Raiders quarterback Derek Carr tweeted Friday that he was “disgusted, mad and brokenhearted” after watching the video of an unarmed African-American man dying at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
That video sparked outrage in Minnesota and beyond, leading to protests nationwide, including in Las Vegas. Rioting Thursday night resulted in the burning of a Minneapolis police station.
All four officers were fired. Derek Chauvin, a white officer seen on the video with his knee pinning the neck of George Floyd 46, to the pavement, was charged Friday with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
“I don’t know what it’s like to have a different skin color, so I won’t pretend to know,” wrote Carr, who is white.