The racial slur Matildas superstar Sam Kerr is alleged to have used against a British police officer was “stupid white bastard”, according to sources with knowledge of the case.
Amazing how different it feels to hear “racially aggravated harassment” vs “called police officer ‘stupid white bastard’”.
I am so disappointed in Sam.
I expected so much more from one of the most creative players of this generation.
I haven’t worked out a haiku yet, but ‘slow snowflake’ seems to convey a much richer message than ‘stupid white bastard’. It also has a beautiful alliteration and assonance.
I guess that could be racist too because all the snowflakes are white. Allegedly.
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I’ve realised that sometimes, you can take more pride in the downvotes than the upvotes 😉
I get that it makes sense to have laws to protect people against racially aggravated harassment, but this feels like a stretch and a huge waste of time and resources. That said, Sam Kerr is a role model and this kinda behaviour shouldn’t be seen as ‘based’ or anything imo.
As long as we can all agree that “stupid bastard” would have been acceptable.
If the women were drunk enough one of them threw up in the cab, this being the worst thing they said shows a metric fuck-tonne of restraint and composure on their part.
Seriously, if a police officer cannot handle THIS being said to them, then why the fuck are they in the police force? You cannot be this fragile and sensitive about things said to you while performing police duties.
This coming out has just turned the ENTIRE British Police service in to an absolute joke.
This is the stupidest nothing in the history of stupid nothings.
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As a non-uncoloured guy can is it ever ok for me to use the w-word. Can I say it if I was singing song lyrics.
No, not unless you have been given the w-word pass
I can think of two types of people who’d be offended by this: racists and someone who thought they could make a few quid because the person saying it was famous.
Storm in a teacup. Move along, nothing to see here.
Uh, no. Sam Kerr’s career depends on the outcome of this court case. We absolutely shouldn’t be moving on, she needs our support.
Is that a slur? It has a racial component, sure, but I hardly think it is actually a racist comment, and definitely not a slur. And to label it as “racially motivated harassment” is laughable.
If this is actually what Kerr said, it’s pretty indicative of the systemic issues that have been popping up in the UK for awhile now. They’ve been travelling further and further down the fascist highway since Brexit.
I generally feel you shouldn’t say anything about one race you wouldn’t replace with another. Like, you wouldn’t replace white with black.
Also you should insult people’s behavior or choices, not intrinsic things they can’t pick or change.
That said, if I understand the article, this was said to a cop and got for them to react like this is comically soft
I’m glad you’ve said this. For a harmonious society situations like this have to be treated reasonably equally.
But its such a silly thing to do for such a high profile personality like Kerr. Tje bastards will have a field day! If she actually said it of course, because she has registered her innocence, indicating she disagrees quite sharply with the cops interpretation of events.
If true, then this is not really so terrible is it? Because nowhere in the history of a white person like this cop, do we find colonialism or racial discrimination.
I feel that yes, everyone should respect the position of a police officer, but he does not need to pretend that he was a victim of a racial offence. He, and white people in general, have no idea what it is like to be on the receiving end of racism. For a white person, white is just a word. To pretend it hurts is to be a cry baby.
I don’t think you can say white people haven’t experienced racial discrimination. Most of us haven’t, but I’m sure in the history of the world you’ll find some examples.
Ahhhh the Irish are some of historically the most discriminated whites.
Also Poles.
Perhaps but British white people have never. This police officer is being an absolute cry bully for doing this. She now has to go to a criminal trial! Unbelievable.
British white people have never
As long as you forget about the Irish, the Welsh, and (to a lesser extent IIRC) the Scots - all of whom are white and British.
the Norse…
I feel that yes, everyone should respect the position of a police officer
lol fuck that. Police should be treated with respect once they start acting with respect as a collective.
But yeah, everything else you said was spot on. Honestly I feel like the fact that it’s all correct is just more good evidence of how wrong that quoted bit is. An individual worthy of respect would not have pushed this complaint forward, and an institution worthy of respect would not have let it get to the point of actual charges in court.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to charge someone for calling you a “stupid bastard” when you’re just doing your job. However, I’d argue that before coming to any conclusions we would need to know what caused Sam to insult the officer. Claiming that it was racially motivated is a tough sell however and will strike a chord with the culture wars
Nah get fucked. Like even when cops are doing sort of reasonable things like a welfare check they’ve gotta understand they’re working in a charged environment. Like ambos will see blood and guts, fireies might get heat exhaustion, and cops are gonna have to expect to hear a few hurtful things and people resisting being confined.
It’s just human to, it’s especially something people generally disempowered do. Like if you’re a billionaire with an army of lawyers it’s easy to be composed, but the only justice a homeless guy getting moved on for the crime of existing might get is calling the jackbooted thug doing it a fucking cunt.
Part of life everywhere is understanding that sometimes you see people at their worst and you’re gonna have to be understanding, and that’s without any of the privilege and power of the cops.
As I said it depends on the circumstances. I would like to know more about why Kerr employed such language with the officer and why there was a dispute over the taxi fare before jumping to a conclusion. Perhaps it was justified, perhaps not. It’s not a one size fits all cases approach. A successful and well known athlete getting worked up over a taxi fare is very different from a homeless person being kicked out of wherever they were staying.