Understanding Extremism: Gun Ownership and Sovereign Citizens in Australia

Victorian police officers had gone to execute a search warrant on a Wednesday morning in a sleepy alpine village. 

But the day turned to tragedy with self-identified ‘sovereign citizen’ Dezi Freeman allegedly killing two of the officers and wounding another. 

Today, Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal who recently spent months investigating the movement and speaking with sovereign citizens on what’s unfolded and what we know about the anti-government movement. 

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Mahmood Fazal, Four Corners reporter