British Police Investigate Racist Euro 2012 Tweets

British police are investigating a racist tweets posted by a fan after two members of England's national team missed crucial penalty kicks in a Euro 2012 soccer tournament loss to Italy on Sunday.

England exited the quarterfinals of Europe's soccer championship after players Ashley Cole and Ashley Young, both of whom are black, missed penalty kicks in a shootout following a scoreless 120 minutes of play.

Hours later, the account @Lapwnage posted messages containing vile, racist epithets that denigrated the players for their mistakes. The account no longer exists, but at least one other user captured them in a screenshot. Multiple Twitter users sent tweets to the the West Midlands Pol…
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