Enough Is Enough ‘We’Re Sick of It’: Anger Over Police Killings Shatters U.S.; Protests Spread to Europe Page 11
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ONLINE NATION/VIRUS NATION Get the latest Trump postpones G7 SpaceX capsule docks with news on the meeting until fall, again International Space Station, virus outbreak advocates for expansion delivers two astronauts stripes.com/coronavirus Page 10 Page 12 Browns’ QB Mayfield returned to roots » NFL, Back page stripes.com Volume 79, No. 31 ©SS 2020 MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Enough is enough ‘We’re sick of it’: Anger over police killings shatters U.S.; protests spread to Europe Page 11 Police officers confront protesters during a demonstration demanding justice for George Floyd, Saturday, on Sixth Street in downtown Pittsburgh. Protests continue across the country over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO, POST-GAZETTE/AP Pandemic air travel costly for service members with pets BY JENNIFER H. SVAN “I considered having to give flight contracted by the Pentagon ber of rotator flights for person- Commercial options are also Stars and Stripes her up,” Oakley said of the dog for military families. nel and added more in-cabin pet limited and pricey. With thou- he handpicked six years ago from Like Oakley, many service spaces to meet the demand, but sands of flights canceled, airlines RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, a litter of puppies in Frankfurt, members returning from over- out of Ramstein, most spots for are pivoting to freight to make up Germany — Facing costs in ex- “because it was just going to cost seas with pets are scrambling for animals that don’t fit in the cabin for the lack of passengers, put- cess of $3,000 to move his pet in so much.” limited spaces, as commercial are already booked through Au- ting a premium on cargo space, the middle of a pandemic, Air Oakley said he had to “move shipping costs skyrocket amid gust, base transportation officials said Kari Mendoza, a Navy vet- Force Tech. Sgt. Gregory Oakley mountains” to get one of 10 pet the disruption to air travel caused said. eran who for more than 10 years thought he might have to leave his spots in the cargo hold flying from by the coronavirus pandemic. “They’re running out fast,” said has run Island Pet Movers, beloved Corgi, Fritzi, behind with Ramstein to Baltimore on Friday The Defense Department has Revillano Sarao, Ramstein’s in- another family in Germany. on the Patriot Express, a charter temporarily increased the num- stallation transportation officer. SEE COSTLY ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, June 1, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9631 US consumer spending sinks by record 13.6% Euro costs (June 1) ..............................$ 1.09 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.82 Dollar buys (June 1)..........................€0.8754 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.8401 British pound (June 1) ........................ $ 1.21 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Department figures reinforced items such as clothing to services Japanese yen (June 1) .......................105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (June 1) ............1207.00 facilities in the country of issuance evidence that the economy is ranging from doctor visits to hair- Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the WASHINGTON — U.S. con- Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3775 gripped by the worst downturn in cuts. Spending tumbled 17.3% for Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound .....................................$1.2352 sumer spending plunged by a nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., decades, with consumers unable durable goods, 16.2% for non-du- Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3771 purchasing British pounds in Germany), record-shattering 13.6% in April China (Yuan) ........................................ 7.1420 or too anxious to spend much. rables and 12.2% for services. check with your local military banking as the viral pandemic shuttered Denmark (Krone) ................................ 6.7031 Even with employers cutting The depth of the spending drop facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...................................15.8405 businesses, forced millions of lay- rates provided for reference when buying millions of jobs incomes soared is particularly damaging because Euro ........................................ $1.1120/0.8993 currency. All figures are foreign currencies offs and sent the economy into a 10.5% in April, reflecting billions consumer spending is the primary Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7548 deep recession. Hungary (Forint) .................................313.28 to one dollar, except for the British pound, of dollars in government pay- driver of the economy, accounting Israel (Shekel) ..................................... 3.5211 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Last month’s spending decline ments in the form of unemploy- for about 70% of economic activ- Japan (Yen) ........................................... 107.54 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) was far worse than the revised ment aid and stimulus checks. ity. Last month’s figure signaled Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3087 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...................................9.7140 6.9% drop in March, which itself Friday’s report showed sharp the April-June quarter will be es- Philippines (Peso).................................50.52 Prime rate ................................................3.25 had set a record for the steepest declines in consumer spending pecially grim, with the economy Poland (Zloty) ..........................................4.00 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7563 Federal funds market rate ...................0.05 one-month fall in records dat- across the board — from durable thought to be shrinking at an an- Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.4137 3-month bill ............................................. 0.14 ing to 1959. Friday’s Commerce goods like cars to non-durable nual rate near 40%. South Korea (Won) ...........................1237.28 30-year bond ...........................................1.47 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 64/58 Kabul 87/47 Seoul 73/53 Baghdad 105/74 Kandahar 100/61 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 74/54 74/62 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 70/49 64/47 71/58 Iwakuni 67/64 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 90/87 Brussels 65/47 Guam 106/85 74/52 Ramstein 71/63 88/78 Lajes, 70/50 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 107/78 109/78 61/58 68/47 67/53 Aviano/ Vicenza 70/51 Naples 69/59 Okinawa Morón 79/76 86/61 Sigonella Rota 73/56 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 100/86 71/65 68/63 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 19 Crossword ................. 19 Faces ........................ 15 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 20-24 Monday, June 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Poland hit by fake news days before drills BY JOHN VANDIVER Russia is suspected of being behind the Stars and Stripes ongoing attacks, which bear the hallmarks of previous disinformation campaigns led Poland was hit with a barrage of fake by the Kremlin, Zaryn said. news stories last week, including a phony “The military cooperation between the interview with a U.S. commander ridicul- U.S. and Poland is constantly targeted by ing allied militaries, days before a major Russian activities,” he said. NATO exercise kicks off in the country, Other alliance members on the eastern Polish officials said. flank, including the Baltic states — which “The attack coincided with the begin- were annexed by the Soviet Union after ning of the next phase of (the) Defender World War II — have also been targeted in Europe-20 military exercise hosted by Po- recent months by fake news stories, some land,” Polish government spokesman Stan- of which have seized on the coronavirus to islaw Zaryn said in a lengthy statement try to undermine NATO. Thursday, in which he blamed Moscow. In February, a phony story claimed an Hackers used “cyberattack tools” to post American soldier deployed to Lithuania fake content on various news websites, in- was infected with the coronavirus. Lith- cluding prominent Polish media groups, uania’s Kauno Diena newspaper said the Zaryn said. false story was the work of hackers and Among the bogus reports was a fabri- was visible for about 10 minutes before cated interview with U.S. Army Europe being taken down. commander Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Lithuania’s Defense Ministry in April which was published on a website notori- said there had been 807 cases of false or ous for spreading disinformation and was CHRISTINA WESTOVER/U.S. Army then picked up by other sites, Polish offi- misleading information since February Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, U.S. Army Europe commander, is interviewed by media cials said. about the virus, much of it focused on outlets during a visit to Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, last year. Poland The flurry of fake news comes as Poland Lithuania. was hit by a barrage of fake news as it prepared to host a NATO exercise. prepares to host the Agile Spirit exercise Alarmed by such