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By Press Association 2021 Sergeant Geraint Jones A police officer who sent a “grossly offensive” meme depicting the arrest of George Floyd to a WhatsApp group of colleagues has been acquitted of a criminal charge. Sergeant Geraint Jones, 47, admitted sharing the image with the group on May 30 last year, five days after Mr Floyd’s death, but insisted he did not mean to cause offence by doing so. Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard the officer forwarded the meme to a group of eight others, including six serving police officers, after...

Police officer who sent 'grossly offensive' image mocking George Floyd's arrest cleared by judge Martin Evans © Craig Lassig/Shutterstock Memorial to George Floyd gathers onlookers  - Craig Lassig/Shutterstock  A police officer who sent a “grossly offensive” social media image mocking the arrest of George Floyd to a group of colleagues, has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing. Sergeant Geraint Jones, 47, of Devon and Cornwall Police sent the meme on May 30 last year, five days after Mr Floyd was killed by a police officer in the US city of Minneapolis. The altered ima...

Sgt Geraint Jones sent ‘grossly offensive’ meme to Devon police colleagues as joke, rules judge

George Floyd meme Torquay police sergeant cleared of offence It comes less than 24 hours after US officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty of Mr Floyd's murder. Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up for our Torbay newsletter and you'll never miss a big story againInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Keep me updated When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A ...

BBC News Published image copyrightDevon Live image captionSgt Geraint Jones was cleared on the grounds the prosecution failed to prove the image was not sent as a joke A policeman has been found not guilty of sharing a "grossly offensive" meme related to the death of George Floyd. Sgt Geraint Jones of Devon and Cornwall Police was off duty when he forwarded an altered image of Mr Floyd's fatal arrest in May 2020. It went to a private WhatsApp group that included other officers. The judge at Plymouth Magistrates' Court cleared him on the grounds the prosecution failed to prove the image was no...