Charges pressed against rapper Akwasi over old Zwarte Piet tweets

At least two people are pressing charges against Amsterdam rapper Akwasi over tweets he posted in 2011 and 2012 in which he said he wanted to kill blackface Sinterklaas character Zwarte Piet. Akwasi acknowledged that he posted the tweets, but says he doesn't remember them. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) in Amsterdam will "naturally" investigate the charges, a spokesperson said to newspaper AD.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 11:40 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/08/charges-pressed-rapper-akwasi-old-zwarte-piet-tweets