,
several of which were rescheduled as Former Vice President Joe Biden’s
the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the lead over President Donald Trump
campaign cycle. among registered voters has increased
Indiana and Rhode Islandexpanded by 8 percentage points since March as
their vote-by-mail options amid safety approval of Trump’s handling of the
concerns about voting in person. coronavirus pandemic has slipped, ac-
Although the results of the presiden- cording to a poll released Sunday by
tial primary have been settled, races for ABC News and The Washington Post.
offices down the ballot could help deter- The presumptive Democratic nomi-
mine the battle for the House and Sen- nee leads Trump 53%-43% among reg-
ate in November. istered voters, the poll found. On
March 25, the same survey showed a
King could be dethroned much tighter race, with Biden leading
by just 2 percentage points, 49%-47%.
The primary in Iowa’s 4th Congres- And Trump’s overall approval rat-
sional District will determine whether ing has slipped since the March 25
Republican voters in this largely rural Teresa Leger Fernandez of Santa Fe speaks at a March 7 gathering in Pojoaque, poll, which for the first time in his pre-
district spanning northwest Iowa return N.M. She is running for the 3rd Congressional District seat. MORGAN LEE/AP sidency found more Americans ap-
Rep. Steve King to office. King has repre- proving (48%) than disapproving
sented the district since 2013 but has (46%) of the job he was doing. In May’s
drawn criticism from both sides of the raised the other Democratic candidates Facebook posts attacking Trump dur- poll, his approval rating dropped 2
aisle for controversial statements about but has not taken a commanding lead in ing the 2016 GOP presidential primary points to 46% and his disapproval rat-
race. After asking why phrases such as the race. At the end of the campaign. ing jumped 7 points to 53%.
“white supremacist” were offensive in a past quarter, she had $4.7 The two candidates released duel- Democratic and Republican voters
New York Times interviewin 2019, King million cash on hand ing ads in which they both assert their were firmly behind their party’s stan-
was stripped of his committee assign- compared with Franken’s closeness to Trump. dard-bearers, 95% and 94%, respec-
ments, including on the House Agricul- $49,570. tively. But Biden had a wide lead
ture Committee. Greenfield picked up N.M.’s 3rd Congressional District among registered independents, 56%-
King faces a strong primary challenge support from the Demo- 39%, after leading by just 1 point with
from state Sen. Randy Feenstra,who ar- Ernst cratic Senatorial Cam- The 3rd Congressional District has those voters two months ago.
gued that King has lost his ability to ad- paign Committee, Emi- attracted a crowded field of Democrat- The candidates’ support showed
vocate for residents of the district by ly’s List and Reps. Dave Loebsack and ic candidates to succeed Rep. Ben Ray sharp divides by gender and race.
losing his committee Abby Finkenauer. Luján,who is running for Senate. One Trump led by 8 points among male
placements. Feenstrahas Iowa did not move the date of its pri- of its candidates, former CIA officer voters (52%-44%) and Biden held a
drawn support from the mary, but Secretary of State Paul Pete Valerie Plame, was the subject of a ma- 28-point advantage among female
National Right to Life and said his office would send absentee bal- jor espionage scandal after her cover voters (62%-34%). Trump led by 9 per-
the U.S. Chamber of lot applications to all registered voters. was leaked allegedly by President centage points among white voters,
Commerce. George W. Bush’s administration. 53%-44%, while Biden was backed by
Former baseball player Republican war of words Attorney and activist Teresa Leger 89% of black voters and 69% of His-
King J.D. Scholten is running Fernandez has won the backing of panic voters.
uncontested on the Dem- New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional powerful national liberal groups such Trump’s slide has coincided with
ocratic side of the ballot. Scholten ran District sprawls across the southern as Emily’s List and the Sierra Club. the spread of the coronavirus across
against King in 2018 and lost by 3 per- half of the state and is represented by the U.S.
centage points, King’s smallest margin Democratic Rep. Xochitl Torres Small. Maryland Democratic primaries The poll of 1,001 Americans was
of victory. The district skews heavily Re- Republicans eye the district as a po- conducted May 25-28 and does not re-
publican. tential pickup opportunity given its Maryland, which rescheduled its flect the full impact of recent anti-po-
general Republican lean. Donald Trump primaries from April 28, will vote in lice brutality protests on voters’ opin-
Dems jostle to take on Ernst won the district by a large margin in several congressional primaries. ions. The survey has a margin of error
2016, and Torres Small won her seat by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Iowa has a competitive Democratic only 1.8 percentage points in 2018. faces a primary challenge from the left
primary for the nomination to take on Three Republicans are running for in McKayla Wilkes.Wilkes has signifi-
Republican incumbent Sen. Joni Ernst. the chance to take on Torres Small in cantly trailed Hoyer in fundraising.
Real estate executive Theresa Green- November: businesswoman Claire After voting in a primary in Febru-
field has the backing of several national Chase, businessman Chris Mathysand ary, then in a general election in April
organizations, but former Navy Adm. entrepreneur Yvette Herrell, who nar- to fill the seat vacated after the death
Mike Frankenwon the endorsement of rowly lost to Torres Small in 2018. of Rep. Elijah Cummings, voters in
the state’s largest newspaper, The Des Chase and Herrell accused each other Maryland’s 7th Congressional District
Moines Register, which is part of the of being “never Trump” Republicans. will go back to the polls to decide
USA TODAY Network. Chase accused Herrell of using tax- whether to reelect Rep. Kweisi Mfume.
Ernst’s seat could be a pickup oppor- payer money to attend “a California pi- Cummings’ wife, Maya Rockey-
tunity for Democrats looking to take ñata party where they hung President moore Cummings, is among the 19
back the Senate. Trump in effigy.” In a tea party-backed Democrats vying for the seat. Joe Biden on Monday in Wilmington,
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PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS USA
Trump tells
states he
could send
in military
‘Acts of domestic terror’
won’t go unanswered
David Jackson and Michael Collins
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – In dramatic fash-
ion, President Donald Trump an-
nounced Monday that he is sending
additional federal resources to help
the nation’s capital city quell violent
protests – and then walked across the
street to visit a historic church burned
during the unrest.
