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On Juneteenth, PANDEMIC DANGER Tulsa Pairs Joy IS AT A NEW HIGH, With Defiance
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BROOKLYN Protests for police reform continued in New York on Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of American slavery.
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MADISON A flag commemorating Juneteenth was flown at the Wisconsin State Capitol building for the first time on Friday.
TULSA, Okla. — In a city that has become known as a landmark to black pain, Friday was a day for black joy. More than a thousand people gathered along Greenwood Avenue — the site of one of America’s worst racist attacks — to celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates when enslaved black Americans in Texas formally learned of emancipation. The end of a centuries-long massacre. In any year, Juneteenth in Tulsa means something different than it does in other cities, according to black residents. The exuberance more palpable, the music more soulful, against the backdrop of the May 1921 white riot that killed an estimated 300 black Tulsans and destroyed the area once known as “Black Wall Street.” “We’re celebrating the emancipation of slaves, but we’re really celebrating the idea of being black,” said Jacquelyn Simmons, who has lived in Tulsa for 45 years. “We love it and we love us.” But this was not any year. Organizers planned to cancel their annual Juneteenth celebration amid the national coronavirus pandemic. Then President Trump announced a campaign rally in the city, originally scheduled to be held on the Friday holiday but later moved to Saturday evening. With that event looming, and national protests raging about racial injustice and police brutality, what was typically a celebration of resilience had transformed into one of defiance. “Black Lives Matter” was painted in bright yellow letters across Greenwood Avenue. Attendees said they were celebrating not only how black ancestors were freed from enslavement, but also the persistence of black Americans today — from a pandemic that has disproportionately affected black communities, police departments that disproContinued on Page A14
New Cases Set Records in States Where Limits Have Been Eased By JULIE BOSMAN
CHICAGO — The world has entered a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic, a top official from the World Health Organization said on Friday, a stark warning that came as the United States struggled to control spiraling outbreaks and as business leaders signaled growing unease with the country’s ability to effectively contend with the virus. Coronavirus cases spiked sharply across the American South and West, particularly in states that loosened restrictions on businesses several weeks ago. In Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Arizona, daily counts of new coronavirus cases reached their highest levels of the pandemic this week. Texas, which has seen known cases double in the past month, became the sixth state to surpass 100,000 cases, according to a New York Times database of cases in the United States. Around the country, there were indications that major companies and sports teams were changing their own plans as the new surges emerged. Apple said it was temporarily closing 11 retail stores across four states amid an uptick in cases. AMC Entertainment reversed course on its mask policy on Friday, saying it will now require patrons to wear face coverings when movie theaters reopen next month. Two Major League Baseball clubs, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays, and a professional hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, abruptly shut down training facilities in Florida over concerns that the viContinued on Page A5
Surveillance Aircraft Hovered As Marchers Filled the Streets By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
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ATLANTA Thousands continued to rally in Georgia, after the killing of Rayshard Brooks by a police officer this month.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Department of Homeland Security deployed helicopters, airplanes and drones over 15 cities where demonstrators gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, logging at least 270 hours of surveillance, far more than previously revealed, according to Customs and Border Protection data. The department’s dispatching of unmanned aircraft over protests in Minneapolis last month sparked a congressional inquiry and widespread accusations that the federal agency had infringed on the privacy rights of demonstrators. But that was just one piece of a nationwide operation that deployed resources usually used to patrol the U.S. border for smugglers and illegal crossings. Aircraft filmed demonstrations in
Dayton, Ohio; New York City; Buffalo and Philadelphia, among other cities, sending video footage in real time to control centers managed by Air and Marine Operations, a branch of Customs and Border Protection. The footage was then fed into a digital network managed by the Homeland Security Department, called “Big Pipe,” which can be accessed by other federal agencies and local police departments for use in future investigations, according to senior officials with Air and Marine Operations. The revelations come amid a fierce national debate over police tactics and the role that federal law enforcement should play in controlling or monitoring demonstrations. The clearing of demonstrators from Lafayette Park in Washington for a presidential Continued on Page A17
