I’m sure that Sam Kerr has been called worse in her life too but racial villification laws are a two way street and she has broken the law in the view of the reporting officer. The online chat is that Sam had a few too many celebratory drinks, was sick in the taxi and refused to pay the driver extra for the cleanup so the Old Bill were summoned. However, this was a year ago and she’s just been charged- and it’ll be another year before she goes to trial. The wheels obviously turn slowly in the UK. After 2 years, is anyone still going to care? Surely she can apologise to the officer concerned and volunteer some coaching hours at the local junior soccer club. I’m sure that if the situation was reversed and the cop had called Sam a “black bastard” it could be settled without anybody’s career being damaged after waiting two years for a verdict. Perhaps Sam’s defence could rest on “bastard” being almost a term of endearment in Australia!