Declaring himself “the president of
law and order,” Trump said during a
Rose Garden address that he is dis-
patching “thousand and thousands” of
Louisville police were on guard inside police tape at the intersection of 26th and Broadway on Monday after a man was military personnel and law enforce-
shot and killed by police and National Guard personnel outside Dino’s Market.MATT STONE/USA TODAY NETWORK ment personnel to Washington, D.C.,
to stop rioting, looting, vandalism and
Police bodycams not on when
destruction of property.
Trump also urged governors to use
as many National Guard troops as pos-
man was shot dead, mayor says sible to control violence and warned if
they didn’t, he would deploy the U.S.
military “and quickly solve the prob-
lem for them.”
“These are not acts of peaceful pro-
Louisville death involves Police and National Guard troops, test,” Trump said of the unrest. “These
who have been monitoring protests, are acts of domestic terror.”
officers, National Guard
were breaking up a “large crowd” in the “We cannot let Breonna’s Immediately after his remarks,
food mart’s parking lot around 12:15 a.m. Trump walked across nearby Lafayette
legacy be marred by
Billy Kobin local time when someone shot at them, Park and visited St. John’s Church,
Louisville Courier Journal Conrad said Monday morning. violence and we can’t let which was set on fire by protesters
USA TODAY They returned fire, killing McAtee. Sunday night. Trump held up a Bible in
No one else was injured. our streets turn violent.” front of the boarded-up church, which
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Mayor Greg Conrad said it is unclear if the de- is referred to as the “church of presi-
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear
Fischer said Monday afternoon that po- ceased was the person who fired at offi- dents.” St. John’s was built in 1815 and
lice officers involved with National cers. has been attended at least once by ev-
Guard personnel in the early morning McAtee’s body was still at the scene tally shot in March by Louisville police ery president since James Madison.
shooting of the owner of a barbecue of the crime Monday afternoon. A group officers serving a warrant inside her Trump’s actions come after six days
business had not activated their body of LMPD officers in face shields formed apartment. of protests and riots in cities across the
cameras during the incident. a line behind the crime scene tape, fac- Beshear announced Saturday country following the death of George
Fischer said Louisville Metro Police ing neighbors and protesters. morning that he was sending rough- Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who
Chief Steve Conrad, who announced his Many of the observers said they ei- ly 350 Kentucky National Guard per- died last week while in police custody.
resignation in May, has been fired, and a ther knew McAtee or had eaten his bar- sonnel to Louisville to “ensure the Police officer Derrick Chauvin has
nightly 9 p.m.-to-6:30 a.m. curfew has becue. A group of about 100 people lined safety of everybody” and “help keep been charged with third-degree mur-
been extended to June 8. the sidewalk across the street from the peace.” der and manslaughter in Floyd’s
Gov. Andy Beshear ordered Kentucky LMPD line. Many lived in the neighbor- “We cannot let Breonna’s legacy be death.
State Police to investigate the fatal hood, and some said they’d been at oth- marred by violence and we can’t let our Just minutes before Trump spoke in
shooting by police and National Guard er protests over the weekend. streets turn violent,” Beshear said. the Rose Garden and headed to St.
personnel. The shooting outside Dino’s Food “I hope everybody knows that this John’s, law enforcement officers
The man killed was David McAtee, Mart came after a curfew had once is a big step and a tough step. It’s cleared Lafayette Park with tear gas,
owner of a barbecue business next to again taken effect at 9 p.m. Sunday as not one intended to silence any voice rubber bullets, shields and horses.
the Dino’s Food Mart parking lot where amid protests and unrest over the death because I want to hear,” the governor Though the Rose Garden was not with-
the shooting took place, McAtee’s neph- of Breonna Taylor continued for the said, “but I want to make sure, at in view of the protesters, reporters
ew told The Louisville Courier Journal of fourth straight night in Louisville. the end of the day, that we are all awaiting Trump’s speech reported
the USA TODAY Network. Taylor, 26, an ER technician was fa- safe.” hearing a series of loud booms.
Autopsy
NEWS BRIEFING Protests over George Floyd’s death
At least 4,400
Continued from Page 1A
arrests since
is a peaceful family,” he told a crowd,
Floyd protests pointing out rioters may be destroying
their own communities. “Let’s do this
erupted another way.”
The independent autopsy and the
Hennepin County medical examiner
have ruled the death a homicide.
Minneapolis and other U.S. cities The results of the family’s autopsy
were bracing for more angry demon- differ from a preliminary autopsy report
strations Monday after protesters and as described in a criminal complaint
police across the nation clashed for a against the officer charged, Derek Chau-
sixth straight night in the wake of vin. That autopsy found “no physical
George Floyd's death in police custody. findings that support a diagnosis of
More than 4,400 people have been ar- traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.”
rested nationwide. The report suggests Floyd’s existing
health conditions – coronary artery dis-
Obama hopeful of reforms ease and hypertensive heart disease –
combined with being restrained by po-
Former President Barack Obama lice and any “potential intoxicants in his
called on a "new generation of activists" system” contributed to his death.
to channel outrage into “real change” in A peaceful vigil was held at the George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis, where Baden and Wilson said it appeared
an essay published on Medium. He said he died May 25 in police custody. JACK GRUBER//USA TODAY NETWORK Floyd died at the scene.
