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| Topic | Liverpool Girl Found Guilty of Hate Crime For Posting Rap Lyrics |
| Esrac 04/20/18 12:45:28 AM #1: | http://archive.is/Ks1U8#selection-1521.57-1521.83 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921 Chelsea Russell, 19, from Liverpool posted the lyric from Snap Dogg's I'm Trippin' to pay tribute to a boy who died in a road crash, a court heard. Russell argued it was not offensive, but was handed a community order. Prosecutors said her sentence was increased from a fine to a community order "as it was a hate crime". Liverpool Justice Centre, sitting at Sefton Magistrates' Court, heard Russell posted the lyrics to her account after the death of a 13-year-old in a road accident in 2017, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The words Russell used on her account contained a racial label which some people find extremely offensive. The screenshot was passed to hate crime unit PC Dominique Walker, who told the court the term was "grossly offensive" to her as a black woman and to the general community. Russell was found guilty of sending a grossly offensive message by a public communication. She was given an eight-week community order, placed on an eight-week curfew and told to pay costs of 500 and an 85 victim surcharge. So, I guess it's not just Count Dankula getting convicted of hate crimes for posting innocuous stuff online. What's wrong with Britain these days? --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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