NT Police Association president Nathan Finn has said he told Police Minister Brent Potter he found it difficult to see how he could continue in the role because of his Facebook posts sharing racist and anti-Semitic material, and said Chief Minister Eva Lawler’s defence of him “sent a damaging message”.

In the posts, recently obtained by the NT Independent, Mr Potter quoted Nazis, praised Vladimir Putin, permitted the casual use of the n-word amongst family members, shared a link to a video about how to “destroy” the Black Lives Matter movement, and also included anti-Semitic material.

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