Footballer denies ‘whiteness as insult’ against police
PA MediaChelsea forward Samantha Kerr denies the use of “white as insult” in police exchanges with Twickenham Station, where she calls an officer “stupid and white” .
Australian International denied that it caused serious racial harassment in a incident in southwest London in the early hours of January 30, 2023.
When she cross-examined at Kingston Crown Court, she “chooses to show hostility to the officer because of his whiteness,” she said “that’s not what I mean.”
Based on the evidence, Ms. Kerr said she was “struggled” by officials after she was taken to the police station by a taxi driver after the dispute.
Ms. Kerr was with her partner West Ham midfielder Kristie Mewis when the incident allegedly occurred.
The forward had previously told the court that after the driver “spouted” the vehicle’s window, the driver took the couple to the Twickenham Police Department, and Ms. Mavis smashed the rear window as the driver locked the door .
At the station, Ms. Kerr allegedly “abuse and insult” to PC Lovell.
In court Thursday, prosecutors asked Ms. Kerr if she was using PC Lovell’s “white as an insult.”
She replied, “No, that’s not what I mean.”
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC told Ms. Kerr: “In the moment of expressing hostility to him, because you think his stupidity is his stupidity, you also choose to show that right. His hostility.”
Ms. Kerr replied: “That’s not what I mean.”
Mr. Emlyn Jones replied: “This is what you did, isn’t it?”
“That’s what I do, yes,” Ms. Kerr replied.
The prosecutor mentioned that she called PC Lovell “stupid and white” and asked Ms. Kerr: “What does his race have to do with anything?”
Ms. Kerr replied: “I think it was him who used his privileges and powers to me because he thought I was something I was not.”
Later, she added: “I tried to express that they would never experience what we just went through because of their strength and privilege because they were afraid of our lives.”
Julia QuenzlerDuring cross-examination, Ms Kerr was also asked why she mentioned Chelsea and her lawyers during her conversation with the station police.
She said she tried to “make herself feel protected, bluffing.”
Mr. Emlyn Jones told Ms. Kerr that she was “waving your weight” and she replied “No”.
He said her allegations were “without basis and no evidence”, that police were racially motivated during the incident.
She replied: “That’s what I think.”
Court I heard it on Wednesday She swore to the police and said “it’s a racial thing.”
When asked about these comments, Ms. Kerr said: “I believe they treated me differently because they thought it was the color of my skin, especially the behavior of PC Lovell.
“He accused me of the way I lied and later arrested me for the crime, even though Christie said it was her (smashing the taxi window).
“At the time, I thought they were trying to put it on me.”
She added on Thursday: “(This is) the way he responded to me, cut me off, he called my name and looked down on me.”
Ms Kerr also said that in court, her view was influenced by how officials had their partner Ms. Mavis treated her.
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