UK: Two Arrested for Mild Anti-Jew Tweets After Soccer Game

BBC
December 14, 2013

Before the match fans were warned not to use racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic language
Before the match fans were warned not to use racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic language

Two men have been arrested for posting anti-Semitic tweets following Tottenham Hotspur’s match with West Ham.

A 24-year-old man from Croydon and a 22-year-old man from Wiltshire posted the comments about Hitler and the gas chambers after the Premier League match on 6 October.

Both men were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.

Another 48-year-old man, from Canning Town, was arrested on 5 December on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.

Jewish following

Police had warned fans before the fixture not to use the word “yid” and said supporters who did so could be committing a crime.

Traditionally Spurs have a large Jewish following and have been the target of abuse from opposition fans, although some fans of the club use the term themselves.

West Ham told supporters that anyone caught behaving in a racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic way would be punished to the full extent of the law.

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