UPDATE PER NYPD: Midtown Manhattan descended into chaos after Knicks Game 5.
Ten officers injured. One punched in the face, another struck with a glass bottle.
A shooting at 43rd and Broadway wounded a 17-year-old. Crowds took over 43rd Street so completely that no ambulance could reach the scene, so NYPD drove the victim to the hospital. Officers recovered a firearm and took three people of interest into custody.
Four slashings and stabbings.
Crowds torched five school buses that were shuttling fans from Manhattan to MetLife Stadium for the World Cup.
Five NYPD vehicles wrecked. People swung bats at the cars, jumped on the roofs, and smashed front and back windshields. Crowds destroyed multiple personal vehicles too.
People set off fireworks inside packed crowds, climbed light poles, traffic signals, and scaffolding, and brawled in the street. Crowds blocked avenues for hours and refused to disperse.
63 arrested. Charges include assault on a police officer, criminal possession of a gun, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstruction of governmental administration.
10 YEARS AGO TODAY...
LeBron James & Kyrie Irving each scored 41 PTS to help the Cavs win Game 5 and keep their season alive vs. GSW in the 2016 NBA Finals!
.@Browns@JoelBitonio for 12 years no played the LG position better or more consistently than Bitonio...No matter where the play started it always seemed to end up behind Highway 75... #BaldysBreakdowns
Abdul Carter says he intends to march in the New York Gay parade this year.
“Some teammates stood up for their side, now it’s my turn to stand up for my side.”
🚨 DAMN.
Ruby Bridges said the moment she finally understood what was happening during school integration was when a little white boy told her:
“My mom said I can’t play with you because you’re a nigger.”
She was SIX.
And she said hearing that felt like “a huge weight lifted,” because suddenly everything made sense.
Why the classrooms were empty.
Why adults were screaming.
Why U.S. Marshals had to escort her to school.
Not because of anything she did.
Just because of the color of her skin.
A six-year-old child realizing an entire country was angry at her for existing.
Acton: We love the Cavs. Ramaswamy managed to score some $60,000 courtside tickets, but was apparently found spending all his time trying to get into the Knicks locker room. When you love Ohio, you’re trying to get into the Cavs locker room.
THE GREATEST JAMEIS WINSTON CLIP OF ALL-TIME.
“That 9-year-old girl sprayed with hoses, attacked by dogs, and jailed for marching is still alive today. History isn’t behind us — we’re living in it now. Uncomfortable moments can divide us or help us grow”
“The Guardians spent a grand total of $11.5 million during the winter, did nothing to improve their meager offense that hit a franchise-worst .226 last season, and went into the season with a $76 million payroll and forecasts of 75 to 80 victories in the air…
[and] they’re running away with the AL Central.”