If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. #IBelieveHer pic.twitter.com/kNkG5Gm8h9
— Filly Campbell (@fillyc) March 29, 2018
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest after two international rugby players were cleared of rape.
Irish sportsmen Paddy Jackson#paddyjackson and Stuart Olding were acquitted by a jury of eight men and three women on Wednesday following a nine-week trial at Belfast Crown Court.
They were accused of sexually assaulting a woman when they went back to Jackson’s flat after a night out in the capital city.
People Are Tweeting #IBelieveHer Following The Acquittal Of Two Rugby Players Accused Of Rape https://t.co/JK6zBPkK6l
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) March 28, 2018
The court heard the pair were in a WhatsApp group which discussed having a ‘spit roast’ and said sex with the woman was ‘like a merry-go-round’.
But just hours after they were cleared, in response to the wider issues raised by the case and in support of the woman and others in a similar position, thousands of people tweeted #IBelieveHer.
The hashtag #IBelieveHer was trending in the UK, Ireland and worldwide and on Thursday a rally outside the Laganside courthouse took place along with others in Derry, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dublin. Tonight a much smaller group of protesters have gathered in Marble Arch in London