New York Jets running back Le'Veon Bell has issued a statement in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing last week.
Bell wrote on Twitter he waited until now to speak because he's "hurt" by what happened in Minneapolis on May 25:
Floyd was killed when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee onto Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. Chauvin and the three other police officers on the scene were subsequently fired by the Minneapolis Police Department the following day. Chauvin himself was later charged with the third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter of Floyd.