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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Las Vegas Raiders / Twitter The guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd brought out a range of emotions, but for the Las Vegas Raiders, it appears audacity was also in the mix. On Tuesday (April 20), the NFL team took to Twitter to weigh on the reactions to the highly controversial trial with a tone-deaf tweet in an attempt to show solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement, and instead ended getting dragged over the highly insensitive post. After Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd on Tuesday, the Raiders’ social media account tweeted out, “I CAN BREATHE” with the date and the team logo. While the phrase was seemingly intended to share relief at the high hoped first step towards true police reform, many...