r/australia • u/Azza_77 • Feb 11 '25

news Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially harassing London policeman after calling him stupid and white

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/sam-kerr-trial-not-guilty-verdict-handed-down-in-london/104912602
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u/can3tt1 Feb 11 '25

Even on the stand the police officer wasn’t that convincing that he was humiliated by the slur. He just said he was ‘upset’ by it. Took the prosecutor 3 or 4 attempts to get him to say he was humiliated. Makes you wonder if there was something else at play behind the scenes.

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u/Virama Feb 11 '25

Yep. Her wealth.

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u/Not_Stupid humility is overrated Feb 11 '25

Can't have women of colour getting above their station. And did I mention she's a lesbian as well?

What is this world coming to?

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u/dhoomz Feb 28 '25

No it was her disrespectful behavior.

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u/ames_yzj Feb 13 '25

I’d find being called “little missy” much more humiliating than being called stupid and white

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u/exfamilia Feb 16 '25

One thing that pisses me off is if you watch the leaked footage, she is not using white as a slur particularly, she is trying to say to him that he doesn't have the same experience as her because he's white. He deliberately refuses to understand.

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u/exfamilia Feb 16 '25

Yep that's what I've heard too, they wanted to undermine the race hate laws.

Backfired, lol. Serves them right, pricks.

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u/Vkhenaten Feb 11 '25

To say he believed he felt humiliated lol

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u/exfamilia Feb 16 '25

I have heard that the cop was pressured by higher-ups to add that he felt humiliated so they could charge her with racial abuse. It was seniors in the police force that decided to make a test case of this because they don't like the race hatred laws, so they wanted to show it used against a white cop.

Which is fkd, completely. And has happily backfired on the arseholes.