in a tweet published ahead of liverpool 's clash against newcastle tonight , the bookmakers appeared to make light of the issue in the wake of a succession of stories in the us regarding police shootings on african-americans .
on the paddy power offers page , a tweet was published that read : ` newcastle have suffered more kop beatings over the last 20 years than an unarmed african-american male ' .
it was accompanied by a smirking picture of liverpool boss brendan rodgers .