After urging athletes to stay out of politics, NFL Brett of Fame Brett Favre weighed in on a guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial – saying he did not believe former Minneapolis police to kill George George Floyd.
“I’m hard to believe, and I’m not defending Derek Chauvin in any way, I’m hard to believe, first of all, that he meant to intentionally kill George Floyd,” Said on Wednesday on the “Bolling with Favors” podcast.
“That being said, his actions were non-stop. I don’t care what color the person on the street is. I don’t know what led to the video that we saw that his knee is on his neck, but he The man was thrown in the towel. ”
The 51-year-old Favre also responded to the heat received last week by saying that politics should be kept away from the game, before the players kneel for the national anthem “a shame.”
“I have just given my opinion. I am definitely not a racist, despite what some people might think, and you know, I am for unity and I think there is a better way to unify our country. That being said, there are many things that need to be stopped. “Said Favre.
Former quarterback comments on Floyd’s death prompted further backlash online.
“It’s interesting how the always racist Brett Favre condemned Colin Kaepernick for kneeling peacefully to pay attention to both racial injustice and police brutality, but now coming under the protection of murderer Derek Zuvin who committed a black man HIS KNEE Used to Assassinate “One Twitter user wrote.
one more The couple, “I believe Brett Favre is a racist and he should shut his mouth.”
This is not the first time the former footballer has pressed his foot into his mouth.
He added fuel to the comments last year when he insisted there was “no right answer” to kneeling during the national anthem, USA Today reported.
“Apart from the right answer, we are all together. It seems that the more damage people try, the greater the loss.
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