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Correction: Police Death Protests-Tennessee story

RETRANSMISSION TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS AFTER THE RALLY - A protester spray paints on the outside of the Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 30, 2020, after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Protests were held throughout the country over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP) — RETRANSMISSION TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS AFTER THE RALLY - A protester spray paints on the outside of the Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 30, 2020, after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Protests were held … RETRANSMISSION TO INDICATE THAT IT WAS … more >

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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press - Sunday, May 31, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In a story May 31, 2020, about Tennessee protests of police shootings, The Associated Press erroneously reported that students who marched to the courthouse in Nashville in 1960 were protesting the injustice of desegregation. The protest was over segregated lunch counters and other public facilities.

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