” We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and performing checks, we have actually arrested a boy,” checked out a police statement. “The 12-year-old from Solihull has been taken to custody.
Prior to his Sunday match against Aston Villa, Zaha exposed he had actually gotten several racist and violent messages on social media. West Midlands Police responded through social networks to say they would examine the incident.
Within a few hours, an arrest was made.
The messages, which Zaha shared over Twitter, consisted of risks, pictures of the KKK and photoshopped images, all of which utilized racial slurs.
Crystal Palace supervisor Roy Hodgson said he supported Zahas decision to go public about the abuse.
A 12-year-old young boy in the United Kingdom was jailed after sending out racist messages by means of Twitter to Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha, police said.
The posts come simply 2 weeks after the Premier League introduced a new system to allow the leagues gamers to report online abuse, Sky Sports reported.
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” There is actually no excuse; there is no reason at all.”
The Premier League has actually just recently taken a harder stance on concerns of bigotry, highlighting the Black Lives Matter motion with gamers kneeling together prior to kick-off in assistance of the movement.
Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace, 2-0.
” We were notified to a series of racist messages sent out to a footballer today and after looking into them and carrying out checks, we have jailed a young boy,” checked out a cops declaration. “The 12-year-old from Solihull has actually been taken to custody. Thanks to everybody who raised it.
The Premier League likewise released a statement, calling the habits “completely undesirable” and voicing total assistance for Zaha.
” We will continue to support gamers, managers, coaches and their relative who get major inequitable online abuse,” it said.
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” It is very saddening on the day of a video game that a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse,” Hodgson stated. “I believe it is ideal that Wilf made individuals knowledgeable about it; I dont believe it is something he must keep quiet about.”
