‘Hurting’ Aaron Hicks sitting out Yankees game due to Daunte Wright shooting
NY Post
DUNEDIN, Fla. — After a black man was killed by a police officer in Minnesota, Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Hicks decided not to play Monday night against the Blue Jays.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Hicks came to him Monday afternoon in the wake of the news that Daunte Wright, 20, was shot by an officer on Sunday during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis, and told him he was struggling with the events. “It’s just been a hard day for him, understandably, emotional,” Boone said before the Yankees opened their series against Toronto at TD Ballpark. “He felt like he would have a hard time going out there tonight. All I can do is try the best I can to offer support. I understand how he’s feeling.”
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