12 Year Old Arrested for Racial Abusing Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha

Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha was racial abused before the match vs. Aston Villa on Sunday. Zaha tweeted out screen shots of messages & images that were sent to him.

Woke up to this today. pic.twitter.com/Zal0F96htJ

— Wilfried Zaha (@wilfriedzaha) July 12, 2020

The police acted quickly & arrested a 12 year old who was responsible for the abuse.

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha.

Full story: https://t.co/7PLJ55Csiz pic.twitter.com/MumAlDIDLt

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 12, 2020

Best wishes to Zaha, who has said & done all the right things surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement.

I believe this is a step in the right direction. Many trolls hide behind fake accounts & avatars because they think they are invincible then. If this child was apprehended for this type of abuse hopefully it will discourage more people & stop the spread of sending these hateful messages.