Truth, Trust, and Extremism: The Sovereign Citizen Movement and Porepunkah On 27 August 2025, ten police officers, including members of the sexual offences and child investigation team, descended on a property in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah to serve a search warrant to 56-year-old Dezi Freeman, born Desmond Filby. Freeman allegedly responded by shooting dead senior constables Neal Thompson and Vadim De Waart, and injuring a third o…
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