Las Vegas Raiders draw criticism for insensitive George Floyd social media post
On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted by jurors of murdering an African-American man by the name of George Floyd last May.
After deliberating for less than 24 hours, the jurors found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. It wasn’t a surprising verdict after the man was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, resulting in his death.
Following the verdict, those around the sports world had their reactions . That included the Las Vegas Raiders sending out the most unfortunate of tweets.
