Merrrittt, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Dezi Bird Freeman, 56, is the subject of a major manhunt in Victoria, Australia, after allegedly killing two police officers and injuring a third during a raid on his property. Born Desmond Christopher Filby, Freeman is a self-proclaimed “sovereign citizen” who rejects government authority and has a long history of clashes with police and courts. Freeman’s radicalization accelerated during Australia’s draconian Covid lockdowns. He refused to wear masks, rejected vaccinations, and railed against government restrictions, calling police “terrorist thugs” and comparing them to Nazis. While Australian authorities saw this defiance as dangerous, many American conservatives would view such resistance as a reasonable rejection of violations of basic freedoms and rights. His history with the law is…
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