Complaint of racial abuse in Roosters v Broncos

[Nealo 12]

There are some key differences:

a) Samantha is a woman

b) Samantha is a woman whose worldviews (I would guess) align more closely with those of Megan Rapinoe than Pauline Hanson

b) Samantha is a lesbian

c) Samantha plays a game (women's football) where the type of people who follow it closely are much more likely to also be the kind of people who hold luxury beliefs such as "racism against white people doesn't exist".

d) denies she said it now

e) hid being arrested for a long period of time

f) Bambi type character

g) cant handle getting on the piss

 

[Meth]

Ok Spencer, what did you intend?

you do know that I’m not Spencer Leniu, right?

 

[RedVee]

you do know that I’m not Spencer Leniu, right?

Yes mate

 

[Chins get the wins]

Zero credit to Spencer but I think the Roosters have done the right thing here, likely talked him into the guilty plea understanding it'll help reduce his suspension - and added bonus the club comes out looking good too

Nope the club looks awful

 

[Meth]

Yes mate

but yeah, it’s hard to prove intent. You either disregard it as a factor or you accept his assertion that he didn’t mean it as a racist jibe.

I think you have to do the former.

 

[Meth]

I think Leniu has put the Roosters in a no-win position here. They could have been far worse.

 

[Danish]

I don't think what Kerr said was acceptable, but does it really rise to the level of a criminal charge for "aggravating behaviour causing alarm or distress"?

It would be the same if someone had used black instead of white - racially motivated yes, absolutely punishable by the sporting bodies involved... but criminal charges that could result in imprisonment? And it took them over a year to file those charges? Seems over the top.

id say the fact she did it after vomiting in a taxi then arguing over the cleaning fee is why they decided to lump her with a charge.

being a merkin to cops is never smart. Being a merkin to cops while also being a merkin to someone just doing their job is downright idiotic and you deserve to cop whatever pedantic charge coming your way

 

[RedVee]

but yeah, it’s hard to prove intent. You either disregard it as a factor or you accept his assertion that he didn’t mean it as a racist jibe.

I think you have to do the former.

All I was saying is that if Leniu is going to claim it wasn’t his intention to be racist, it’s fair to ask him ok then, what was your intention?

 

[RedVee]

id say the fact she did it after vomiting in a taxi then arguing over the cleaning fee is why they decided to lump her with a charge.

being a merkin to cops is never smart. Being a merkin to cops while also being a merkin to someone just doing their job is downright idiotic and you deserve to cop whatever pedantic charge coming your way

She must have eaten a bad oyster

 

[Vlad59]

Whatever you think of Spencer at least he fessed up. The golden girl is telling porkies

https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/sam-kerr-set-to-argue-she-never-called-police-officer-a-bastard/news-story/5ab47df5832cbbb1769b112aa28b18dc

 

[Meth]

All I was saying is that if Leniu is going to claim it wasn’t his intention to be racist, it’s fair to ask him ok then, what was your intention?

well, he could say he meant it to be derogatory, but was unaware of racial connotations. But yeah, I don’t buy that.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I was wondering when Mundine will have an opinion and this surprised to say the least.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/take-it-on-the-chin-mundines-bizarre-take-on-leniumam-racism-saga/news-story/34f1d0e9abeb40071cc886c86058c09b

 

[RedVee]

I was wondering when Mundine will have an opinion and this surprised to say the least.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/take-it-on-the-chin-mundines-bizarre-take-on-leniumam-racism-saga/news-story/34f1d0e9abeb40071cc886c86058c09b

So another in the “only white people are racist” camp.

it is a widely held belief evidently

 

[Canard]

Kerr is being dealt with much more harshly then Leniu, when it comes to legal process.

There isn't even a suggestion of Spencer having to front a trial of at least 4 days over this incident.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Kerr is being dealt with much more harshly then Leniu, when it comes to legal process.

There isn't even a suggestion of Spencer having to front a trial of at least 4 days over this incident.

Would she have gone to trial if she said it in a match? When do civil laws come into it?

 

[Canard]

Would she have gone to trial if she said it in a match? When do civil laws come into it?

Don't really know.

 

[Vlad59]

Would she have gone to trial if she said it in a match? When do civil laws come into it?

I don’t even get the comparisons. There was a dispute over a taxi fare after she’d thrown up in it. The cops trying to do his job and she racially abuses him in such a manner charges are pressed. I don’t know whether the charge is warranted but the cops think so. If they are wrong she’ll be okay. If not she can wear the outcome. Meanwhile politicians across Australia are saying she’s innocent for populist reasons.

 

[soc123_au]

Has Trell weighed in on the Sam Kerr thing?

 

[Iamback]

I was wondering when Mundine will have an opinion and this surprised to say the least.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/take-it-on-the-chin-mundines-bizarre-take-on-leniumam-racism-saga/news-story/34f1d0e9abeb40071cc886c86058c09b

He does have a point about the N word, Not sure about the rest

 

[Pirate Dread Roberts]

Hopefully they don't come down too hard on Spencer. I think it will be hard for him to receive a fair sentence. With the Broncos saying Ezra was bawling his eyes out in the rooms and all of the media jumping all over it. You have Vossy and Latrell saying he should get 10 or 12 weeks. If they only give him 1 or 2 games everyone will jump up and down again.