U.S. Attorney Investigating Trump Allies Ousted Police Struggle to Recruit Officers, Not Warriors By BENJAMIN WEISER and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
The Justice Department on Friday abruptly ousted the United States attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman, the powerful federal prosecutor whose office
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Russia Drama Set in Libya Two Russians who said they were doing sociology research were jailed on charges of political meddling amid a war. PAGE A9
Venezuela Steps Up Detentions “Forced disappearances” are playing a critical role in the Maduro government’s efforts to muzzle opponents and instill fear, according to a new report by two human rights groups. PAGE A8
been recruiting a new crop of trainees who will face the same challenge as every rookie: navigating the dramatic difference between what is preached at the academy and what is practiced on the street. In the Minneapolis Police Academy, cadets are trained to be
over one of its most prestigious jobs. “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position,” Mr. Berman said, adding that he learned that he was “stepping down” in a press release from the Justice Department press reContinued on Page A18
MINNEAPOLIS — Even as the Minneapolis Police Department reels in the aftermath of its officers’ involvement in the killing of George Floyd, the department has
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sent President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to prison and who has been investigating Mr. Trump’s current personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani. But Mr. Berman said in a statement that he was refusing to leave his position, setting up a crisis within the Justice Department
Public health experts say the method used to count deaths in the pandemic is decades-old and some uncertainty is simply part of the process. PAGE A5
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An inquiry found that the two top officers aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt made poor decisions. PAGE A6
Global warming is starting to transform the classic 30-year home loan, a fixture that goes back for generations. PAGE A21
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Big Wallets, Closed Up Tight The steepest declines in spending during the pandemic have come from the highest-income places. PAGE B1
When two black men were found hanging from trees in Southern California, the police quickly ruled the deaths suicides, but then after an outcry from activists, opened inquiries. PAGE A17
mindful of their own biases, to treat the public with respect and to use force only when necessary. But then they enter station houses and squad cars with veteran officers who may view policing differently — as an us-versus-them profession with a potential threat on Continued on Page A16
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What’s News World-Wide high-stakes fight over control of the nation’s most prominent federal prosecutor’s office broke out Friday night, as Manhattan U.S. Attorney Berman rejected Attorney General Barr’s assertion that Berman had resigned from his post. A1
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By Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Dave Michaels and Sadie Gurman Geoffrey Berman rejected Attorney General William Barr’s assertion that Mr. Berman had resigned from his post. Mr. Barr said in an email shortly after 9 p.m. Friday that Mr. Berman, whose office has overseen investigations into President Trump’s closest
Demonstrators around the U.S. marched to mark Juneteenth and demand lawenforcement reforms. Tulsa, Okla., officials prepared for a convergence of protesters and Trump supporters. A5 The Trump administration signaled that it is considering another attempt to cancel the DACA program. A3
U.S. companies brought home $124 billion in foreign profits in the first quarter of 2020, the highest level since an immediate rush after the 2017 tax law. A1 Apple said that it would again close nearly a dozen stores across four states where cases of the coronavirus have climbed. A1 The Dow abruptly turned lower after Apple’s decision, ending down 0.8%. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, while the Nasdaq posted a slight gain. B11 Wirecard CEO Braun resigned amid a deepening accounting scandal at the German payments giant. A1 The Trump administration, bowing to pressure, said it would release the names of borrowers who received PPP loans of $150,000 or more. A3 Baseball’s labor battle and a surge in coronavirus cases in Florida and elsewhere have left dwindling options for staging a 2020 season. A14 Nearly all U.S. states added jobs last month as businesses reopened. A3 Oil prices rose, sending U.S. crude back near $40 a barrel and fueling hopes for rebounding demand. B1 Samsung Electronics began selling the least expensive 5G-enabled smartphone available in the U.S. B3