“waves of protests across the country “What we found is consistent with
represent a genuine and legitimate frus- what people saw,” Baden said. “There is
tration over a decades-long failure to re- ry dating back over two centuries "that New York City under curfew no other health issue that could cause
form police practices and the broader has included institutional racism" and or contribute to the death. Police have
criminal justice system.” An “over- violence against African Americans. After three nights of violent pro- this false impression that if you can
whelming majority of participants have The group says every major city chief tests and looting, New York was under talk, you can breathe. That’s not true.”
been peaceful, courageous, responsible, must take every action within their au- a citywide curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Crump had strong words Monday.
and inspiring,” he wrote, but a “minority thority to hold officers accountable. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York “For George Floyd, the ambulance
of folks who’ve resorted to violence in City Mayor Bill de Blasio said they was his hearse,” he said. “He would be
various forms, whether out of genuine Federal riot teams sent to DC agreed to the curfew and would double alive today if not for the pressure ap-
anger or mere opportunism, are putting the police presence in the nation's plied to his neck. ... Mr. Floyd’s death
innocent people at risk.” Riot teams from the federal Bureau of largest city to help prevent violence was a homicide by officers who taunt-
Prisons were being sent to Washington and property damage. ed him while holding him down for
Police chief association weighs in and Miami. The FBI also has directed its “I stand behind the protesters and more than eight minutes. And the offi-
elite Hostage Rescue Unit to help in D.C. their message, but unfortunately there cer who stood by doing nothing was a
Floyd's death was "unnecessary, A weekend of rioting in the capital deep are people who are looking to distract physical blue shield – a living symbol
avoidable and criminal," the Major Cit- scars in the shadow of the White House and discredit this moment,” Cuomo of the code of silence.”
ies Chiefs Association said. The group, and across the city where 88 people said. De Blasio’s daughter was among Chauvin was charged with third-de-
whose members include police execu- have been arrested, while dozens of law almost 1,000 people arrested since gree murder and manslaughter. Three
tives from across the U.S., says it can be enforcement officers, including Secret Thursday. other officers have not been charged.
honest about its law enforcement histo- Service agents, were injured. Contributing: The Associated Press
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PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS USA
In Iowa, police and protesters kneel jointly
Tense moments end
approached the crowd from the north,
peacefully in solidarity calling for them to disperse. The pastor
again negotiated between the two
groups and after protesters chanted
Stephen Gruber-Miller “take a knee,” and some of them con-
andRobin Opsahl firmed they would leave peacefully if
Des Moines Register – USA TODAY NETWORK the officers did so, those officers also
knelt.
DES MOINES, Iowa – A tense protest The crowd cheered, then rose and
outside police headquarters in Des was gone within minutes, although one
MoinesSunday night ended in an unex- protester called for them to return Mon-
pected show of peaceful solidarity as day, “same time, same place.”
dozens of officers agreed to protesters’ Police Chief Dana Wingert was on the
calls to take a knee in honor of George scene and praised the actions of his offi-
Floyd, a black man who died at the cers and the protesters.
hands of Minneapolis police. “What you have here, you have men
The protesters had gathered across and women that know the difference
the street from police headquartersand between right and wrong and you have
were concerned that police would use community relationships that respect
tear gas and pepper spray and begin that,” Wingert said. “That’s what this
making arrests at 9 p.m. local time, was all about. This is a success.”
when Polk County’s curfew, set earlier Before the protest began, Willie
Sunday, began. Law officers and protesters take a knee in front of the Des Moines Police Station Bradley, a 33-year-old University of
Shortly before 9 p.m., the protesters in an act of solidarity Sundayin Iowa. BRIAN POWERS/USA TODAY NETWORK Iowa student, said he was hoping for a
all knelt down, telling police that they peaceful protest that allowed for some
were honoring the memory of George dialogue with the police.
Floyd, the man who died in Minneapolis officers would kneel with them in honor and convinced the protesters to assure “We don’t hate the police, we just
with a police officer’s knee pinning his of Floyd, they would leave. the other officers that they would leave hate the individuals that do these
neck, pleading that he couldn’t breathe. At the urging of a pastor from the peacefully if all of the officers knelt for a senseless killings. And I think that we
The protesters then stood up, raised community, senior Des Moines police moment of silence and prayer for Floyd. need the police to protect and serve, es-
their hands, and chanted, “Hands up, Officers Irvin Franklin and Jack Kamer- At 9:01 p.m., the remaining officers pecially unarmed black men and wom-
don’t shoot.” A shouted exchange fol- ick knelt and said a prayer. The pastor knelt. en. And I think that we need to have that
lowed, with protesters saying that if the spoke with the protesters and officers, Another group of officers in riot gear dialogue,” he said.
Protests Children
children about race or may emphasize
“not seeing color,” (which) is more
fuel risk of harmful than helpful and does not hon-
Continued from Page 1A or an individual’s identity. ... (Encour-
age) more friendships with children
COVID-19, Why should parents talk from otherraces.
to children about what
happened to George Floyd? If a child says they’re afraid
experts say
or angry, what do you say?
Tatum: Even young children may
see or hear about highly publicized in- Tatum: Acknowledge the child’s feel-
cidents. … Older children with Internet ings … “I know it’s upsetting to hear
Ken Alltucker and Karen Weintraub access may see online images on their about and see these things happening.
USA TODAY own. Initiating an age-appropriate It upsets me, too. ... Racism is very un-
conversation can give children a help- fair. But it makes me feel better to know
Public health officials warn new ful frame for understanding difficult there are lots of people who want to
cases of COVID-19 probably will realities. If parents are silent, children change things.” Being able to offer spe-
emerge after mass gatherings fueled will draw their own often faulty con- cific examples of community change
by the death of George Floyd in clusions. agents would be useful.
Minneapolis and racial unrest in cit- Turner: Many adults are hurt and Turner: Don’t force them to hide their
ies across America. angered by these events, and their emotional expression. However, be sure
Health experts fear carriers of children may notice. … Have a healthy to help them identify ways to express
coronavirus, which causes the dis- conversation around what happened their anger in a healthy manner, which
ease, with no symptoms could unwit- and talk about ways to cope when you may include journaling or exercising.
tingly infect others at protests where witness social injustice. Willie Coman takes his son Willie Jr.,
social distancing is simply not taking 4, to a march Sunday in Cincinnati to If a child is afraid for a friend,
place. The merits of the protesters’ Does COVID-19 warrant avoiding protest the death of George Floyd. what do you say?
cause “doesn’t prevent them from get- these conversations, given many MEG VOGEL/USA TODAY NETWORK
ting the virus,” said Bradley Pollock, children are already anxious? Tatum: “I can see that you are wor-
chairman of the Department of Public ried about your friend. What do you
Health Sciences at the University of Tatum: No. Not talking about upset- adolescent sons. think we could do that might help him or
California, Davis. ting events only fuels fear, anxiety and Turner:Depending on the age of the her?” … Talk about what it means to be
At least one protester in Tampa, uncertainty. Being able to talk about child, they may have some awareness of an ally.
