NFL commissioner Roger Goodell released a statement on Saturday afternoon following the death of George Floyd and days of widespread protests and riots across the country.

George Floyd and to those who have lost loved ones, including the families of Ms.

Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills, one of the most prominent players in the league who kneeled with Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, slammed Goodell for the statement.

Goodell is the latest sports figure to address Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody on Monday, after video of his arrest — which showed white police officer Derek Chauvin putting his knee in Floyd’s neck for several minutes while he yelled, “I can’t breathe” — went viral

Goodell also referenced the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, who was jogging in Georgia in February when he was shot and killed by two white men, and Breonna Taylor, a Louisville EMT who was shot multiple times and killed in her home in the middle of the night by police during a narcotics investigation in March

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