(UNDATED) - Adrian Peterson is drawing fire for a tweet Monday after the announcement that a Ferguson, Missouri police officer would not be charged in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Peterson tweeted, "The Grand Jury decided not to indict me too! But that changed a week later! Maybe, but not likely in this case."
The tweet led to a firestorm of mostly negative comments. One person wrote "You are clearly determined to never play another down in the NFL." Several people wrote that the timing was inappropriate, and many called Peterson out as a convicted child abuser.
About an hour after the tweet, Peterson posted, "If you don't like what I have to say, it's simple just don't follow me! Your opinion doesn't apply to me, I know who I am!"