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| Atlanta Police apologises for 'inappropriate' tweet about Beyoncé pregnancy inspiring 'celebratory gunfire' | Atlanta Police apologises for 'inappropriate' tweet about Beyoncé pregnancy inspiring 'celebratory gunfire' |
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| Atlanta Police Department has been forced to apologise for their “inappropriate” response to the news Beyoncé is pregnant with twins. | Atlanta Police Department has been forced to apologise for their “inappropriate” response to the news Beyoncé is pregnant with twins. |
| The pop superstar announced she is expecting twins in an Instagram post which has broken the Guinness World Record and officially become the most-liked post in the site's history. | |
| Officers in Atlanta responded to the pregnancy news by taking to Twitter to warn people not to use “celebratory gunfire” to rejoice the news of Beyoncé’s twins. | Officers in Atlanta responded to the pregnancy news by taking to Twitter to warn people not to use “celebratory gunfire” to rejoice the news of Beyoncé’s twins. |
| “Beyoncé may have everyone wanting to celebrate her pregnancy, but remember no celebratory gunfire! Stay safe, Atlanta!” the department wrote on Twitter. | “Beyoncé may have everyone wanting to celebrate her pregnancy, but remember no celebratory gunfire! Stay safe, Atlanta!” the department wrote on Twitter. |
| Some accused the police department of poking fun at racial stereotypes and gun violence while others just thought it was simply odd. | Some accused the police department of poking fun at racial stereotypes and gun violence while others just thought it was simply odd. |
| The police force has now removed the tweet from their account and apologised but has yet to comment on what caused them to compose the tweet in the first place. | The police force has now removed the tweet from their account and apologised but has yet to comment on what caused them to compose the tweet in the first place. |
| The photo, which has already received nearly eight million likes and exploded on Twitter, also received a strange response from Denny's. The all-American restaurant chain, which first opened in California in the 1950's, has a history of odd tweets. | |
| “Wow, Bey has TWO buns in the oven! that’s just an expression by the way. please don’t eat those buns. They are babies,” they wrote. | “Wow, Bey has TWO buns in the oven! that’s just an expression by the way. please don’t eat those buns. They are babies,” they wrote. |
| A Bloomberg reporter retorted: “Denny's Diner are you guys ok?” | A Bloomberg reporter retorted: “Denny's Diner are you guys ok?” |
| The image shows a heavily pregnant Beyoncé kneeling in front of a massive multi-coloured bed of flowers. She is covered by a long green veil and wearing light blue satin knickers and a maroon bra. | The image shows a heavily pregnant Beyoncé kneeling in front of a massive multi-coloured bed of flowers. She is covered by a long green veil and wearing light blue satin knickers and a maroon bra. |
| Beyoncé revealed she was pregnant with her first daughter Blue Ivy at the MTV music awards in 2011. Her appearance helped that year's awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, attracting 12.4 million viewers. What's more, the announcement was listed in the Guinness World Records for ”most tweets per second recorded for a single event“ on Twitter. It received a staggering 8,868 tweets per second. | Beyoncé revealed she was pregnant with her first daughter Blue Ivy at the MTV music awards in 2011. Her appearance helped that year's awards become the most-watched broadcast in MTV history, attracting 12.4 million viewers. What's more, the announcement was listed in the Guinness World Records for ”most tweets per second recorded for a single event“ on Twitter. It received a staggering 8,868 tweets per second. |
| A representative for Beyoncé did not immediately respond to request for comment. | A representative for Beyoncé did not immediately respond to request for comment. |