<br /> <p>A group of internet pranksters carried out a staged social experiment on a British beach in a video published on August 27, in which a “police officer” confronts a burkini-wearing woman and tries to forcibly remove it from her. A man and a woman from a group known as “Trollstation” played the roles in the experiment, which aimed to gauge public reaction to the burkini.</p><p>Female onlookers at the beach came to the woman’s aid, while others filmed, before the hoax was revealed.</p><br /><p>A French court this past week suspended a ban on burkinis</a> that was imposed by a town in the country’s south. Credit: YouTube/Trollstation</p><br />
