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MERSEYSIDE POLICE IN the UK have promised a full investigation after their Twitter account engaged in ‘rape banter’ about a Premier League football match.
The criticism comes after local team Everton defeated Sunderland 6-2 at their home ground in Liverpool.
Following the match, a Twitter user tweeted at Merseyside Police that there’d been “an incident of rape” at the ground this afternoon.
Rather than ignoring the tweet or admonishing the user for wasting police time, the force’s Twitter account responded with this now deleted tweet.
A second tweet to the force about a ‘rape’ involving the Chelsea football team also prompted a similar light-hearted response from the person manning the Twitter account.
Both tweets prompted a flood of complaints that the police force would treat sexual assault with such flippancy.
The account that sent the initial tweet has since been deleted while Merseyside Police issued an apology.
They have also promised an investigation into “the inappropriate use of the Merseyside Police Twitter account”.
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The Holy Gr-ale
St.Out
Just watching some US coverage of his visit. Whatever your views on the church FOX are nothing short of a disgrace on their commentary and comments…mocking him etc. They’re parents probably voted against Kennedy because he was Catholic.
My favourite quote was from Jeb Bush saying that the Pope shouldn’t comment on climate change because he’s not a scientist…… I’m pretty sure his family all world renowned scientists…. Not!!!
FOX must have said he hates capitalism three times in a minute. A priest they had on air said no he hates rich greedy people to which fox just cut him off.
I really try not to watch FOX news.It actually hurts to listen to such blatant and deliberate ignorance and normally I’d be all for a bit of Pope bashing.
Jamsey, I noticed that too. Jen Bush seems determined to put his foot in his own mouth.
Fox News and the Conservative party are now more backward than the Catholic Church. That takes some doing.
Jamsey, here’s everything you need to know about the Bush brothers in 5 words…
The smart ones called Jeb
You watch the Fox KKK Network…
Be great craic having a few beers with the Pope belting out “the green fields of France”,apparently he can do the chorus of “back home in Derry” too.
If it’s as good as some of the other Belgian beers he’ll be on his knees before he knows it! :-)
He probably prefers Bishops Finger
No but I fookin wil, 9%+ I’ll have suma daat !!
the devils nectar. .
Percent means parts per 100
9.75 parts per 100
Reduce> 9+7+5+1+0+0 = 22
2000 US Gallons = 7570.824 Liters
Reduce > 7+5+7+0+8+2+4 = 33
Again with the numbers? What’s the craic with that Jack?
Rainman.
This is great! I thought I was reading a story from The Onion!
A good ride followed by a bottle of cold holy wooder. Sorted your holyness.
Then he can do the magic trick of turning wine into blood… Yummy blood.
Sheep shagging is illegal lol.
Love the call sign for the Pope’s plane on his American visit ” Shepherd 1 “
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