Horrific imagry from a facebook page which was shut down. Picture: N.T Fights/Facebook Source: Supplied

The “N.T Fights” site, created in Northern Territory, had until yesterday 36,000 followers and revealed a level racial hatred that should disturb all Australians.

The site was closed only hours after News Corp Australia alerted both Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane and Facebook Australia, both of whom stated they were appalled by the content.

Northern Territory Bio: N.T Fights some pretty awesome shit - Send in all of your fights from the N.T. Shocking racist Facebook site N.T Fights Picture: N.T Fights/Facebook Source: Supplied

Brutal content

The site featured supposedly humorous voice-dubs over shocking scenes, such as a seated Aboriginal man — apparently a drunk itinerant — being kicked full-on in the face by another Aboriginal man.

The moment where the man’s head snaps back and hits the ground is looped on fast replay, apparently for comedic effect. The clip was viewed 140,000 times.

The thousands of vile comments on the site suggest that the nation — which at the elite level talks of reconciliation as being close to a done deal — has a long way to go in the lead-up to a referendum recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution.

Dr Soutphommasane called N.T Fights “quite simply disgusting and abhorrent” and earlier in the day said he would urgently ask Facebook to shut the site.

Facebook Australia initially said it would refer N.T Fights to its US data managers to assess whether it breached their policy, but after looking at the page themselves decided to make the call and instantly removed the site.

Bigot brigade

Brenton Jones is one of almost 3000 people who made comment about the kicking video. He wrote: “Coon count. Bit of boong r and r.”

Ashley Cromwell wrote: “All aboriginals are trouble makers like black negroes in America.”

Jess Sailgari said: “Filthy f**king things they are.”

Allen Patterson commented: “watch the do good dick-wits scream racist for even showing this.”

The NT News reported on the site in January, with police at the time warning that the videos, all shot on smart phones, could form the basis of evidence in prosecutions.

However, the issue goes beyond that, revealing a profoundly toxic free-flowing racist and scatological commentary and ultra-violent vision that was “liked” by thousands and not moderated by the site’s creator.

‘Have a laugh’

The man, whose identity is not known, told News Corp Australia in a Facebook exchange in January: “I started the page as a joke to have a laugh with a few mates and see how many likes it could get.”

However, Dr Soutphommasane said: “This material has no place in our society and I’m very disturbed by it. We should take a very dim view of anyone who revels in physical violence and who celebrates racial bigotry.”

A Facebook spokesman said: “We have removed this page for violating our community standards.”

The company said it wanted Facebook to be a safe environment and would not allow attacks on people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or disease.