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Norris: I'm happy they unfollowed me

Lando Norris says he lost followers on social media after expressing his support for anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis. Video footage showed a white police officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, 46, for nearly nine minutes before he died on May 25, triggering outrage and protests around the world. Twenty-year-old McLaren Formula 1 driver Norris, who has over 400,000 followers each on Twitter and streaming platform Twitch, had urged them to take action and sign a petition to fight discrimination. 'It's the biggest day in terms of the most people that have unfollowed me on all my social media...
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