{"id":439346,"date":"2021-04-21T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=439346"},"modified":"2021-04-21T16:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:36:19","slug":"george-floyds-brother-defends-raiders-from-i-can-breathe-tweet-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-floyds-brother-defends-raiders-from-i-can-breathe-tweet-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"George Floyd\u2019s Brother Defends Raiders From \u2018I Can Breathe\u2019 Tweet Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fgeorge-floyds-brother-defends-raiders-from-i-can-breathe-tweet-backlash%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=439346&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3158.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The younger brother of George Floyd defended the Las Vegas Raiders on Wednesday after the NFL team was criticized for tweeting \u201cI Can Breathe\u201d in response to the guilty jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of our family, I would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Las Vegas Raiders organization and its leadership for their support of our family and for our nation\u2019s ongoing pursuit of justice and equality for all,\u201d said Philonise Floyd in a statement. \u201cNow, more than ever, we must come together as one and continue on in this fight. For the first time in almost a year, our family has taken a breath. And I know that goes for so many across the nation and globe, as well. Let\u2019s take this breath together in honor of my big brother who couldn\u2019t. Let\u2019s do it for George.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brother\u2019s statement comes after Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis also defended his team\u2019s tweet, <span>saying that the phrasing for it was extracted from remarks George Floyd\u2019s family made on Tuesday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The team owner seemed to be referring to remarks Philonise Floyd made in a press conference after the jury reached a verdict finding Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. In the remarks, Floyd said he<\/span><span> had been receiving messages from people around the world telling him they wouldn\u2019t be able to breathe until he could, too. \u201cToday, we are able to breathe again,\u201d said Floyd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wasn\u2019t watching the talking heads,\u201d Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tashanreed\/status\/1384676705206366211\">told<\/a> The <\/span><span>Athletic.<\/span><span>\u00a0\u201cI was listening to the family. And I was trying to take my lead from them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I offended the family, then I\u2019m deeply, deeply disappointed,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Raiders\u2019 account tweeted the \u201cI Can Breathe\u201d message shortly after Chauvin was found guilty for the death of Floyd, who infamously repeated the words \u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d before his death.\u00a0<\/span><span>The tweet, which was pinned to the team\u2019s account for hours and never deleted, drew backlash from high-profile Twitter users, including basketball star Lebron James.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is real??? Nah man, this ain\u2019t it at all,\u201d said James.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.734693877551\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is real???? Nah man this ain\u2019t it at all. The F^%K!!!! \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f44D7OQWfo\">https:\/\/t.co\/f44D7OQWfo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1384757885645643779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Davis told The Athletic that the team wouldn\u2019t be deleting the tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before Philonise Floyd\u2019s statement was released, he reportedly told TMZ that he wasn\u2019t outraged by the Raider\u2019s tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>We spoke with Philonise moments ago \u2026 and he told us he does not believe the message was intended to be negative and he hasn\u2019t had any negative thoughts about it all,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/04\/21\/george-floyd-brother-not-offended-vegas-raiders-i-can-breathe-philonise\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> TMZ in an \u201cexclusive\u201d story on Wednesday morning. \u201cIn fact, Philonise kind of agrees with the post \u2014 explaining how the world can finally take a breath now that the man who killed his brother has been convicted and will be held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Philonise Floyd, echoing his remarks from Tuesday, made a similar comment about breathing in a Wednesday morning Washington Post op-ed, which was titled: \u201cFor my brother George Floyd, this is what justice feels like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat does justice feel like? It feels like maybe we can finally take a breath,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chauvin, now that he has been found guilty, has had his bail revoked and has been taken to a maximum security prison in Minnesota. The state punishes second-degree murder, his most serious charge, with a maximum of 40 years in prison. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/verify\/minimum-sentence-second-degree-murder-minnesota-derek-chauvin-trial-sentencing-verdict-how-long-will-chauvin-serve-sentencing-date-derek-chauvin\/65-75e110d7-515c-49e9-b859-d84dcac19f38#:~:text=Even%20though%20Chauvin%20is%20convicted,just%20that%2012.5%2Dyear%20sentence.\">WUSA9<\/a>, Minnesota law says that Chauvin will only serve time for his most serious charge. He will likely not be sentenced for about eight weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/20\/us\/derek-chauvin-sentencing-date.html\">according<\/a> to The New York Times.<\/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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The younger brother of George Floyd defended the Las Vegas Raiders on Wednesday after the NFL team was criticized for tweeting \u201cI Can Breathe\u201d in response to the guilty jury &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276417,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3158.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"George Floyd\u2019s Brother Defends Raiders From \u2018I Can Breathe\u2019 Tweet Backlash","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3158.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"George Floyd\u2019s Brother Defends Raiders From \u2018I Can Breathe\u2019 Tweet Backlash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}