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Lewisham Police Apologise For 'Offensive' St Patrick's Day Tweet

"Hey Lewisham Police, maybe get some tact and don't do this"
Steven Hopkins
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Police have apologised for an "offensive" tweet it posed about St Patrick's Day which featured two paris of handcuffs made to look like a four-leaf clover.

Officers from Lewisham Police posted the photograph next to a message which read: “Happy #StPatricksDay #Lewisham”.

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The tweet to the force's 23,800 followers was later deleted after police were accused of being "racist" - although the majority of Twitter users thought the post was inventive, rather then offensive.

MPS Lewisham later tweeted an apology, saying: “Apologies for any offence caused by our earlier tweet, that was not our intention at all – hope everyone has a great #StPatricksDay”.

Apologies for any offence caused by our earlier tweet, that was not our intention at all - hope everyone has a great #StPatricksDay

— Lewisham MPS (@MPSLewisham) March 17, 2016

Hey Lewisham Police, maybe get some tact and don't do this... https://t.co/KiCJzrDIQN

— Patch Thompson (@PatchThompson92) March 17, 2016

Wow. Lewisham Police threatening their Irish residents. https://t.co/xmUmJ07C9o

— Captain Afab (@captain_afab) March 17, 2016

@captain_afab so glad its not just me who saw it that way, esp with history of police brutality against Irish population

— jemima (@Waitingirl13) March 17, 2016
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