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June 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda British police are investigating a racist tweets posted by a fan after two members of England‘s national team missed crucial penalty kicks in a Euro 2012 soccer tournament loss to Italy on Sunday.
England exited the quarterfinals of Europe’s soccer championship after players Ashley Cole and Ashley Young, both of whom are black, missed penalty kicks in a shootout following a scoreless 120 minutes of play.
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Hours later, the account @Lapwnage posted messages containing vile, racist epithets that denigrated the players for their mistakes. The account no longer exists, but at least one other user captured them in a screenshot. Multiple Twitter users sent tweets to the the West Midlands Police requesting an investigation and punishment for the offensive remarks.
“We are aware of alleged racist comments on Twitter following last night’s England game and have launched an investigation,” a West Midlands Police spokesperson told London’s Evening Standard newspaper. The offender could be punished under England’s Public Order Act.
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Racism has long been an unfortunate undercurrent of European soccer, with abuse of black players and fans an all too often occurrence. John Terry, an England team member of Cole and Young, will stand trial in July for a public order offense after being caught on camera directing racial slurs at an opponent in the English Premier League.
In March, a British student was sentenced to 56 days in jail after posting racially offensive remarks to Twitter following the collapse of a black player during a Premier League game.
While the latest investigation is unfortunate, there has also been plenty of positive digital and social activity surrounding Euro 2012. The Staffordshire Police in central England, for example, gained widespread attention for posting a series of cheeky tweets combining soccer commentary with public safety puns during Sunday’s England-Italy match.
Last week, Twitter itself launched a curated destination page to collect relevant tweets from around the web for the tournament, and we recently spoke with UEFA — European soccer’s governing body that puts on the Euro tournament — about how social media has changed the way it covers and produces the event. English soccer star Wayne Rooney, another teammate of Cole and Young on the national squad, used Spotify to share a rather curious playlist of motivation music before his first match back from suspension last week.
How do you thinks fans should be reprimanded for posting racist messages to Twitter? Let us know in the comments.
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This story originally published on Mashable here.
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