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allies, was stepping down. Two hours later, Mr. Berman responded that he only learned he was “‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney” from the press release issued by Mr. Barr’s office. “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,” Mr. Berman said in a statement released by the office spokesman. “I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until Please turn to page A2
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A federal judge considering the administration’s request to block Bolton’s book questioned the practical impact of such an order. A3
China indicted two Canadians on espionage charges in cases widely seen as retribution for Canada’s arrest of a Huawei executive. A8
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The IRS attempted to identify and track potential criminal suspects by purchasing access to a commercial database that records the locations of millions of American cellphones. A2
The Navy concluded that the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s former captain shouldn’t be reinstated to command of the ship. A6
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WASHINGTON—U.S. companies brought home $124 billion in foreign profits in this year’s first quarter, the highest level since an immediate rush after the 2017 tax law, according to data released Friday by the Commerce Department. The repatriations, made just as the coronavirus-related recession was starting, are a sign of how much companies may have needed cash in their U.S. operations. “There obviously seemed to be a need to move that liquid-
ity up to the parent” companies, said Todd Castagno, an accounting and tax-policy analyst at Morgan Stanley. “It was just kind of a rush to get to the safest high-level ground as you could.” U.S. companies made $115 billion in foreign profits in the first quarter and brought $124 billion back to the U.S. That means they were dipping into previously accumulated foreign profits for the first time since 2018 and, on net, not reinvesting any foreign profits abroad. In the fourth quarter of 2019, by contrast, Please turn to page A6
Coronavirus Reshapes World Trade MEMORIALS: From top, people prayed in Atlanta, ironworkers knelt in Somerville, Mass., and a casket was carried in Tulsa, Okla., as demonstrators nationwide on Friday marked the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery and demanded changes to the justice system. A5
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Backyard rodents win new fans during pandemic BY ELLEN GAMERMAN Laurie Kort is baffled by people who don’t want squirrels breaking into their birdfeeders. Not only does she welcome the critters in her backyard, she gives them the same mac and cheese she feeds her grandchildren. “I don’t want to be the squirrel lady,’” she said, “but it’s hard not to fall in love with them.” Plenty of others share her passion. Her husband and son have started making squirrelsized picnic tables with decorative nut bowls. Working out of their New Hudson, Mich., home, the family has already sold 3,000 for at least $20 each. For people whose social lives have ground to a halt during the pandemic, squirrels are a cheap date. Sales of squirrel feeders are up. A video featuring a squirrel obPlease turn to page A10
Apple Shuts 11 Stores Again Amid Outbreaks BY TRIPP MICKLE AND HEATHER HADDON Apple Inc. said it would close nearly a dozen stores again across four states where cases of the coronavirus have climbed, showing wariness in the business community about the safety of reopening in some places. Retailers from Best Buy Co. to Macy’s Inc. have set plans to reopen hundreds of U.S. locations by the end of June. Those that were forced to
close in March have taken various approaches to reopening, with some wanting to move faster or more deliberately than local policy makers would allow. Apple has taken a more conservative approach to store operations than other retailers. In mid-March, it was among the first to close its roughly 270 stores in the U.S., and upon reopening some stores in May, it required that customers and staff wear Please turn to page A6
Economic activity deemed vital to national security puts pressure on globalization BY JACOB M. SCHLESINGER When the global economy finally gets beyond the pandemic, expect it to be less globalized than before. Governments, including many longtime advocates of global trade, are using the crisis to erect barriers to commerce and bring manufacturing home. Japan now pays companies to relocate factories from China. French President Emmanuel Macron pledges “full independence” in crucial medical supplies by year-end. In Washington, Republicans and Democrats alike back new “Buy American” requirements for government health spending. From semiconductor mak-
High-Flying Fintech CEO Resigns As Accounting Scandal Deepens BY PAUL J. DAVIES AND JULIE STEINBERG Markus Braun, the selfstyled visionary behind German payments giant Wirecard AG, resigned Friday after the firm’s auditors said they couldn’t locate €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) of the company’s cash. An instantly recognizable fixture at tech conferences, recently adopting Steve Jobsstyle black turtlenecks, Mr.
