一名联合王国警官因向吉普赛人、罗姆人和游民社区发送种族主义的 " WhesApp " 信息而遭解雇。 A UK police officer was fired for racist WhatsApp messages targeting Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities.

对2017年伦敦桥恐怖袭击做出回应的英国运输警察警员Mark Luker警官使用“pikey”和“dags”等攻击性词,在针对吉普赛人、罗姆人和游民社区的“WhessApp”信息中使用“pikey”和“dags”等攻击性词,因严重不当行为被解职。 Detective Constable Mark Luker, a British Transport Police officer who responded to the 2017 London Bridge terror attack, has been dismissed for gross misconduct after using offensive terms like “pikey” and “dags” in WhatsApp messages targeting Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities. 不当行为小组发现,2024年底至2025年初之间发出的信息蓄意具有歧视性,包括通过提及废金属和铅屋顶将社区与盗窃联系起来的笑话,以及嘲弄电影*Snatch* 的一幕。 The misconduct panel found the messages, sent between late 2024 and early 2025, were deliberately discriminatory, including jokes linking the communities to theft via references to scrap metal and lead roofing, and mocking a scene from the film *Snatch*. 虽然Luker声称他的幽默是心理创伤的应对机制, 并否认有意冒犯, 但小组的结论是, 他可能知道语言是冒犯性的, Though Luker claimed his humor was a coping mechanism for trauma and denied intent to offend, the panel concluded he likely knew the language was offensive, breaching professional standards despite his prior commendations.