Скачать или смотреть Two police officers killed: Has the threat of the sovereign citizen movement been underestimated?

The Victorian High Country is the scene of an intense hunt for a man accused of shooting and killing two police officers, and injuring a third.

The man Victoria Police say they are searching for is Desmond Christopher Filby, aka Dezi Freeman, a radicalised conspiracy theorist, and self-described “sovereign citizen”, who espoused hatred for police.

But what is a sovereign citizen, and how widespread is the movement in Australia?

We bring you this episode with associate professor Dr Joshua Roose, who was an expert witness in the Wieambilla shootings in Queensland, on whether the sovereign citizen movement has been underestimated.

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