DEZI Freeman revealed his extensive knowledge of the law in various encounters with police and magistrates going back to 2018 when hie fought attampts by a family to block a public access road..
As can be seen in this video, Freeman was far from the lawless individual he has been portrayed in medie reports, as he assures police they won’t be interfering with traffic on the nearby highway during a protest over Covid restrictions.
At one public protest in a park, Freeman and his High Court class action group were appoached by police claiming to be enforcing the Victorian Health and Wellbeing Act in regard to mask wearing. However Freeman, quoting from the Act itself, maintained he had lawful excuse not to comply with mask wearing.
Contrary to the media narrative that Freeman is some sort of “sovereign citizen” who does not acknowledge the law, Freeman himself, during the discussion with the local cops stated: “We have a responsibility and duty to not only learn the law and abide by it but to uphold it, making sure that other people, especially those we employ, are obeying and upholding the law, because the law is here to protect us, no-one is above the law.”
When it came to standing up for the law, Freeman did not know how to back off. He took it as far as arresting rogue magistrates and police. That was probably his mistake, as it appears that police took it upon themselves to launch a long-running campaign of lawfare harassment against him.
Freeman said it began in the road blockage issue when the lawyer of the family obtained a restraining order against him. Freeman frought that in the local court, self-represented and had some success, with a magistrate declaring he had a valid complaint.
But other magistrates had different views and were not going to co-operate with Freeman regardless of how much law he cited.
And then came a speeding fine (about 11kmh over) and accompanying drug test, which Freeman refused, which attracted a two-year licence suspension and confiscation of firearms. He challenged it in the Supreme Court without success.
The big event was the filing of the misprision of treason charge against Premier Dan Andrews in 2021, when several hundred people gathered at the Myrtelford Magistrate’s Court to file the private prosecution brought by local chiropractor Jim Rech
What followed was a chaotic disruption of the court due to Covid rules, disruption of process and the magistrate dismissing it because the complainant failed to appear. That happened because a link to the court was somehow disrupted.
Freeman, who was going to appear with Rech, was nabbed by police outside the court and frog marched through the town to the local police station. It was becoming clear that Victoria Police and the courts were not going to play ball with these rebels and Dezi Freeman had become public enemy No. 1.
Fast forward to 2025 and some 15 court appearances, and the persecution continued. Police were now given a search warrant in regards to some alleged “historical sexual offences,” which close associates called fake.
But these allegations now meant Freeman faced the prospect of losing custody of his children.
When a squad of 10 police turned up at the bus Freeman was living in on the morning of August 26th, he allegedly opened fire with a home-made shotgun, killing two policemen and injuring a third. He then apparently fled into the bush adjoining the property.
Media then went into overdrive, falsely stating that Freeman was “a sovereign citizen”, who, according to the ABC, “is someone who holds extreme anti-government views and believe the law does not apply to them.” That provably was not Freeman.
Anthony Albanese immediately jumped on the bandwagon, appearing on the ABC with Comrade Sarah Ferguson that night and declaring that “sovereign citizen ideology” was “a very real threat”.
This all happened to coincide with the ABC 4Corners and ABC Investigations programs on so-called soverign citizens groups across the nation. Was this the perfect storm for Victoria Police to make their big move on Freeman and was it the straw that broke the camel’s back?
Freeman probably had less than an hour to make his way through the relatively open bush behind his block before the police helicopter arrived on the scene. He had few places to go to – perhaps an abandoned mine shaft or two.
His way inland was blocked by the steep, vertical bluffs of Mt Buffalo, leaving only a relatively small bush area for him to somehow hide in.
His options were limited but police were somehow unable to get a sighting from the chopper or body-heat detecting drones. And where were the dogs? Media footage didn’t show cops searching the bush, just a heavily armed paramilitary force standing around on local roads, stopping traffic.
They carried out a raid of a home occupied by Freeman’s relatives where his wife and children were staying. The wife was arrested but later released. And then in another raid, a 61-year-old man had his firearms confiscated apparently because he was in possession of some marijuana.
And now, nine days after the alleged shooting, police are suggesting Freeman has been helped by local people.
