'Horrific satire' - Paddy Power spark fury on social media with ‘African American beatings’ tweet

Paddy Power

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Paddy Power clearly haven't learned anything after their highly controversial Oscar Pistorius promotion last year. Not all publicity is good publicity.

Ahead of tonight's meeting between Liverpool and Newcastle, they tweeted: “Newcastle have suffered more Kop beatings over the last 20 years than an unarmed African-American male” accompanied by a picture of a smiling Brendan Rodgers