{"id":436436,"date":"2021-04-20T20:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T00:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=436436"},"modified":"2021-04-20T20:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T00:51:30","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-cause-epic-meltdown-after-tweeting-i-can-breathe-following-george-floyd-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/las-vegas-raiders-cause-epic-meltdown-after-tweeting-i-can-breathe-following-george-floyd-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders Cause Epic Meltdown After Tweeting \u2018I Can Breathe\u2019 Following George Floyd Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flas-vegas-raiders-cause-epic-meltdown-after-tweeting-i-can-breathe-following-george-floyd-verdict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=436436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3026.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Las Vegas Raiders caused an uproar on Twitter after posting a tweet regarding the announcement of the verdict in the George Floyd case in Minnesota on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty\"><span class=\"s1\">The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a>\u00a0reported, \u201cAfter a little over ten hours of deliberation, a jury on Tuesday found former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in relation to the death of George Floyd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20.238670694864\">\n<p><em>The jury considered three separate charges, \u201csecond-degree murder\u2014unintentional, while committing a felony; third-degree murder; and second-degree manslaughter,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/derek-chauvins-trial-is-over-heres-what-to-know-before-the-verdict-11618852907\">according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>. \u201cThe judge explained that third-degree murder requires proof Mr. Chauvin caused Mr. Floyd\u2019s death by committing an eminently dangerous act that was highly likely to cause death and showed a reckless disregard for human life. To convict Mr. Chauvin of second-degree manslaughter, the jurors would need to conclude that culpable negligence and reckless actions by Mr. Chauvin caused Mr. Floyd\u2019s death.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They found Chauvin guilty on all three.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On May 25, Chauvin and three other officers arrested and detained Floyd after he allegedly gave counterfeit money at a convenience store. Following a struggle to get Floyd into the back of a police cruiser, viral video shows that\u00a0Chauvin kneeled on Floyd\u2019s neck and back for nearly nine minutes to detain Floyd while awaiting paramedics.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tweet in question was pinned on the Las Vegas Raiders football team\u2019s twitter profile on Tuesday evening. The graphic in the tweet contained the phrase, \u201cI Can Breathe 4-20-21\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.6164383561644\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eeWbMYHK3U\">pic.twitter.com\/eeWbMYHK3U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raiders\/status\/1384650781672939521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Users took to Twitter to call out the team for its seemingly inappropriate response to the verdict in the George Floyd case.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9818181818182\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many people participated in the approval process of this tweet<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1384656336680493057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many users called out corporations in general for commenting on similar issues. One user wrote, \u201cSo many opportunities to say nothing are being missed today.\u201d Another wrote, \u201cEveryone reading this can breathe\u201d with another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roybelly\/status\/1384654977163988993\">writing<\/a>, \u201cno. no no no no. people if you\u2019re around your favorite team\u2019s social media guy or gal\u2026.take the phone away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user wrote, \u201cI\u2019ve seen a lot of bad tweets on this app but this might be first-ballot Hall of Fame worthy\u201d with another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMargiott\/status\/1384654979009417220\">writing<\/a>, \u201cNever too late to delete\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9939759036145\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ve seen a lot of bad tweets on this app but this might be first-ballot Hall of Fame worthy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ejyfrxZynf\">https:\/\/t.co\/ejyfrxZynf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielOyefusi\/status\/1384655590228729856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8235294117647\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So many opportunities to say nothing are being missed today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTEEhHC7Ke\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTEEhHC7Ke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Desiree Stennett (@Desi_Stennett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Desi_Stennett\/status\/1384654203365244930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2075471698113\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone reading this can breathe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rUotVu4uzo\">https:\/\/t.co\/rUotVu4uzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1384654562649264130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.3\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT IS THIS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mf5hKXW4vl\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mf5hKXW4vl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Spain (@SarahSpain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahSpain\/status\/1384654352137297925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One user summed up some of the frustration expressed by users, saying, \u201cA strong reminder to the brands that you can choose to not post today\u201d with yet another saying, \u201cSomeone stop the brands\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.126582278481\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A strong reminder to the brands that you can choose to not post today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RUEO6dKzhG\">https:\/\/t.co\/RUEO6dKzhG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moneybagg Yo(hannes) \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf7 (@AronYohannes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AronYohannes\/status\/1384654352300744707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.7111111111111\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone stop the brands <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJWzOAzd33\">https:\/\/t.co\/aJWzOAzd33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Burns (@themaxburns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/themaxburns\/status\/1384656399553159168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Matt Gorman, Vice President of Targeted Victory, wrote, \u201cit\u2019s wild to me that *no one* on the lengthy corporate email approval chain stepped in and said \u201cum, guys\u2026no.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9558011049724\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">it&#8217;s wild to me that *no one* on the lengthy corporate email approval chain stepped in and said &#8220;um, guys\u2026no.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/865f6ouQza\">https:\/\/t.co\/865f6ouQza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gorman (@mattsgorman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattsgorman\/status\/1384656036477472769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HughJassoleLV\/status\/1384652061480914946\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cAbout to be a job opening on the Raiders social media department\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Jon Alba wrote, \u201cI mean come on,\u201d and Boston Globe political reporter wrote \u201cSomeone thought this was a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.1558441558442\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I mean come on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ywNcTi6tr\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ywNcTi6tr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Alba (@JonAlba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonAlba\/status\/1384654958113472512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2844036697248\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone thought this was a good idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FMEYKGig90\">https:\/\/t.co\/FMEYKGig90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Pindell (@JamesPindell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPindell\/status\/1384656729548464136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others brought sports allegiances into the conversation, with one user writing, \u201cThis is bad. You should delete this. Also, you suck. A Broncos fan\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8931297709924\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is bad. You should delete this. Also, you suck.<\/p>\n<p>A Broncos fan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4UQWS3bMoF\">https:\/\/t.co\/4UQWS3bMoF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Davis (@davisjsn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davisjsn\/status\/1384654254384812032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>J.L. Kirven, co-sports editor at The Post wrote, \u201cCome back to this tweet when the Raiders miss the Super Bowl for 50 years\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8857142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Come back to this tweet when the Raiders miss the Super Bowl for 50 years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/US4LBKLEqV\">https:\/\/t.co\/US4LBKLEqV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.L. Kirven (@JL_Kirven) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JL_Kirven\/status\/1384656698053382146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Football League also weighed into the verdict, putting out a statement via Twitter, writing, \u201cwe must continue to help move out society toward a more equal and just tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"2.1818181818182\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzpcKfa6fk\">pic.twitter.com\/kzpcKfa6fk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1384634884782579715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Las Vegas Raiders re-tweeted the NFL\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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