Twitter has been forced to remove a “grotesquely racist” tweet posted by Laurence Fox, saying it violates their rules.
The actor was responding to news that Manchester City football player Benjamin Mendy has been charged with four counts of rape.
The charges against Mendy relate to three complainants over the age of 16, according to Cheshire Constabulary, and are reported as having taken place between October 2020 and August 2021.
Fox took to Twitter in response to a news article about the charges against Mendy, stating, ‘Get kneeling, f*ckers’.
The tweet has since been removed by the social media platform for violating their rules.
The post has amassed more than 2,200 likes, 4,700 retweets and 2,600 comments with other Twitter users condemning the actor.
One said: “What kind of logic is this? One black person did something horrible so we should stop taking the knee?”
While another wrote: “Can’t decide whether this tweet perfectly illustrates how stupid you are or how racist you are. What has kneeling for racial equality have to do with this?”
Mendy has since been remanded in police custody and will appear at Cheshire Magistrates’ Court tomorrow, August 27.
Related: ‘Operation Ark’ tells us all we need to know about how this government is run
