'You little f**king immigrant': Man faces racial abuse on Manchester tram after Brexit

A US Army veteran was racially abused on a tram in Manchester by three teenagers on Tuesday morning as reports talked about rising racism in Britain after Brexit. [caption id=“attachment_2863766” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Three teenagers racially abused a man on a Manchester tram. Screenshot from YouTube video[/caption] “Don’t chat sh*t when you’re not even from England, you little f**king immigrant,” shouted one of the teenagers after Juan Jasso, the American victim, told them not to swear in front of children on the tram, according to The Telegraph . “You little immigrant, get back to Africa…You’re a muppet, get off the tram now,” said one of the teenagers. Jasso has been living in the UK for 18 years now. One of the assailants, who was carrying a bottle of beer, even flicked alcohol from the bottle at Jasso in the tram. However, other people in the tram eventually stood by Jasso and the three teenagers had to leave the tram. One of the other commuters even told the three teenagers, “You are an absolute disgrace to England.”

According to CNN , police in Manchester arrested two young men and a teenager in connection with the incident. Over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes have been reported since the UK voted to leave the EU, PTI had reported. “We should be absolutely clear that this government will not tolerate intolerance… intimidating migrants, telling them they need to go home,” outgoing British PM David Cameron’s Downing Street spokesperson had said. To combat the rising number of hate crimes post-Brexit, a Twitter user came up with the idea that people should wear a safety pin to show solidarity and support for the immigrants living in the UK.

People soon started tweeting with #safetypin with images of them wearing a safety pin.

(With inputs from PTI)