Florida, is known to have COVID-19. something with a supportive adult can youth that have been killed by police. Turner:Identify how they can check
Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan, who reduce (it). Parents may avoid the con- Obviously, you don’t want to respond in on their friend’s safety. ... Part of what
expressed dismay last week about versation because they don’t know a way that is going to make children be increases anxiety is the fear of the un-
Floyd’s death, tweeted Monday that what to say, but it is a mistake to think more fearful. … You should let children known. If you have a plan of action, it
five of his officers were exposed to the that their silence is helpful. know that most police officers work to will reduce some of those fears.
protester, whom he did not identify. Turner: I don’t think that anxiety protect them.
Protesting – especially without a and fear about COVID-19 should stop a What if, in the course of this
mask – can put people at higher risk parent from talking about police bru- How can parents talk about law conversation, a child says
for infection, said Dr. Michael Mina, tality. … If you do talk with your child, enforcement so children aren’t something racist?
an assistant professor of epidemiolo- don’t leave them in a high state of wor- discouraged from seeking help?
gy at Harvard T. H. Chan School of ry. Make sure to end the conversation Tatum:Inquire about it with curios-
Public Health. by engaging in a pleasant activity. Tatum: Most police officers become ity, not judgment. “I’m wondering
“There’s no doubt in my mind that police officers because they want to help why you said that.” After hearing more
these can become breeding grounds How do parents start people. And there are times when we about what the child is thinking, you
for this virus,” he said during a Mon- these conversations? would really want a police officer to help can offer correction by providing new
day media availability. “I would not be us – give some examples – if there’s information. “You know, a lot of people
surprised to see in the next couple of Tatum:Balance acknowledging the been a car accident, or if someone took might think that is true, but I don’t be-
weeks that we see increases that may reality of racism, or unfairness, with something that belonged to us. But cause ...”
be linked to protests.” messages about the possibility of sometimes a police officer does some- Turner: (Don’t) get defensive. You
As businesses reopen, it will be dif- change and the community of allies thing bad, like today. When that hap- want to foster open communication
ficult to figure out whether someone who are working together to make pens, we might start to think that all po- with your child. … Explore why they
caught the virus at a protest or in things better. lice officers are like that. But it’s impor- have that opinion, where did they learn
some other encounter, Mina said. Turner:Start … with honesty. Take tant to remember that is not true. it from, and tell them why what they
Hopefully, the fact that protests are ownership of your feelings and (share) Turner: Talk with them about how said was wrong. It might be helpful for
taking place out of doors, will dilute those feelings with your child. Then (police officers) protect rules in society. you as a parent to think about ways that
the virus and reduce disease trans- you can begin to allow them to share … You can also be honest about situa- you may have unconsciously expressed
mission, he said. Wearing a mask will what they may already know about ra- tions such as police brutality and let racist attitudes.
help reduce infections, though it cial differences. children know that some police officers
won’t completely eliminate risk. break laws. If you have a trusted officer Footage of many of these deaths
“If there’s a floridly positive person If a child of color asks if a police in your community it may be good to go viral. What should we say
who is coughing and spending a officer is going to kill them, allow the child to talk with them. if our child asks to see it?
whole day around a lot of other peo- what do you say?
ple, that person might very well get Should these conversations Tatum: There are many adults who
other people sick despite having a Tatum:If it is a young child, a par- be different depending don’t want to see such footage. I would
mask on,” Mina added, but “there’s a ent can be reassuring. “No, honey, you on your child’s race? not show it to a child. ... Once an image is
good chance that even homemade don’t have to worry about that. Police in your head, it is very difficult to get it
masks will actually do quite a bit to officers don’t want to hurt you.” Tatum:Children of color are likely to out. That said, it is reasonable to describe
help people not get infected and not In response to an older child, it can experience racist encounters. … Parents what happened and talk about why it was
transmit.” be reassuring to say something like: “I of color want to raise self-confident and wrong. It is also likely that children with
There is a historical precedent to know that it is scary to think that empowered children who are not de- Internet access can view the footage
suggest that viruses can be spread by something like that might happen, and moralized by other people’s racism. without an adult’s permission. … Talking
large public gatherings. I really don’t want you to worry. … Most White children are often racially iso- about it after the fact will help.
In September 1918, people in Phila- police officers want to help people, and lated as a consequence of segregated Turner: You should not show your
delphia held a parade to celebrate the most police officers never fire their schools and neighborhoods, and conse- children these videos as it may increase
return of soldiers from World War I. guns. But sometimes they do get ner- quently limited in their understanding of the likelihood of them experiencing
The gathering of 200,000 people, vous and make mistakes. So it is im- people different from themselves. Learn- symptoms of trauma or having night-
crammed shoulder to shoulder, reig- portant for you to know what to do if a ing to live in an increasingly diverse soci- mares. (Research shows) that individ-
nited a deadly flu epidemic, leading to police officer ever stops you.” ety is an important task for them. uals may be at a higher risk of develop-
massive closures and thousands of Black parents often refer to this as Turner:According to research, white ing post-traumatic stress disorder even
deaths, records show. “the talk” they have to have with their parents often don’t talk with their through indirect exposure.
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OPINION
TODAY'S TOPIC: A COUNTRY IN CRISIS
Our view: Tinderbox times cry
out for exceptional leadership
As June begins, the United States
faces three intertwined crises: the con-
tinuing coronavirus pandemic that has
claimed more than 100,000 lives in the
past three months; the resulting eco-
nomic crisis that has left more than 40
million people unemployed; and now
the policing crisis that has triggered the
largest wave of urban unrest since the
late 1960s.
