NEW YORK (AP) — Adolis García will represent the host Texas Rangers in Monday night's Home Run Derby at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández completed the eight-man field.
García was knocked out by Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena last year in the first round at Seattle's T-Mobile Park.
Two Rangers have won the derby: Ruben Sierra and Cincinnati's Eric Davis were co-winners in 1989 at Anaheim Stadium, and Juan Gonzalez won in 1993 at Baltimore's Camden Yards.
The New York Mets’ Pete Alonso, Philadelphia’s Alec Bohm, Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson, Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna, Cleveland’s José Ramírez and Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. previously committed to the competition.
Alonso will participate in his fifth straight Home Run Derby, trying to win for the third time.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández, right, hits as RBI double as Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras watches during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police on Tuesday released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester tackling a Black police officer on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, leaving the Missouri officer with a life-threatening brain injury.
Police Chief Troy Doyle, speaking at a news conference said the body camera footage shows that the suspect had charged at Officer Travis Brown on a sidewalk outside the police station after protesters attempted to pull down a perimeter fence.
A defendant already charged with assault faced a new assault charge for allegedly kicking another officer in the head, Doyle said.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle will release body camera footage from a protest that turned violent on the 10th anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, resulting in a life-threatening brain injury to a Black police officer, police said.
Doyle and other leaders will speak at a news conference Tuesday in the Missouri town that became synonymous with the national Black Lives Matter movement after Michael Brown was killed by a Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9, 2014. Doyle is expected to provide an update on the investigation of the violence and an update on Officer Travis Brown 's condition.
Officer Brown was among a team of officers sent out to make arrests Friday night when protesters began destroying a fence outside police headquarters. Police said one of the protesters, 28-year-old Elijah Gantt of East St. Louis, Illinois, tackled Travis Brown, knocking him backward. He struck his head.
Brown remains hospitalized in critical condition, Ferguson Police spokeswoman Patricia Washington said. Two other officers who chased down Gantt were treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said.
Travis Brown is not related to Michael Brown, a Black 18-year-old who was shot and killed by a white officer, Darren Wilson, during a scuffle on Aug. 9, 2014.
Three separate investigations found no grounds to prosecute Wilson, who resigned in November 2014. But Michael Brown’s death led to months of often violent protests. It also spurred a U.S. Department of Justice investigation that required anti-discrimination changes to Ferguson policing and the courts.
Travis Brown, 36, is the son of a retired St. Louis city police officer and the father of two young daughters. Soon after graduating from college, he joined the St. Louis County Police Department, in 2012. He joined the Ferguson police force in January.
A former supervisor for the St. Louis County department, Lt. Ray Rice, said Travis Brown became a police officer to make a difference.
“Everybody says, ‘Where are all of the good police officers?’” Rice said. “Travis is one of those people.”
Gantt is charged with assault of a special victim, resisting arrest and property damage. A judge on Monday set a bond hearing for Aug. 19 and a preliminary hearing for Sept. 11. Gantt is jailed on a $500,000 cash-only bond. He does not yet have an attorney.
The violence that resulted in Travis Brown's injury drew an angry response from Doyle and from several people in Ferguson, a community of about 18,000 where roughly two-thirds of residents are Black. Many wondered what protesters were so angry about given the changes in Ferguson over the past decade.
In 2014, the department had around 50 white officers and only three Black officers. Today, 22 of the 41 officers are Black, including Travis Brown.
Officers today also undergo frequent training on crisis intervention, avoiding bias and other areas. Officers now also wear body cameras. Doyle even changed the look of uniforms, patches and badges after residents said the old look was “triggering.”
A prayer vigil was planned for Tuesday evening outside the police station.
The bottom of a fence surrounding the Ferguson, Mo., police station is repaired on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 after it was damaged during a protest outside the police station on Friday night. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
In this undated photo provided by Charlene Jefferson in August 2024, Travis Brown, when he was St. Louis County police officer, stands with Danielle Oliver. Brown, a Ferguson Police officer, suffered a severe brain injury after he was knocked to the ground Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, during a protest in Ferguson, Mo., on the 10th anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown. (Charlene Jefferson via AP)
Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle gives a press conference on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 about the incident outside the Ferguson, Mo., police station on Friday night where a Ferguson officer was injured and is listed in critical condition with a brain injury. Officer Travis Brown was hurt in a chaotic scene where police were moving in to arrest people who damaged a fence around the police station. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Protesters tussle with Ferguson, Mo., police on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after demonstrations turned to turmoil with a couple of arrests outside the police department on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's death at a gathering of several of the original protesters. Demonstrators removed a piece of the newly-installed gate that surrounds the department. (Christian Gooden//St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Protesters lash out verbally at Ferguson, Mo., police on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after protests turned to turmoil with a couple of arrests outside the police department on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's death at a gathering of several of the original protesters. (Christian Gooden//St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Ferguson police arrest Elijah Gant outside the Ferguson, Mo., police department on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after protests turned to turmoil on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's death at a gathering of several of the original protesters. (Christian Gooden//St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
This photo provided by Ray Rice shows Ferguson Police Officer Travis Brown, who continues to "fight for his life" after suffering a brain injury when a protest turned violent on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Ferguson, Mo. (Ray Rice/Ferguson Police Department via AP)
