I had never heard of the term sovereign citizen until I watched a Four Corners episode I saved on YouTube on Monday night. They are investigative reporters on the long-running documentary television show on Australia’s leading investigative journalism tv show.

These conspiracy theorists who believe they are not bound by the laws of the country. They are setting up their own courts, and have sheriffs who are supposed to enforce rulings. Their courts have convicted a Prime Minister, sentenced state Premiers, and ruled on other cases, none are enforceable though so I really miss the point, seems like play time to me.

So when I switched on the six o’clock news on Tuesday and learned that two police officers had been shot and killed by a so-called sovereign citizen in country Victoria, I was a little shocked. The accused, Dezi Freeman, was still on the run at time of writing. Clearly the guy is a nutter, he launched a private prosecution of former Victorian Premier Dan Andrews he accused of treason. These anti-vaxxers have anti-police tendencies, clog up local courts with vexatious claims and trivial matters.

From the internet age, we see right-wing radical movements that have gained popularity worldwide being imported to Australia. They refuse to licence vehicles, pay insurance, hold valid driver’s licences, fines and other societal requirements. Then there are the firearms, the police executing a firearms prohibition order when they were fired upon. From this warped ideology, we now have a number of dead and wounded police officers as a result of this idiot’s instability.