Chelsea star Sam Kerr cleared of racially harassing Met officer

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9xpv8105jo

Posted by SoapNooooo

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  2. Someone should do one of these social experiments but switch the races, I’m sure it will be the same outcome right?

  4. So is she going to pay for smashing the taxi window and the cost of cleaning her vomit up?

  5. Crikey. I wonder how easy it will be for her to cabs in London now.
    Not that she’s recognised outside of this exposure though.

  6. Crikey… If that copper was black or the comments were made by the copper… it would be a whole different story

  9. What is it with footballers? Men or women, they’re almost always massive bellends with the world biggest chip on their shoulder.

  10. I hate shit like that and I’m black . I believe in equity of punishment.

  11. Yet somebody gets 2 years for burning a book, so burning a book is racism but calling somebody stupid and white isn’t

    Make it make sense two tier kier

  12. Kerr was arrested by the police and she was prosecuted by the CPS for ‘causing racially aggravated harassment’.

    She was tried in court and acquitted by a jury. If you think this case reveals double standards regarding racism in our society, your argument is with the jury, not the police or the prosecutors.

  14. This is a disgrace. Imagine if it was the other way around? How the hell was that not racist?!

  15. Racially abusing a police officer on film for being white and nothing happens. Burn a Koran and you’ll be arrested doxed and sent to prison for two years.

    Criminal justice under the last two governments has been a badly tasted joke.

  16. Two tier justice again.

    Her reputation is wrecked either way. Everyone knows what she said and meant.

  17. I’m confused here as to why the judge didn’t at the very least slam the jurors for making what is clearly a perverse verdict. No, a judge cannot overturn a returned verdict of not guilty, but they can go on the record and say it was the wrong decision.

    Given how hot this is politically at the moment (two tier policing/justice), this would have been a good move from the judge to quell any suspicions that this is what it was.

    Also, to anyone complaining about the role of a jury on this thread, I’d think twice about bemoaning it or getting rid of juries altogether. They are a cornerstone of our democratic justice system and may one day save you from being found guilty.

  18. >On 30 January 2023, Kerr and her partner Kristie Mewis had been on a night out before hailing a black cab in central London. During the journey, Kerr felt sick and opened the window. She put her head outside and vomited.

    >While her head was still sitting on the car’s open window frame, Kerr said the driver rolled it back up. A dispute began after they refused the driver’s request to pay for the cleaning up of the mess.

    >After this, Kerr and Mewis told the court that the driver locked the doors of the taxi and began speeding and swerving. Both said they had feared for their lives. The taxi driver called the police, unbeknownst to the couple. He was told to drive them to Twickenham police station.

    >Mewis told the court they had “tried everything to get out” before the West Ham player smashed a window after kicking it with both feet. About a minute and a half before the car arrived at the police station, Kerr rang emergency services.

    >After the car parked up outside the police station, Kerr crawled through the broken window and opened the door from the outside to let Mewis out. They willingly approached a marked police car where two officers, including Lovell, spoke to them. Lovell took them inside while the other officer stayed outside the station to speak to the taxi driver.

    >The pair told the court they were “relieved” to come into contact with officers. Soon after, however, Kerr said officers were “dismissive” of their claims. After Lovell spoke to his colleague, who had been talking to the taxi driver, Kerr said his tone changed and he made the couple feel like they “were the ones who had done something wrong”.

    >Body-worn footage shown to the court, lasting about half an hour, shows Kerr saying: “We could not get out of the car, listen to the recording,” referring to the call they made in the cab, before saying she has “all the fucking people in the world”.

    >In the course of the exchange, Lovell doubts the pair’s claim of being “held hostage” in the cab. At one point, he says: “Do you think a taxi driver that was going to rape and kill you would drive you to a police station? No.”

    >Kerr responds: “You’re sick. You’re honestly sick. You’re literally a white privileged person. You’re literally a white privileged man.”

    >Lovell responds: “You don’t need to be racist towards me.”

    Kerrs side of the story, which has some context from her POV that I’ve not seen anywhere else.

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/11/sam-kerr-found-not-guilty-of-racially-aggravated-harassment-of-police-officer-ntwnfb

  19. Rich priviliged drunkard gets away with racist abuse. Whowouldhavethought ?

  20. Lmao oh no, I see Gaz, Baz and Daz in the comments are mad about it

  21. A whole lot of people who have not followed this case are big mad. The jury who obviously did follow the case don’t agree with you.

  24. If you change the person accused of the offence to be a white female and the word ‘white’ to ‘black’, would that have a different outcome?

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