Brisbane star Charlie Cameron has been racially abused online with the Lions the third club in a 24-hour span to detail the vilification of players
Three clubs have reported online vilification to leagueAFL
The AFL’s integrity unit is now probing cases of racist slurs directed at Cameron, Fremantle’s Michael Walters and Nathan Wilson, and Adelaide’s Izak Rankine.“This has to stop,” AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said on Tuesday night. “It not only hurts the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players targeted but all Indigenous players and players of colour across the league as well as their families, their teammates and friends.
The Brisbane statement came just hours after Fremantle’s chief executive officer Simon Garlick detailed racist and homophobic abuse of Walters and Wilson. “Individuals that hide behind fake accounts to hurt others are pathetic and we need to be able to curb this capability on social platforms. Enough is enough.”“It’s just someone who is trying to hurt,” Nicks told reporters. “If someone is going to the trouble of covering up their identity, it’s not an actual account, it’s never been used – to me that’s a sign that we’re not actually dealing with a human being, we are dealing with someone who is just trying to be divisive.
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