British Legion reports racist Facebook post to police
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Wednesday April 24 2013
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Local paper, Bucks Free Press, reports on the launch of a police investigation after a racist post was added to the Facebook page of the Royal British Legion High Wycombe branch. |
Vice chairman of the branch, Kevin Taylor, reported the matter to the police last week after the image was ‘shared’ on the club’s Facebook page. He said in a statement:
“It was brought to my attention that there was a post on the Facebook page of the High Wycombe RBL branch.
“This page is administered by the club and in no way represents the aims, objectives or beliefs of the Royal British Legion.
“As a branch, we find this type of racial hatred wholly at odds, particularly in light of the work this branch has undertaken with the Mayor [Cllr Chaudhary Shafique] and Wycombe Islamic Mission and Mosque Trust.
“The matter is currently being dealt with by the police as a race hate crime and has been referred to Haig House for further action.”