The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Man shared a post that mocked Floyd
AFife man has admitted sharing a Snapchat post that mocked the death of George Floyd.
Convicted racist Jordan Mcghie sparked national fury after uploading a picture that showed him kneeling on a friend’s neck.
The image was captioned: “George Floyd Challenge 2020. Raise awareness.”
Mr Floyd’s death in May 2020 in America sparked global protests and vigils.
The unarmed-dad-of-two begged for his life and told police officers in Minneapolis he could not breathe as former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck on a road.
Earlier this month, Chauvin was found guilty of murdering the 46-year-old.
At Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday Mcghie, 27, pled guilty to sharing the “grossly offensive, obscene or menacing” image on June 2.
Sheriff Gregory Murray interrupted the Crown’s narrative of the facts and ordered reports on Mcghie, who has a previous conviction for a raciallyaggravated offence from 2011.
He said: “I have only heard a little of the narration but what I have heard doesn’t make me think a great deal of you.”
Fiscal depute Carrie-anne Mackenzie had revealed how a witness came across the post, which had also been uploaded to Facebook. She told the court: “At around 7pm, the witness had been scrolling through their news feed and had come across the photo.
“This was accompanied by the status ‘out your local racist’.
“The photo showed the accused kneeling on another male’s neck imitating the recent death of George Floyd.”
Mcghie, of Woodside Way, Glenrothes, admitted posting a racist and offensive image on social media at an address on Crossgate, Cupar on June 2 2020.
He admitted the offence was racially aggravated.
Sheriff Murray deferred sentence until May for social work reports.
In July 2011, Mcghie racially abused a 13-yearold boy during a bus journey in Fife.
Mcghie, then 17, admitted acting in a raciallyaggravated manner, using offensive language and causing alarm and distress.