Braun became known for grand predictions about the future of payments, big data and artificial intelligence. Mr. Braun’s abrupt resignation marks a turning point in the scandal engulfing the Munich-based company, once one of Europe’s rare tech success stories. Shares in Wirecard resumed their free fall Friday, erasing another $2 billion in market value after losing nearly $9 billion the day be-
fore. The shares are down 75% over the two days. Long the company’s face and most passionate advocate, as well as its largest shareholder, Mr. Braun said Friday that “responsibility for all business transactions lies” with the chief executive. A tall 50-year-old computer scientist from Vienna with an intense manner of speaking, Mr. Braun had been Wirecard’s Please turn to page A8
ers to surgical-gown producers, companies are reassessing far-flung, multinational production networks that have proven vulnerable to disruption. “What the pandemic has done is highlight some of the ways that globalization may have gone a bit too far,” said Peter Anderson, vice president of supply chain and manufacturing for Indianabased engine maker Cummins Inc., which has 125 factories in 27 countries. A decade of disease, natural disasters and trade wars has shown how companies have been “putting a huge amount of risk in global supply chains,” he said. Please turn to page A10
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La Comisión y el BCE avisan de que lo peor está por llegar Los líderes europeos aplazan la negociación de las ayudas a julio B. DE MIGUEL / LL. PELLICER Bruselas Los líderes europeos escenificaron ayer las diferencias que los separan para acordar el fondo de reconstrucción contra la crisis de la pandemia, dotado con 750.000 millones de euros, y el Plan Financiero Plurianual 2021-2028. En
El PP pone en duda la solvencia de España sin la ayuda de la UE NATALIA JUNQUERA, Madrid El PP puso en duda ayer la solvencia de España sin las ayudas europeas, justo cuando se negocia el reparto de 750.000 millones entre los países de la UE para la recuperación poscovid. “España no tiene autonomía financiera para poder endeudarse si no es con el respaldo de la UE”, dijo Alberto Núñez Feijóo. La dirección del partido le respaldó. PÁGINA 12
La Fiscalía pide reabrir la causa del joven muerto en un centro de menores P. ORTEGA DOLZ, Madrid La Fiscalía de Almería se ha sumado al recurso de apelación de la familia del joven Iliass Tahiri, fallecido el año pasado en el centro de menores de Tierras de Oria (Almería), cuando seis vigilantes lo inmovilizaron boca abajo. El fiscal abre la puerta a que se investigue un delito de “homicidio imprudente”. PÁGINA 15
una cumbre europea inusualmente corta y por videoconferencia, los jefes de Estado y Gobierno de los 27 países apenas avanzaron un milímetro durante la cita virtual en la que no se esperaba que se cerrase ningún acuerdo, pero sí que se acercaran posturas sobre el grado de condicionalidad de las ayudas. En lo que sí coincidieron los socios comunitarios fue en la necesidad de acelerar los trabajos para intentar cerrar un acuerdo durante la reunión convocada para el próximo mes de julio. La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, y la jefa del BCE, Christine Lagarde, apremiaron a los países porque, advirtieron, lo peor de la crisis está por llegar, con un fuerte aumento del desempleo en las próximas semanas. “No estamos al final del desastre económico, sino al principio”, advirtió Von der Leyen. El sentido de la urgencia parece haber calado en la mayoría de las delegaciones, sobre todo en Alemania, Francia, Italia y España. “Se percibe un consenso emergente”, constató el presidente del Consejo Europeo, Charles Michel. PÁGINA 39 EDITORIAL EN LA PÁGINA 8
MUERE EL NOVELISTA RUIZ ZAFÓN A LOS 55 AÑOS. El escritor Carlos Ruiz Zafón murió ayer de cáncer a los 55 años en Los Ángeles (EE UU). De su novela La sombra del viento vendió más de 10 millones de ejemplares. Tan exitoso como reservado, imaginó en su obra una Barcelona gótica atravesada por el amor a los libros. En la imagen, Zafón en Barcelona, en 2008. / CARMEN SECANELLA PÁGINAS 26 Y 27
