Police receive backlash for ill-advised Wayne Rooney joke

It seems no one has told police forces in the UK that banter isn't compulsory just because you have a Twitter account.

Not long after Merseyside police issued a wholly inappropriate reply to a rape joke on social media, Greater Manchester Police made a joke about Wayne Rooney that wasn't exactly well-received. Naturally, plenty of people thought those responsible for helping investigate the disappearance of people should not be making light of such things. https://twitter.com/moco0161/status/660928381396099072 And attempts to recover the situation didn't go as planned, showing that you can't rely on the police to fight fire. https://twitter.com/TheKevinDent/status/661016950001258497 The initial tweet was deleted, but it seems the backlash continued overnight. https://twitter.com/GMPCityCentre/status/661071392801202176