HIBERNIAN footballer Leigh Griffiths has been arrested and charged by police for allegedly sending a racist tweet.
The Easter Road striker, 22, allegedly told a man to go "back to your own country ya clown" during an online exchange.
The Scotland international, who is on loan at Hibs from npower Championship side Wolves, allegedly made the comment while responding to a tweet from a Twitter user believed to be based in Livingston, West Lothian.
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