Scottish Man Arrested for Racially Abusing USMNT Player Maurice Edu on Twitter

All, Race, Soccer, Twitter Ty Duffy January 16th. 2012, 10:48am

Scottish police have arrested a 41-year-old man and charged him for racially abusing former Rangers player and U.S. International Maurice Edu. The man was also charged with similar abuse of Kyle Bartley, an English defender on loan from Arsenal. Edu retweeted the following attack to his followers on Saturday. This was not the first time Edu has been abused since arriving in Scotland. [Photo via Getty]

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8 Responses to “Scottish Man Arrested for Racially Abusing USMNT Player Maurice Edu on Twitter”

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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
damn, most people in the US would be in jail if we had similar laws.
/might be a good thing
//less traffic
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Billy Buckner Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Go Terps? Go Terps.
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angry Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
The Monday after the NFL’s divisional round our post-roundup post topics are:
1. middle school basketball
2. sex offender
3. soccer.
That’s about right for this place.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
That’s about right for this place.
agreed that the lack of a ratings post is jarring.
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
agreed that the lack of a ratings post is jarring.
I’m sure we will have one for the LAC/LAL game.
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traderjack21 Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
at least it’s not about fucking golf!
/sportsgal’d
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arkbadger Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
I’m sure we will have one for the LAC/LAL game.
haven’t you heard? fan interest is THROUGH THE ROOF!!!
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angry Says:
January 16th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
agreed that the lack of a ratings post is jarring.
Which is sure to be followed by an inane post about a playoff system that including an automatic bid for the Sun Belt Conference champion.