Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Zay Jones shared a story Saturday involving a friendly encounter he had with a woman from Minneapolis while in a checkout line waiting to pay for furniture:
That interaction comes five days after an unarmed, prone and handcuffed black man, George Floyd, died after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee on his neck to subdue him in Minneapolis. Floyd died at a nearby hospital.
Protests have ensued and continue across the United States in response to the death, which led to third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges for the since-fired officer.