Posted on 08/26/2025 11:45:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A major hunt is continuing in the Australian state of Victoria for a man accused of shooting dead two police officers on his semi-rural property, and injuring a third.
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Less than a week before the shooting of two police in Porepunkah, his wife, Mali, had told a neighbour that she was concerned about his behaviour, The Age reports.
Locals in the town have told journalists that the father of two was kind and polite, but then, during the Covid pandemic, his behaviour became erratic and his views more extreme.
Freeman - born Desmond Christopher Filby - developed a public profile for his views on the health crisis.
He refused to wear face masks in shops, rejected vaccinations and became increasingly outspoken about his distrust of the government restrictions and lockdowns - of which Victoria had particularly long and strict ones.
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...Victoria's then-Chief Police Commissioner Shane Patton said at the time that officers were forced "to smash the windows of cars and pull people out to provide details" after they refused to answer questions or show documents....
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In 2021, Freeman was involved in an attempt to have then-state Premier Daniel Andrews tried for treason.
Freeman was arrested outside a court in Victoria, where around 250 anti-government protesters had assembled.
In a video of his arrest, he can be heard telling the crowd: "They're gonna make some [expletive] up about me mate, because I stood up to them."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?”
There can be a case made about the heavy-handed behavior of governments. It’s a little more difficult to make the case for the murder of law enforcement.
CC
The old question when is it time.
The old question when is it time?
When is it time?
“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
CC
Fear.
Obey.
Submit.
Covid is a religion.
Sounds like a fair dinkum patriot.
Well, he was right about Covid, but he sure took a wrong turn in thinking that killing police was a good move. Perhaps he is looking for suicide by police.
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