Chelsea fans prevent black man boarding Paris metro train
Amateur footage shows Chelsea football fans preventing a black man from boarding a Paris metro train shortly before the Champions League fixture between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. The unidentified passenger attempts to squeeze on to the train, only to be pushed forcefully back on to the platform at the Richelieu-Drouot station. The fans then chant: 'We're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it'.
This story highlights the power of new and digital media as well as user generated content as we are now able to view and then punish crimes that otherwise would not have been seen. Without the user generated content the story would never have become the big news story it has become, highlighting the pluralistic view that new and digital media has liberated us in that people can not get away with crimes they could before due to everyone having a camera phone.
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