Why people are calling on 'clean-shaven white men' to condemn London mosque attack

Get the Full StoryAn incident near Finsbury Park Mosque in London in which a man died and 10 people were injured after a man drove a van into worshippers is being treated as a "terrorist attack," Met Police confirmed.

The first media reports were naturally wary of describing it as a terror incident — the headline on the first BBC story was "Vehicle hits pedestrians in Finsbury Park" — as they were waiting for more details to trickle in.

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However, one media organisation overreached with a really weird tweet: "Clean-shaven white man arrested by police as at least 10 people are injured." Read more...More about London, Terrorism, Finsbury Park Attack, Clean Shaven, and White Male

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