This is how racists should be dealt with..

[HipChick]

Link to tweet

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. If he is willing to change citizenship he could easily be elected here

in many states to any position he wanted.

Maybe even to president if Russia approved, well I guess foreign born cant do that but, you know.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. My phone won't play it

Some video players make my phone crash outright. I've sent myself an email with a link to your post so I can watch at home. Looks interesting.

[manicraven]

3. That was handled well...staff member sat beside the victim of the verbal assault,

can verify what happened, the attack was recorded, and police were called and waiting. Racist was fined, too.

[TrekLuver]

4. This is a typical example of a Mel Gibson Meltdown. The staff member piping in is

priceless I watched that bit twice.

[NightWatcher]

5. 100% the piece of shit's fault. But the train might want to stop pumping alcohol into passengers.

He was slurring so much that who ever served him should be reminded that it's not cool to serve alcohol to excess.

I'm not deflecting any blame away from him, but he was blotto and shouldn't be allowed to get to that point.

[lame54]

6. I don't think he said cow

[democratisphere]

7. Looks like the UK has their share of deplorables too.

Lawyer is a piece of garbage.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Fined $1800, not 1440. Racists don't think they are racist; esp old white males, sorry to say.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/04/dont-belong-solicitor-caught-film-launching-racist-attack/

Alexander 'AJ' MacKinnon, 47, was filmed hurling abuse at Sanaa Shahid and her four-year-old son Zayn as they travelled home to Glasgow.

The video captures MacKinnon saying Mrs Shahid did not "belong" in the country before swearing at her young son. Mrs Shahid, who has lived in Scotland her whole life, claimed MacKinnon demanded to know where she was born and told her she did not "deserve" to be in first class.

MacKinnon admitted a racially aggravated public order offence when he appeared at Carlisle Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He was fined £1154, plus £50 compensation, a £150 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs.

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MacKinnon reportedly 'liked' Donald Trump, English Defence League, the BNP, the Scottish BNP and various Scottish Conservative associations on social media

£1154 + 50 + 150 + 85 = £1439
Multiply by exchange rate of 1.25 and you get $1800.

Something is eating that man inside, aging him years beyond 47. An early grave is likely unless he turns his life around, including getting rid of his bitterness.

[Liberty Belle]

9. Hate speech is illegal in Britain but unfortunately not in the US

unless it incites violence.

I wonder if it would be constitutional to enact laws to allow fines for this sort of thing here. I wish we could, not that this bunch of racist-enabling Congressional leaders would ever do so.

If it were legal, perhaps states and local governments could, but I'm not sure if this crap would be protected as "free speech" in the US constitutionally. Anyone know of any case law testing that?

[NutmegYankee]

11. There is no constitutional way.

It is completely protected speech.

[Leith]

10. He's a Horrific Racist POS

To make it even worse, he sounds like he was educated at a top university, which would make him an educated elite. Can someone who knows more about British accents correct me if I'm wrong? It sounds like he speaks with received pronunciation (which is how Oxford and Cambridge grads speak).