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  • Fri. Nov 22nd, 2024

SA Police officer investigated for racist messages to Sudanese-Australian Q+A guest

SA Police officer investigated for racist messages to Sudanese-Australian Q+A guest

Police in South Australia are investigating an officer over a racist social media post directed at a Sudanese-Australian lawyer and human rights advocate.

Key points:

  • Nyadol Nyon appeared on Q+A on Monday
  • She received a racist, abusive message from an SA Police officer
  • An internal police investigation is underway

Melbourne-based Nyadol Nyuon was sent the Facebook message on Monday evening, a week after appearing as a guest on the ABC’s Q+A program.

The message told her to “stop blaming white man and pulling the race card you ignorant c”.

The post also said: “If it’s so fing bad here foff back to the war-torn shithole country you came from.”

An SA Police spokesperson apologised for the comments and said the officer was no longer performing operational dutie

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