Each disaster disproportionately
harms people of color. Each feeds off
the other. The pandemic spawned the
economic free fall, and mass protests
over the death of George Floyd a week
ago in Minneapolis are likely to acceler- Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., on Capitol Hill.
ate the pandemic. HOUSE TELEVISION VIA AP
Tinderbox times like these require
exceptional leadership. Such leader- MIKE THOMPSON/USA TODAY NETWORK
ship is not coming from the White
House, where President Donald Trump Violent rioters hurt
veers erratically from stilted expres-
sions of sympathy for Floyd’s family to
reckless statements that pour more
civil rights protests
gasoline on the fire.
Nor is it coming from Republicans in
Washington who recognize that Trump
is unfitness but, with precious few ex- Agitators overshadow never have a positive outcome. Busi-
ceptions, remain afraid to break with nesses are destroyed and neighbor-
Floyd demonstrators
the president or cross his fervid base of hoods ruined. Relations with law en-
supporters. forcement worsen; in Baltimore, al-
Nor is it coming from certain liberal James S. Robbins leged de-policing after the riots
Democratic mayors who have all but sparked by the death of Freddie Gray in
opened the door to looters in their cit- Michael Render, aka rapper Killer Mike, When it comes to race relations, custody in 2015 led to spiraling crime
ies, or who have failed to weed out bad in 2016.SEAN RAYFORD/GETTY IMAGES anyone who thinks rioting is the an- rates. And riots give those who did not
cops and confront the unions that pro- swer doesn’t grasp the question. Burn- want to confront complex issues in the
tect them. ing, looting and committing mayhem first place a perfect excuse to write it all
That leaves others to fill the leader- doesn’t bend the moral arc of the uni- off to thugs being thugs.
ship vacuum, and here a quartet from verse; it breaks it. However, it would be a mistake to
Atlanta is stepping into the void and Peaceful protests over George conclude that what we are seeing is a
showing the way: Floyd’s killing have been overshad- product of the kind of black despair the
❚Listen to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the owed by images of rage-fueled violence Kerner Commission believed caused
ailing 80-year-old icon of the civil and destruction. Resorting to rioting is people to burn down their own neigh-
rights movement, who told the protes- strange because there is little disagree- borhoods in the 1960s. A glance at the
ters, “I see you, and I hear you. I know ment that Floyd’s death in custody was livestream videos shows that there are
your pain, your rage, your sense of de- senseless and criminal. Few defend the as many if not more white people in-
spair and hopelessness. Justice has, in- police officers who were responsible; volved in the turmoil as blacks. Minne-
deed, been denied for far too long. Riot- they were quickly fired, one has been sota Gov. Tim Walz suggested that
ing, looting and burning is not the way. charged with murder, and the Justice much of the violence has been
Organize. Demonstrate. Sit in. Stand Department has opened an investiga- spawned by opportunistic groups of
up. Vote. Be constructive, not destruc- tion into the tragedy. Everyone is on the outside agitators exploiting the tense
tive. History has proven time and again Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms same side of this issue. situation for their radical ends.
that nonviolent, peaceful protest is the and Police Chief Erika Shields Yet rioting sparked and spread.
way to achieve the justice and equality announce a curfew on Saturday.BEN There is no rational purpose behind ‘This is not your space’
that we all deserve.” GRAY/ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION VIA AP people burning buildings, torching
❚Listen to rapper and activist Mi- cars, breaking windows, spray-paint- In one case caught on video, black
chael Render, better known by his stage ing obscenities and the other actions community leaders in Minneapolis
name Killer Mike. In a speech that Le- that have left city blocks looking like confronted young white activists, tell-
Bron James called “a mandatory listen,” war zones. Some say these are expres- ing them that they would not let them
Killer Mike noted that he’s the son of a sions of anger and frustration, and cause “chaos and confusion” in their
city police officer and has two cousins maybe so, but they are also unjustified, neighborhoods because “this is not
in law enforcement. “I got a lot of love foolish and counterproductive. While your space. Period.”
and respect for police officers, down to peaceful protesters are trying to create On the other hand, there was rapper
the original eight police officers in At- sympathy and build understanding, Cardi B, who opined that people had
lanta that, even after becoming police, the rioters have undone that effort with “no choice” other than looting. But as
had to dress in a YMCA because white flying bricks and flaming city blocks. shameful as the looting is, at least it has
officers didn’t want to get dressed with a purpose, unlike burning down black-
n-----s. … It is your duty not to burn MLK vs. fire hoses and dogs owned local businesses in the name of
your own house down for anger with an social justice.
enemy. It is your duty to fortify your The 1960s civil rights movement The rioters are doing significant
own house so that you may be a house drew inspiration from Gandhi’s con- harm to the protesters’ cause. Their ac-
of refuge in times of organization. Now Police Chief Shields answers reporters cept of satyagraha, nonviolent resis- tions are completely unjustified. They
is the time to plot, plan, strategize, or- on Friday.MIKE STEWART/AP tance. Martin Luther King Jr. and his have no coherent message or stated ob-
ganize and mobilize.” followers met the fire hoses and dogs jective, but only spread misery, fear
❚Listen to Mayor Keisha Lance Bot- they faced with marches, prayer, and anger.
toms, who delivered a stern message as thinking: ‘How can we use force to de- speeches and songs. King’s “I have a Their primary targets, law enforce-
CNN’s world headquarters was under fuse it?’ And I’m not having it. I’m not dream” speech during the 1963 March ment and small business owners, are
siege: “This is not a protest. This is not having that.” on Washington was not followed by among those most respected groups in
in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. America stands at a perilous mo- nights of terror and vandalism. American society. Most people don’t
This is chaos. ... You are disgracing our ment. At no time since 1968, a year of The nonviolent approach produced want radicals invading their neighbor-
city. You are disgracing the life of shocking assassinations and turmoil in concrete results, in the form of the his- hoods and transforming them into war
George Floyd and every other person the streets, has it felt so much like the toric Civil Rights and Voting Rights zones. And a country just emerging
who has been killed in this country. We wheels are coming off. Yet even as un- Acts. But the ideal of peaceful protest from the disruptions of the COVID-19
are better than this. We’re better than rest roiled the nation this weekend, the was tested by the Watts riots in 1965 lockdown will not respond well to their
this as a city. We are better than this as successful SpaceX launch and docking and shattered by the “long, hot sum- anarchic antics.
