Thousands of YouTube comments on Sky News Australia video celebrate BLM activist being shot in head

Exclusive: The racist and violent comments appear below a video news report about Sasha Johnson who was shot in the head in London

Sky News Australia’s YouTube channel has published more than 9,000 comments mostly celebrating and mocking the shooting of a Black Lives Matter activist in Britain who is fighting for her life.

The racist and violent comments, which could be described as hate speech, appear below a short video news report uploaded on Monday about the activist Sasha Johnson. Johnson remains in a critical condition after sustaining a gunshot wound to her head in an incident in south London.

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