Sam Kerr felt she was treated differently by police because of skin colour, court hears
Sam Kerr said she felt she was treated differently by police officers based on “what they perceived to be the colour of my skin”, a court heard on Wednesday. The Chelsea striker is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell by calling him “stupid and white” during an incident inside a police station on January 30, 2023. That followed a night out Kerr had been on with her partner, Kristie Mewis, the U.S. Women’s National Team and West Ham United player. At the end of the evening, they hailed a black cab and headed home. The taxi driver ended up...
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