a country.” reminded us what the nation is capable mer” of 1967. Over 150 riots broke out If the rioters are trying to force peo-
❚And listen to Erika Shields, the of if we don’t tear ourselves apart. across the United States, the worst of ple to choose between them and the po-
city’s white police chief who waded If the country is to pull through this them in Detroit and Newark. lice, for most people that is an easy
into a group of protesters to listen to confluence of crises as it did a half-cen- The Kerner Commission report on choice.
their concerns. “You have a right to be tury ago, it needs more voices and ex- the violence chalked it up to boiled-
upset, to be scared and to want to yell,” amples like the ones coming from At- over black frustration at a society that James S. Robbins, a member of USA
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FACTORIES ORDERS FOR MAY
ARE STILL IN RETREAT
American factories slowed for the
third consecutive month in May as
they continued to sustain economic
damage from the coronavirus pan-
demic. The Institute for Supply Man-
agement said Monday that its manu-
facturing index came in at 43.1 last
month after registering 41.5 in April.
Anything below 50 signals that U.S.
manufacturers are in retreat. New
orders, production, hiring and new
export orders all fell in May but at a
slower pace than they did in April.
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING
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U.S. construction spending fell 2.9% in
April, the largest drop in 18 months,
with broad declines across all building
activity as shutdowns hobbled pro-
jects and workers were told to stay
home. The Commerce Department The coronavirus pandemic forced Susan Tipton to shutter Acquiesce Winery’s tasting room. ACQUIESCE WINERY
said that the April decline was the
biggest monthly drop since a 3.% fall Wineries going digital
in October 2018. It followed a basically
flat reading in March. Spending on
residential construction dropped 4.5%
in April with single-family construction
as a key to survival
down 6.6% and the smaller apartment
segment down 9.1%.
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since mid-March on Monday, part of a “Any kind of spend that we “We are the last industry not to be
new wave of openings of stores and Susan Tipton began making wine changed by the internet in a meaningful
would normally put into the
10 coastal state parks and portions of after she and her husband settled on way. Now, wineries are learning on the
Acadia National Park. Public gather- an 18-acre property in Acampo, Cali- tasting room with events fly,” Mabray says.
ings that were limited to 10 or fewer fornia, in 2003. Inspired by a trip to the At Acquiesce, customers, some of
people were increased to up to 50 Southern Rhône region of France and wine club pick-up whom had never before purchased wine
people effective Monday as part of a where she first tasted Châteauneuf- parties, we are now putting from the winery, are loading up on bot-
second phase of reopening Maine’s du-Pape wines, Tipton planted rows of tles and cases online. Last year, e-com-
economy. Hotels, campgrounds and Grenache Blanc in the sandy soil there. into digital.” merce made up 3% of Tipton’s sales. So
RV parks opened to out-of-state visi- Soon, what began as a hobby far in 2020? 10%.
Susan Tipton
tors, but a 14-day quarantine for peo- bloomed into the award-winning Ac- So these days, Acquiesce’s somme-
ple traveling to the state was still in quiesce Winery producing 4,000 lier, who’s usually on hand to make wine
effect. cases a year. But in March, COVID-19 cases a year could lose 47.5% of their and wine pairing suggestions in the
forced Tipton to shutter her tasting revenue in 2020 due to tasting room and tasting room, is leading “Somm Thurs-
room in a 100-year-old converted barn restaurant closures. Those producing days” on YouTube, while Tipton is try-
and, overnight, about half of her reve- fewer than 1,000 cases could see a 66% ing her hand at Instagram Live. And a
Dow Jones Industrial Avg. nue evaporated. plunge. new marketing firm is helping the win-
The nation’s $30 billion wine indus- Rather than see revenue dry up, ery strategically place Facebook and
30,000
try stands to lose nearly $6 billion this many wineries are doing something Google ads.
28,000 25,475 year, with smaller wineries getting hit they’ve resisted for years: They’re spir- “Any kind of spend that we would
26,000 the hardest, according to a report pre- iting more of their business into the normally put into the tasting room with
pared for the Wine Institute by Jon digital realm, blending internet savvy events and wine club pick-up parties,
24,000
Moramarco, editor and partner with with the age-old tradition of winemak- we are now putting into digital,” Tipton
22,000 91.91 the Gomberg-Fredrikson Report. ing and selling, says e-commerce expert
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for online English tutors, social media caring for his daughter and taking her Kramer has no plans to go back to the
specialists and gaming and computer on walks or to the park. travel and tourism business.
security professionals. Stern notched $300 in sales the first “We have more free time to do the
Continued from Page 1B Although all 50 states are gradually hour his enterprise was up and running. things we do outdoors,” she says.
letting businesses reopen, consumers Now he’s taking in about $2,700 a week
partment’s May jobs report Friday is are expected to return to restaurants in revenue, netting him roughly $1,100 in Recruiter turned day trader
projected to record another 8 million and shops warily, and unemployment is earnings based on a 40% profit margin.
layoffs, driving the unemployment rate likely to remain elevated into next year. Sales, he adds, are growing “exponen- After she was laid off from her
near 20%, highest since the Great De- Here’s a look at how several laid-off tially.” recruiting job April 1, Charlotte Mahler
pression. workers are getting by: He credits his success to low prices of Plano, Texas, waited about six weeks
But some private surveys are picking that narrow his profits but place him for her unemployment checks. She re-
up the trend of laid-off people snagging Stagehand-turned-e-commerce high in Google search results. “I didn’t cently received about four weeks of pay-
part-time work and side hustles. Sixty- mogul get too greedy,” he says. ments – half of what she should have
four percent of Americans age 24 and If the corporate events business re- gotten – and they didn’t
older who lost a job or had their hours Mitchell Stern, 36, who lives in the covers, Stern says, “I can feasibly do include the $600 federal
reduced have landed, or plan to seek, a San Francisco area, made a six-figure both.” Meanwhile, he plans to start oth- weekly supplement. The
side hustle, according to a TD Ameri- salary setting up exhibits and serving as er e-commerce ventures, building their $2,000 was enough to
trade survey April 24-May 4. And 54% an audio technician, among other tasks, revenue and then selling them in six pay her rent but not util-
of all adults are planning a side gig, ac- at corporate events. But work virtually months to a year, potentially earning ity and other bills.
