British Soccer Player Sentenced To 3 Months For Anti-Muslim Rant On Twitter

In Britain on Wednesday, a player on the Witton Albion Football Club was sentenced to 3 months in jail for a drunken anti-Muslim rant on Twitter in the wake of the May murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.  The Northwich Guardian and Irish Mirror report that footballer Shaun Tuck sent out a series of Tweets over a number of hours urging people to "‘bomb and gas every mosque in England." The Tweets were removed several hours later.  In sentencing Tuck for violations of the Communications Act, the court said:  "These messages were posted during a period of heightened racial tension following the brutal and public slaying of Drummer Lee Rigby at a time when community leaders, religious leaders, police and the victim’s family were calling for calm."