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Evan Peters ‘unknowingly re-tweeted’ footage of police officers tackling protestor to the ground and apologises for causing offence

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03.06.2020 - 01:15

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Evan Peters has publicly apologised on Twitter for any offence he may have caused, after he appeared to re-tweet footage of protestors being tackled by police.

Anti-racism demonstrations are currently taking place across the US, and globally, in protest of the death of George Floyd – a 46-year-old black man who died after he was arrested and a white police officer knelt on his neck.

Evan, who hasn’t been active on Twitter in nearly three months, apologised for causing any offence and insisted he ‘unknowingly re-tweeted’ a video of news footage showing police officers tackling a protestor to the ground.

The original tweet included the caption: ‘I can watch these piece of sh*t looters get tackled all day.’ Deleting the tweet, Evans then

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