cording to a mid-April survey by Sel- disappeared in March as millions of dollars. Forced to draw from
f.inc, a personal finance site. Americans shunned “I took lemons and I made lemon- Mahler her savings, Mahler, 52,
FlexJobs– which advertises work-at- large gatherings. ade,” he says. has been day-trading
home, part-time and temporary jobs – “Every event was can- stocks through Ameritrade since she
has seen a 50% jump in traffic on its site celed,” says Stern, who is Vacation adviser turned tutor lost her job. Her father showed her the
compared with a year ago, says CEO Sa- single, lives with his 19- basics in her 20s, and she has traded oc-
ra Sutton. month-old daughter and Holly Kramer, 33, of Arvada, Colora- casionally over the years. But this was
“There has been a surge of this in the Stern had to dip into savings to do, booked luxury vacation homes until different.
past few months that is definitely attrib- pay his April rent and such pre-pandemic indulgences evapo- “I said now that I have availability all
utable to the number of people being other bills. “I was starting to panic a lit- rated and she was laid off in mid-March. day, why not do it full-time?” she says.
laid off,” Sutton says. tle bit.” Fortunately, her husband kept his job as Mahler wakes up daily at 7:30 a.m.
Normally, big job losses trigger mas- Before the crisis, Stern planned to a paramedic firefighter Central Time so she can watch CNBC
sive searches for full-time jobs, but this dabble in selling a skin care product on- and the couple could pay and read Zacks Investment Research re-
crisis has been anything but normal. line but quickly realized that “people are their rent and other bills. ports to prepare for the New York Stock
With much of the economy shut down, not going to be spending money on lux- But Kramer wasn’t eli- Exchange’s opening bell an hour later.
relatively few jobs have been available. ury items. … Everybody’s needs had gible for unemployment Closely monitoring CNBC and her Ame-
Many unemployed people aren’t looking suddenly changed,” he said. benefits and they had to ritrade account throughout the day, her
for traditional positions because they He swiftly pivoted. scale back spending on strategy is elegantly simple: If a stock
fear they’ll catch the virus, says Andrew “My solution was to create an e-com- Kramer restaurants – whether starts to climb significantly, she buys it.
Chamberlain, chief economist of Glass- merce store that carried all of the items dine-in or takeout – from When it begins to dip, even slightly, she
door, the job posting site. that I thought people might start to buy once or twice a week to monthly. And sells.
Others expect to be rehired when the more of in the new normal of social dis- their frequent outlays on camping She typically buys and sells five to 20
pandemic eases, he says, and so they’re tancing and working from home,” he equipment became a thing of the past. stocks – amounting to $2,000 to $5,000
biding their time and collecting unem- says. Many of the items were tough to Kramer initially applied for a grocery – a day. When she saw beaten-down
ployment benefits that include a $600 find at chain stores and even on Ama- store job. “I was looking for anything,” cruise ship and airline stocks climb re-
federal supplement during the crisis. zon, including toilet paper, hand sani- she says. “It wasn’t ideal,” though, be- cently, she bought some, quickly selling
Some can’t work because schools are tizer, face masks, home fitness equip- cause of the risk of getting the virus. the next day as they started to dip and
closed and they need to take care of ment, survival gear and kids’ games. In mid-April she found a position on netting about $1,000. She cleared about
their kids. Stern turned to Shopify, an e-com- FlexJobs as an English language tutor. $400 on Peloton, the exercise equip-
Yet many jobless Americans need ex- merce platform that provides technol- After two weeks of training, Kramer be- ment producer, and $700 on Beyond
tra income. Some don’t qualify for un- ogy templates for website design, mar- gan working Tuesday through Thurs- Meat, the maker of plant-based meat
employment insurance despite expand- keting, ordering, shipping, payments day, eight hours a day, giving 25-minute substitutes, buying and selling both
ed eligibility criteria, while others have and customer service. online video lessons to students in stocks within a day.
been stymied in their efforts to receive “It lets you do anything,” Stern says. countries such as Spain, Germany, Tur- While watching Beyond Meat’s stock
benefits because of swamped phone or Still, he says, “I had to figure it all out key and Brazil. Her clients include teen- price on her iPad, she had to run to the
computer systems. And unemployment myself. I’m still finding my way.” agers who plan to attend college in the grocery store for toothpaste and asked
checks simply aren’t enough for many. After hatching the idea in mid-April, U.S., business executives and retirees. her mother to keep an eye on the stock
Jobless benefit recipients who do a it took him just a couple of weeks to set A British native, Kramer once worked and call her if it started falling. Fortu-
side hustle may still get unemployment up the business. as a hiking and bicycle tour guide telling nately, it didn’t.
benefits, though the amount probably Stern lists his products online at Wal- participants about local cultures, so it Mahler says she never loses more
would be reduced,, says Michele Ever- mart, eBay, Google Shopping and, soon, wasn’t difficult to reactivate her teach- than $100 to $200 in a day, and typically
more, a senior policy analyst at the Na- Amazon, as well as his own site, victory- ing skills. nets several hundred dollars to $1,000 a
tional Employment Law Project. garden.shop. When a customer orders a “I get to meet people from all different week, which she promptly transfers to
Although jobs have vanished in most product, a manufacturer in China ar- countries and help them get better,” she her bank account.
industries, warehouse, grocery and in- ranges to ship it. At about 5:30 p.m. each says. When their English improves, “it’s “That’s how I’m going to make money
formation technology listings have ex- day, Stern presses a few keys on his lap- a fantastic feeling.” and pay my bills,” she says. “I have to be
ploded, Glassdoor data shows, as Amer- top to pay manufacturers for that day’s The pay – $15 an hour, or $360 a week aggressive in the market.”
icans work and play more from home. purchases. At 8 a.m. the next day, he – is less than half her vacation adviser While she says day trading is fun,
The number of restaurant servers seek- types in tracking numbers to fulfill the salary, but it’s enough to allow Kramer she’s looking for another job.
ing Amazon jobs increased sevenfold orders, triggering payments to his bank and her husband to order takeout din- “It’ll be nice not to have to watch the
from early January to mid-May, Glass- account. ners a couple of times a month. And stock shows,” she says. “Some days, I
door figures show. Each of those steps takes just a few they recently bought a new Dutch oven feel like I’m getting a little burned out.”
