Raiders get backlash for tweet after conviction of officer

<p>HENDERSON, Nev. &mdash; The Las Vegas Raiders got angry backlash for a tweet the team sent after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1384650781672939521?s=20">tweet sent by the team’s official account </a> on Tuesday said “I CAN BREATHE 4-20-21.” Floyd told officers “I can’t breathe” more than 20 times before he was killed when Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck last May.</p>
<p>Chauvin was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-04-20-2021-955a78df9a7a51835ad63afb8ce9b5c1">convicted of murder and manslaughter </a> on Tuesday for causing Floyd’s death.</p>
<p>The tweet was widely condemned in replies on Twitter but remained pinned to the top of the team’s Twitter account more than an hour after being posted.</p>
<p>The team declined to comment.</p>
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