Such incidents are again drawing protest after two violent episodes following traffic stops. In suburban Minneapolis, not far from where George Floyd was killed in a police encounter, a veteran cop recently killed a 20-year-old Black man, Daunte Wright, after he was stopped for expired registration tags. (Wright’s mother told reporters that when she talked to her son moments before he was shot, he said police raised concern about an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror.) In Virginia, a Black and Latino Army officer sued after he was pepper spraying, struck and handcuffed after being pulled over for not having a permanent license plate on his new SUV.
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Once upon a time, defensive shifts were the Yankees’ bugaboo. A lineup filled with plodding veteran sluggers was consistently done in by the shift, and the team’s unathletic infield didn’t take easily to the concept on defense.
Oh, how times have changed. Gone are the days of Brian McCann, Mark Teixeira and Stephen Drew smacking line drives into shallow right field only to be turned into groundball outs. Now, the Yankees are actually one of the teams least-shifted against in the majors. Not only that, but it’s a pivotal part of the team’s defensive strategy.