Greens MP demands answers on racist and sexist Facebook posts by police

Jenny Leong is suing NSW police over a series of derogatory posts made or ‘liked’ by serving officers

A New South Wales Greens MP who is suing the state’s police force over a series of racist and sexist Facebook posts made or “liked” by serving officers says her case shows why “police should not be investigating police”.

More than two years after officers from Sydney made or “liked” a series of derogatory posts about Jenny Leong on Facebook, the state MP for Newtown is suing the NSW police force in the Human Rights Commission under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

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