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English Heroes Racially Abused By "Supporters"

posted 4 years ago by KingsRule (993)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57800431

The UK prime minister and the Football Association have condemned racist abuse aimed at England's Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka after the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy.

All three players missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss and were targeted on social media after the game.

The Metropolitan Police is investigating the abuse and said "it will not be tolerated".

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It's truly sickening how in this day and age English footballers are targeted just because they have a different skin tone. Hopefully the police hunt down and punish those responsible.

[–] tom8 (3119) 4 years ago

how are they heroes?

is the diving cunt Raheem sterling also a hero?

[–] AzureSeb (510) 4 years ago

Heroes? They kick a ball around a field for a living.

Experts in the field of online abuse point to the problem of fake accounts, while an online threat and intelligence specialist said there is a potential risk of a strategic, targeted campaign designed to damage the United Kingdom's social cohesion and reputation.

Twitter and Instagram have declined to discuss the location of those accounts they have banned in relation to the fallout from Sunday's Euro 2020 final

But data from previous monitoring by various bodies indicates that many attacks come from outside the UK.

The Premier League's data from their monitoring of abuse against players has shown that around 70% of cases involve abuse coming from social media users outside of the United Kingdom, a league source told Reuters on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/english-football-faces-up-global-nature-online-hate-2021-07-13/