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Originally Posted by Russ
I'm a big fan of 'innocent until proven guilty'. Apparently he called Evra 'negro' which is supposedly an everyday and acceptable expression to use in his own country. I don't accept that as an excuse though - if you move to another country to live or work then you accept their laws override what you are used to. He may well be racist but in the absence of evidence we should assume he isn't.
It's worth noting it is not against any FA rule to be a racist, only to use racist words or behavior.
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Except the language experts completely tore apart Suarez's defence that it was an everyday acceptable expression. Which is why he took an 8 game ban.
You must have a weird definition of absence of evidence. Suarez's conduct after the event, his conflicting statement to the FA, the experts views on his defence, and even his apology now where he doesn't apologise to Evra, just for making Liverpool look bad, is plenty of evidence.
But then some people would still defend him if he was caught walking around Liverpool wearing a klans mans uniform.