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Police probe racist mock Pokémon stickers found in Tube station

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Police probe racist mock Pokémon stickers featuring Sadiq Khan found in Tube station

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crim...adiq-khan-found-in-tube-station-a3405196.html

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Police are investigating after racist mock Pokémon stickers appeared at London Tube stations and bus stops.

The stickers – created under the name "P***mon" – have been spotted by “disgusted” commuters across the capital.

They mimic the popular children’s card game where players are awarded points for collecting Pokémon based on their rarity.

The cards, which have been branded "appallingly racist" by Tube commuters, show high profile Muslims, including the Mayor of London who is branded “the most dangerous Pakémon”.

One sticker, which includes a picture of Sadiq Khan, reads: “He believes that Londoners should learn to accept Islamic terrorism while he is mayor."

The creator offers “200 terror points” to anyone who collects the offensive sticker of Mr Khan – dubbed “Hamaskhan”.

The stickers are branded with the slogan “gotta catch and deport them all” – mimicking the cartoon’s famous “gotta catch ‘em all” tagline.

Former member of the self-styled 'Muslim Patrols' Jordan Horner who apologised for attempting to enforce Sharia Law on London’s streets and Islamic extremist Jihadi John – dubbed “Beheadatron” are also featured.

This is actually a few months old, but it was brought up again in today's Times under the heading Google rejected pleas to silence racist campaign


I didn't post that article because it is behind a paywall, for those who can access it the link is here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/web-giants-allow-anti-muslim-sites-racist-campaign-jqrtbhb7g
 
Anyway, while the Times is focusing on Google allowing hate speech in a campaign against social media giants in general, what caught my eye was that the people behind these posters can be prosecuted because of the term Pakemon which is quite clever alliteration I have to say. But actually, one of the targets of the posters is white, so if they had used posters without the abusive term, then under what law would they be prosecuted? I am sure someone here will be more up to date on this than me, so please advise if so.
 
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