Evra accuses Suarez of racism

[Reece]

I'd have thought that what the FA do regarding John Terry strongly relies on the Police investigation (which they have to wait the completion of). If he is found guilty by the Police then the FA would have no option other than to do the same. Likewise if he is found innocent, then it's somewhat unfeasible that the FA could then charge him.

So I think it's a bit early to be throwing accusations at them for picking on Suarez and letting Terry off when at the moment it's out of their hands.

[Shaggy]

Am I? Have you honestly never used the p word? People don't seem to think its racist ,some of those that I have spoken to recently.

Have I ****.

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Good lad

[Nicey]

The FA will brush the Terry incident under the carpet whilst feeding Suarez to the wolves. That is the plan.

I think it will be quite the opposite, Terry is getting both barrels if you ask me, I think his stock has been critically damaged and actually this might be a blessing in disguise for England

[lickedlollipop]

guys, smash racism

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I'd have thought that what the FA do regarding John Terry strongly relies on the Police investigation (which they have to wait the completion of). If he is found guilty by the Police then the FA would have no option other than to do the same. Likewise if he is found innocent, then it's somewhat unfeasible that the FA could then charge him.

So I think it's a bit early to be throwing accusations at them for picking on Suarez and letting Terry off when at the moment it's out of their hands.

I would have thought that regardless of the police investigation the FA would have to look into the issue given the evidence, as you would assume the burden of proof for a criminal conviction is much higher than that of an FA charge. However as you say the FA won't start an investigation until the police case is concluded.

Personally I expect the John Terry case to (conveniently) not be heard by the FA until after the Euros

[Vermilion]

How come one is being looked at by the police and not the other, because i worry the level of evidence needed would be higher from a police investigation, ie. one players word agaisnt another would'nt cut it, especially if there was no video/sound evidence after the alleged incident was said to happen so many times and at a public and televised event.

Then again, i expect the FA will have been using Lawyers and the like when deciding whether to charge.

[Gibbo]

Yeah I'll need absolute proof. I don't believe Suarez is guilty, not a chance. If there's irrefutable proof then fair enough, chuck the book at him, otherwise it's at worst a ****ing stitch-up, at best an unfortunate misunderstanding.

This 100x over.

[Gibbo]

Also, why is the Terry case a police investigation and Suarez' isn't?

Is it because of the official complaint made to police officers rather than the FA? I think to be honest if these things are going to be investigated there should be consistency. I'd rather the police investigate the Suarez incident than the FA anyway.

[tsb]

This smacks of mashers "respect the ref" token punishment.

Where is the proof?

[banditos]

So is it true that coloured people abuse other coloured people with racist comments, based on one of them being a 'lighter' colour than the person they are abusing ?

Just read a post on a Barca site, where someone said this happens.

Absolutely. I recall Andrew Symonds (black Aussie cricketer) copped a heap of racial abuse on a tour of India a few years back.

With regard to whites not understanding racism, it's probably fair to say that most of us haven't been subjected to that much of it. To say it's not possible for white people to be subjected to racism, however, completely misunderstands what racism actually is. A mate of mine was one of the few white kids in her school and was subjected to lots of abuse based on her skin colour. This is clearly racism. Just because white people are main culprits, doesn't mean they can't also be victims.

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How come one is being looked at by the police and not the other, because i worry the level of evidence needed would be higher from a police investigation, ie. one players word agaisnt another would'nt cut it, especially if there was no video/sound evidence after the alleged incident was said to happen so many times and at a public and televised event.

Then again, i expect the FA will have been using Lawyers and the like when deciding whether to charge.

Terry will have to be charged by the FA after the police investigation.

The police investigation has presumably been prompted by a member of the public complaining and the video evidence. The police presumably believe that the video evidence at least merits further criminal investigation. I suspect that either no-one made a complaint to the police about Suarez, or they have deemed there is insufficient evidence merit a criminal investigation into the Suarez case.

[Vermilion]

Absolutely. I recall Andrew Symonds (black Aussie cricketer) copped a heap of racial abuse on a tour of India a few years back.

With regard to whites not understanding racism, it's probably fair to say that most of us haven't been subjected to that much of it. To say it's not possible for white people to be subjected to racism, however, completely misunderstands what racism actually is. A mate of mine was one of the few white kids in her school and was subjected to lots of abuse based on her skin colour. This is clearly racism. Just because white people are main culprits, doesn't mean they can't also be victims.

Terry will have to be charged by the FA after the police investigation.

The police investigation has presumably been prompted by a member of the public complaining and the video evidence. The police presumably believe that the video evidence at least merits further criminal investigation. I suspect that either no-one made a complaint to the police about Suarez, or they have deemed there is insufficient evidence merit a criminal investigation into the Suarez case.

[Le Chef]

=Bender;2135182even at work when you get some customers they look at us then look for a white manager/ or go to a a till with a white person even though the queue is twice as long...... **** still goes on

To be fair Bender, Judging by the time delay in you posting stuff that happened days ago, I can understand people going to a different till !!!!!!

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