Burnley fan Jake Hepple has claimed responsibility for the banner (Getty/Facebook)A Burnley fan has claimed responsibility for arranging a ‘White Lives Matter’ banner to be flown over the Etihad Stadium on Monday evening. The plane flew overhead just moments after Manchester City and Burnley’s players had taken a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Mr Hepple wrote: ‘I’d like to take this time to apologise… to absolutely f***ing nobody! Advertisement‘It’s now apparently racist to say White Lives Matter, the day after three white people got murdered in a park in Reading, but all we’ve seen on the TV is Black Lives Matter after George Floyd got murdered. AdvertisementAdvertisementBurnley captain Ben Mee said the club’s players were ‘upset and embarrassed’ by the message on the banner.

Source: Metro June 23, 2020 10:07 UTC