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“España ignoró principios clave de salud pública” ORIOL GÜELL, Barcelona “España y otros países ignoraron principios clave de salud pública”. Pedro Alonso (Madrid, 61 años), epidemiólogo y director del Programa de Malaria de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), cuestiona sin ambages la reacción inicial de Europa a la crisis del coronavirus. “Se pecó de cierta miopía”, dice el experto, “al subestimar al virus y pensar: ‘Esto no nos puede pasar a nosotros,
ya lo sabremos gestionar”. Alonso, con una larga trayectoria en centros de investigación y programas internacionales, lamenta la falta de previsión de los Gobier-
La OMS: la pandemia se acelera con 150.000 casos al día en el mundo P20
nos para hacer frente a una pandemia que se esperaba y cuyo único elemento de incertidumbre era cuándo iba a ocurrir. Cuando el nuevo coronavirus llegó, faltaba material de protección, equipos médicos... “Los stocks estratégicos, las vías de aprovisionamiento, las capacidades de producción..., todo eso debe tenerse preparado, porque una vez iniciada la crisis, se desata un mercado salvaje”, añade. PÁGINA 18
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Retrato de un Trump disparatado, corrupto e ignorante AMANDA MARS, Washington Un presidente ignorante, corrupto y estrambótico. Es el retrato que hace de Donald Trump el exconsejero de Seguridad Nacional John Bolton en sus explosivas memorias. En La habitación donde su-
cedió, Bolton afirma que el presidente de EE UU entregó ayudas militares a Ucrania a cambio de favores y recuerda anécdotas como cuando Trump preguntó a Vladímir Putin si Finlandia era un satélite de Rusia. PÁGINA 3
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Losing pounds by the ’grams A sportswriter who was well over 300 tracks his weight loss on social media and inspires others.
As state officials try to balance public health with economy, many are confused by what is and isn’t dangerous.
By Arash Markazi ir, do you have your seat belt on?” I could hear the flight attendant, but I continued to close my eyes, rest my head against the window and cling to the blanket covering my lap, hoping she would keep walking down the aisle. “Excuse me, sir,” she said, her voice beginning to rise, as the passenger in the middle seat gently nudged me. “Do you have your seat belt on?” As I pretended to wake up, I looked up at the flight attendant, hopelessly searching for an answer to her simple question. It must have been a pained expression she had seen before. Without hesitating she reached into her pocket, casually handed me a seatbelt extender as discreetly as someone palming $20 to a restaurant maitre d’ for a good table, and walked away. I almost cried as I unfolded it and buckled the extender to the end of a seat belt that had failed to reach my navel. I knew I was overweight. That’s not a difficult realization for someone who’s 5 feet 7 and 329 pounds. But it wasn’t until that moment that I felt ashamed. It’s hard to say why that was the moment I became embarrassed enough to want to change my life. I had long ignored other potential turning points that were [See Weight, A12]
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T ULSA MARKS JUNETEENTH — ON EDGE A casket draped with the American flag is carried during a Juneteenth celebration in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla., a day before President Trump is set to hold a campaign rally. NATION, A6
Trump team starts ‘newscast’ Online shows may pave the way for his own media company — which some see as the president’s real ambition in politics By Noah Bierman WASHINGTON — As Father’s Day specials go, it was hardly stirring. But it was very Trumpian. Donald Trump Jr., interviewing President Trump on his online talk show Thursday night, debuted a new campaign ad that absurdly claims that Osama bin Laden — who U.S. forces killed in 2011 — had endorsed Joe Biden for president. “That’s your Father’s Day present,” son said to father. “Congratulations.” The president nodded as if he had just won a medium-priced set of steak knives. So went his first inter[See Trump, A7]
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brand, interviews the president for the online talk show “Triggered.”
