But couldn't you also argue that if the police didn't investigate this, there would be an outcry along the lines of "How comes Cole can get away with this? Bet the police would have investigated were he white..."
Isn't this the level playing field (no pun intended) that you want?
> Novelist Diran Adebayo [said] that within the "black-on-black world that Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand find themselves in it is fair enough for someone to say that about someone else...possibly."
I agree with him. To accuse one member of a race as being racist against another member of the same race is nuts ...
The part where former player Clarke Carlisle questioned his father about abuse he had suffered himself as a semi-pro in the 70's but had never spoken about was very moving.
It rather counteracted the 'it's just silly banter let's not worry about it ' approach.
Most of the remarks on pitch amongst footballers is to wind them up to such a pitch that they get shown a red or yellow card , thus giving them the edge on winning - gamesmanship - hardly sportsmanlike.
// Ferdinand later tweeted: "What I said yesterday is not a racist term. It's a type of slang/term used by many for someone who is being fake. So there. //
It also shows what a pathetic little country we are becoming, when our police are sinking to the level of having to investigate pathetic nonsense such as this.
but they made a rod for their own backs by forging ahead with the JT case when even they must have realised what a stupid waste of time it was.
still, it beats walking the streets in the pouring rain looking for real crime