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BBC Trending: The Politician ‘Trolled by Police’
Australian police officers are being investigated over the trolling of a Green Party politician. Jenny Leong was sent racist messages when she opposed a policy on sniffer dogs.
Trending often covers trolling online, but it isn’t often that the police are the ones accused of sending abusive messages.
That’s just what’s happened in Australia this week where police officers in New South Wales are being investigated over the alleged trolling of an Australian politician. Jenny Leong was sent racist and sexist messages after she opposed the state’s sniffer dog policy.
The BBC’s Australia correspondent Jon Donnison talks to Anne-Marie Tomchak about how an argument about drug detection got out of hand.
Picture credit: Jenny Leong
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