Sam Kerr told the court she used the words 'stupid and white' because she felt she was being treated differently because of her skin colour.
Sam Kerr pleaded not guilty to one charge of racially aggravated harassment last year. Sam Kerr has taken to the stand to give evidence and be cross-examined in her trial on a charge of racially aggravated harassment against a police officer.
Ms Kerr took to the witness box for the first time in her high-profile trial, where she faces one charge of racially aggravated harassment of Metropolitan Police officer Police Constable Stephen Lovell. The 30-minute long interaction, described as a "heated argument" by Ms Kerr, centred around the taxi journey and who would pay for the damage to the broken window.
"I think that if people in a position of power or someone with position of privilege doesn't understand or acknowledge that, that's very dangerous and I think this happens everywhere around the world, I have experienced this multiple times." "Immediately after that exchange with PC Lovell, you say 'you're literally a white f***ing privileged person'," Ms Forbes said."It was clear he had no idea about the privilege he had in that moment or in life," she responded.When asked if she had any hostility toward white people, she said, "no, absolutely not".
"I lived in a state where for 30 years there was actually a serial killer that was thought to have been a taxi driver, that everyone was talking about not to get into taxis," she replied.Kerr's cross-examination begins
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