L.A. deputies slow to gain bodycams Sheriff’s Department still hasn’t deployed recording equipment amid more shootings. By Alene Tchekmedyian and Dorany Pineda
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STUDENTS from Hong Kong and their Taiwanese supporters protest against
In a span of roughly 24 hours this week, Los Angeles County sheriff ’s deputies shot and killed two men, raising questions about how the episodes escalated into deadly gunfire.
The only video to emerge after deputies on Wednesday shot Terron Boone, a 31year-old Black man, in a Kern County community came from a home security camera that recorded audio of the incident. It’s unclear what footage, if any, investigators will be able to collect from the second scene in Gardena, where Andres Guardado, an 18-year-old Latino man working as a security guard, was fatally shot Thursday. But no video was recorded by the deputies them[See Bodycams, A8]
After months of warning people to stay home to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus, California officials have coalesced around a softer approach aimed at allowing the economy to bounce back while also trying to prevent new infections. It’s a strategy, however, that has often played out in seemingly haphazard and contradictory ways. On Thursday, California logged more cases of the coronavirus than on any day before and Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered that all Californians wear masks when they leave the house or else jeopardize “the real progress we have made in fighting the disease.” Later that day, officials in Los Angeles County, the center of the state’s outbreak, announced that bars, nail salons and massage parlors could resume business. Last week, officials announced that increasing transmission of COVID-19 in L.A. County could soon prompt a shortage of intensive care unit beds — and that they would allow gyms and museums to reopen. Officials say they are carefully balancing the needs of the economy with public health to be able to safely resume normal life, but the recent announcements have left many confused about what is and isn’t dangerous — and whom they can trust. “None of us are scientists, none of us are doctors, and even the doctors and the scientists are telling us something different every day,” said Joanna Duff, a singersongwriter who lives in the Hollywood Hills. “You just don’t really know what to believe.” Medical experts emphasize that nothing about the virus has changed: It is still deadly and circulating in the community. Public health policies driven by economics and politics, though sometimes necessary, can muddle that message and also erode trust in the government, both major problems during a pandemic, experts say. “I think it’s disingenuous to say they’re trying to do it for health reasons when they’re doing it for the exact opposite,” said Dr. Ernest Rasyidi, a psychiatrist with St. Joseph Hospital-Orange. [See Confusion, A8]
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Cop to be fired in fatal shooting Mayor of Louisville, Ky., says police officer involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor will lose his job. NATION, A7
‘We will always fight for our homeland,’ refugees say By Alice Su and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick TAIPEI, Taiwan — The slogans were the same, but they felt different in this foreign land, drifting through the air in a mix of Cantonese and Mandarin: “Five demands, not one less!” and “Free Hong Kong, revolution now!” Protesters stood before the crowd, waving flags that read “Hong Kong independence” and wearing the same
yellow hard hats and gas masks they’d worn back home to protect them from tear gas and police beatings. But this wasn’t home. There was no police squadron waiting for them here, no need for live maps and warnings on encrypted chat groups, no fear of coming clashes late in the night — only a disjointed sense of distance from the front lines 500 miles away. Solidarity rallies for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement have be-
come common in Taiwan, especially as thousands of Hong Kongers, who unlike Taiwanese speak mostly Cantonese, resettle in this democratic island nation. “I wish I could always stay in Hong Kong, but conditions there keep deteriorating,” said Connie Ng, 30, who often traveled to Taiwan for work and moved here last year because she felt safer. Many of her friends are still resisting back home, she said, but they were [See Taiwan, A4]
Answers sought in man’s death Sheriff’s deputy shoots a security guard near the Gardena auto body shop where he worked. CALIFORNIA, B1
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Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is among 30 players calling for UCLA to adopt some health protections amid the pandemic. SPORTS, D4
BUSINESS INSIDE: The jobless rate drifts down a hair as California gradually reopens. A9