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Kick It Out ask police to look into racist abuse of Manchester City’s Yaya Touré | Kick It Out ask police to look into racist abuse of Manchester City’s Yaya Touré |
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Yaya Touré has been racially abused after reactivating his Twitter account on Monday, with Kick It Out, the anti-discriminatory body, asking police to investigate. | Yaya Touré has been racially abused after reactivating his Twitter account on Monday, with Kick It Out, the anti-discriminatory body, asking police to investigate. |
The day after Manchester City’s 1-0 derby win over Manchester United Touré tweeted: “Great to be back on twitter after a good win yesterday. Now my focus is on the next game ... Happy Monday everyone!!” | |
But after racist and abusive tweets were directed at the Ivorian following his message, they were reported to police by Kick It Out. | But after racist and abusive tweets were directed at the Ivorian following his message, they were reported to police by Kick It Out. |
“NEWS: We are informing the Police of racist tweets directed @yayatoure earlier this evening and offer him our full support #kickitout,” read a tweet from its official Twitter account. | |
One message from a user named @CFCZone stated: “shut the fuck up you fat ebola infected nig nog. Go back to the cotton field you fucking reject”. The account has since been deleted. | One message from a user named @CFCZone stated: “shut the fuck up you fat ebola infected nig nog. Go back to the cotton field you fucking reject”. The account has since been deleted. |
A Kick It Out spokesperson added: “At this stage we have received complaints about two separate tweets of a racist nature aimed at Yaya Touré and now we are informing the police. | |
“Yaya Touré has been on Twitter for a matter of hours and he has already received abuse of an appalling nature. We are disturbed by the fact that someone can be treated this way. | “Yaya Touré has been on Twitter for a matter of hours and he has already received abuse of an appalling nature. We are disturbed by the fact that someone can be treated this way. |
“It makes footballers start to question why they should use these platforms. We will offer Yaya Touré our full support.” | “It makes footballers start to question why they should use these platforms. We will offer Yaya Touré our full support.” |
It confirmed on Tuesday that the police have now been informed. A statement on the organisation’s website read: “We received complaints about two separate tweets of a racist nature aimed at Yaya Touré yesterday evening. We have informed the Police via True Vision, the online reporting facility, and have also alerted Twitter.” | |