In a statement released on Monday, the Football Association urged the British government to bring forth legislation in order to criminalise online harassment and called on social media companies, like Instagram (owned by Facebook), to do better and remove abusive users from their service.
London’s Metropolitan Police have announced that they are investigating the abuse.
It wasn’t simply limited to the online space either, a mural depicting Rashford in Manchester that celebrates his charity work was defaced in way that police described as “racially aggravated.”
Gareth Southgate, the coach of the English national team, said at a news conference that, “It’s just not what we stand for. We heal together as a team now, and we’re there for them, and I know that 99% of the public will be as well, because they will appreciate how well they played.”
Well this has certainly made British outlet, The Telegraph, lose some face over their article titled “The Euros have destroyed the Leftist myth of backward, racist England.” Reddit has had a field day over on the subreddit r/agedlikemilk.