Liver Pool striker striker Mario Balotelli has been
charged by the Football Association for
posting an image of the Nintendo
character, Super Mario on instagram
and writing “jumps like a black man
and grabs coins like a jew”
Just a few hours after Balotelli posted it
on December 1, many people said they
found it offensive and accused him of
Racism and Antisemitism.
Balotelli deleted the image after it
caused a lot of controversy, denied the
accusations of racism and then issued
an apology on Facebook to people who
found the pic offensive…
Despite the public apology, the FA still
charged him.
Ballotelli submitted his observation of
the post to the FA committee yesterday
Dec. 5th, stating he had no intention of
being racial with the photo and that he
has also been a victim of racial attacks
before. He was subsequently charged
under rule E3, which cites as
“aggravating factors” references to
ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality,
faith, gender, sexual orientation or
disability.
The FA in its charge said “It is alleged
the Liverpool player breached FA Rule
E3 (1) in that his posting was abusive
and/or insulting and/or improper. It is
further alleged that this is an
‘Aggravated Breach’ as defined by FA
Rule E3[2] as it included a reference to
ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race
and/or nationality and/or religion or
belief. The player has until 6pm on 15
December 2014 to respond to the
charge.”
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