Las Vegas Raiders face backlash over "I can breathe" tweet marking Derek Chauvin verdict
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The Las Vegas Raiders are facing backlash over a tweet after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. The former police officer was convicted of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Soon after the verdict was read, the Raiders tweeted the words "I can breathe," followed by the date. Team owner Mark Davis took responsibility for the tweet's origins, CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS reports. Davis said he was inspired by Floyd's brother, Philonise, who said something similar on Tuesday. "Today, we are able to breathe again because justice for George means freedom for all," Philonise said.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.