15/07/2021
Following the England football team's defeat at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening, we, the Metropolitan Police, are aware of the vile and abhorrent abuse some of the players have received on social media. A post-event investigation has been launched which will actively pursue and investigate offenders and criminal offences.
Footballers, fans, spectators or indeed any member of society should not be suffering any kind of hate crime.
I wanted to write to you to echo the sentiment of Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor; this behaviour is totally unacceptable and not welcome in London. I would urge anyone who has been, or is being, subjected to any abuse either online or in person, to contact police and report it so that it can be investigated accordingly.
Police can be contacted via www.met.police.uk, on Twiterat@MPSCC, by telephone on 101 (or 999 in an emergency) or in person at your nearest Police Station.
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