If police eventually have to downgrade the search for Dezi Freeman, how will the victims’ families react and what message will it send to the community?
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From a quirky Australian wheat farmer to more violent outcomes, the sovereign citizen movement often stems from a feeling of angst and uncertainty.
Criminologist Keiran Hardy talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the origins of the sovereign citizen movement, and how it started in Australia with Prince Leonard.
The violent end of the hunt for Tom Phillips is a reminder of the tactical calculations Australian police must make in their search for alleged killer Dezi Freeman.
A surrender plan aims to send a message to Dezi Freeman that he has options open to him to bring things to a peaceful end.
The Porepunkah shooting has put ‘sovcits’ in the headlines. The incident is emblematic of a broader problem that poses more risks if left unaddressed.
The alleged shooter in the Porepunkah police killings was reportedly a sovereign citizen - a group with often deep antagonism towards authority figures.
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University
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Director of Research and Policy at The Dor Foundation and Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Police Studies, University of Tasmania
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