FlexJobs is seeing a surge in postings minutes.He spends the rest of the day for camping trips.
Wineries
Online sales help
Baiocchi Wines, which usually sells
Continued from Page 1B 80% of its inventory through its tasting
room at Sutter Creek in the Sierra Foot-
says. hill Wine region of California, had to
Cooped up at home, people are cook- make quick changes after COVID-19.
ing more or they’re meeting up with On March 17, when six Bay Area coun-
friends for Zoom cocktail hours. On Et- ties locked down, owner and winemaker
sy, homeschooling wine glasses are a Greg Baiocchi launched a special pro-
hit. And with so many of life’s luxuries motion on Facebook, Instagram and
indefinitely postponed, even the most Twitter for a three-pack of red blends
casual oenophile is making room in the using the #ShelterInPlace hashtag.
budget for a nice vintage or two. Then he teamed up with the Sacramen-
Shopping carts are brimming at wine to chapter of Feed the Frontlines, which
retailers and on Drizly, Doordash, Insta- delivers free meals to health care work-
cart and other mobile apps. Shoppers ers and first responders, donating 10%
are also clicking on or tapping their fa- of each $100 wine pack of wine he sold
vorite wineries or they’re discovering to the nonprofit.
new ones. And this could be the status “What we have learned through this
quo for some time, says Rob McMillan, Anaba Wines finished a hospitality center just before the shutdown. ROCCO CESELIN is that we should be focusing more at-
executive vice president and founder of tention online,” Baiocchi says. “I’ve al-
Silicon Valley Bank’s wine division. ways done it on a regular basis. This has
“Restaurants and tasting rooms will Wineries reach out grapes, the winemaking techniques and taught me I should be doing it with more
be forced to have fewer visitors, even if the people behind it all,” Noland says. frequency. It just puts you in front of
visitors are comfortable coming,” Mc- Some wineries already were pre- “You can buy the wine you love or you people more often and gives them a rea-
Millan says. pared for this sudden shift to online can explore a huge range of small lot son to purchase your wine.”
buying. production wine you’ll never find in a Last October, Anaba Wines, a sus-
Pandemic-related shift “E-commerce was coming for the store, and you can do it in pajamas from tainably farmed, wind-powered winery
wine industry whether the wine indus- the comfort and safety of your home.” in the Carneros region of California’s So-
According to research firm Nielsen, try wanted it to or not. It just got expe- Wente is also going where the de- noma Wine Country, put the finishing
wine sales for the week ending May 9 dited by COVID-19,” says Justin Noland, mand is. In March, when Pennsylvania touches on a hospitality center de-
were up 267% year over year. With CO- who was hired two years ago to lead closed liquor stores because of CO- signed to draw more visitors.
VID-19 lockdowns, more people are buy- digital strategy and e-commerce at VID-19, the winery targeted social media Right before the shelter-in-place or-
ing that wine online from the comfort Wente Family Estates in California’s Li- ads to the state’s residents, shipping ca- der took effect, general manager John
and safety of their homes and having it vermore Valley. He says he was shocked seload after caseload. Michael Sweazeyswitched all of his wi-
delivered to their doorstep, says Max when, at an industry conference, wine- At Duckhorn Wine Company in St. nery’s spending from driving foot traffic
Miller, president of Naked Wines, a ma- makers debated whether to use Google Helena in California’s Napa Valley, on- to e-commerce sales.
jor online retailer. Analytics on their websites. line sales are up about 250%, says Carol Shipping and other promotions have
“At Naked Wines, we saw unprece- “The wineries that were more pre- Reber, its chief marketing officer. produced sales from new customers,
dented growth in demand for the prod- pared to pivot to digital have done better The winery is bringing the wine and so have virtual tastings. On Sun-
uct,” Miller says. “And we are not really in COVID-19,” he says, “and they are country into people’s homes, with virtu- days, he and his wife, an Italian cook,
seeing any reversion back to what it was poised to do better after COVID-19.” al tastings for groups led by a winemak- create Instagram stories, pairing wine
pre-pandemic.” At Wente, virtual tastings with Alexa er. About 10,000 people have tuned in so with homemade bolognese or with fo-
At Wine.com, revenue has quadru- or Google Home let people focus on the far to watch Napa Valley chef Natalie caccia and cured meats and cheeses.
pled to more than $1 million a day since wine and each other, not a screen. The Niksa of La Saison whip up seasonal So far, Anaba Wines has topped last
March 28, says the online retailer’s chief Wente Family stars in “Wine Wednes- recipes from chicken enchiladas with year’s sales.
executive Rich Bergsund. April revenue day” Facebook and Instagram Live epi- Rancho Gordo beans to maple-glazed “If we were just an e-commerce busi-
topped $40 million and Wine.com ex- sodes. And #MakeTime Bingo reminds bacon meatloaf with sweet potato mash ness, if we hadn’t built a tasting room at
pects to bring in $100 million this quar- people to take time to read a book (and and pair the dishes with Duckhorn all and we were starting this from
ter. And the company has hired 500 have a glass of Wente). wines. scratch, I would say this could turn into
people and tripled its marketing spend. “You can learn about the winery, the something great,” Sweazey says.
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