Porepunkah shooting: Two officers dead and another wounded after shooting at High Country property, Victoria, Australia

[essareem]

Yesterday, I found Dezi Freeman's facebook page. There's nothing publicly visible except for a cover photo post, and a photo of an old movie called "I Will Fight No More Forever" (posted August 2024). I'd never heard of the movie so I asked Grok about it, here's what it told me:

"The 1975 TV movie I Will Fight No More Forever dramatizes the Nez Perce War of 1877, focusing on Chief Joseph and his tribe’s resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands in Oregon’s Wallowa Valley to a reservation in Idaho. The surrender scene is the emotional climax, depicting Chief Joseph’s historic capitulation to the U.S. Army on October 5, 1877, in the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, just 40 miles from the Canadian border.

In the film, the surrender is portrayed with profound dialogue and somber authenticity, emphasizing Chief Joseph’s exhaustion and grief. After a 1,170-mile fighting retreat pursued by General Oliver O. Howard and Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the Nez Perce are depleted—starving, cold, and mourning the loss of leaders like Looking Glass and Toohoolhoolzote. The movie shows Joseph delivering his iconic speech to Howard and Miles, saying, “I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed… The old men are all dead… It is cold, and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death… Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”

The scene captures Joseph’s dignity and the tragedy of his people’s plight, as he hands over his rifle, symbolizing the end of resistance. The surrender is framed not as defeat but as a heartbreaking choice to save his surviving people, with strong performances emphasizing the human cost of the conflict"

Interesting... ?

 

[SouthAussie]

Yesterday, I found Dezi Freeman's facebook page. There's nothing publicly visible except for a cover photo post, and a photo of an old movie called "I Will Fight No More Forever" (posted August 2024). I'd never heard of the movie so I asked Grok about it, here's what it told me:

"The 1975 TV movie I Will Fight No More Forever dramatizes the Nez Perce War of 1877, focusing on Chief Joseph and his tribe’s resistance to forced relocation from their ancestral lands in Oregon’s Wallowa Valley to a reservation in Idaho. The surrender scene is the emotional climax, depicting Chief Joseph’s historic capitulation to the U.S. Army on October 5, 1877, in the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, just 40 miles from the Canadian border.

In the film, the surrender is portrayed with profound dialogue and somber authenticity, emphasizing Chief Joseph’s exhaustion and grief. After a 1,170-mile fighting retreat pursued by General Oliver O. Howard and Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the Nez Perce are depleted—starving, cold, and mourning the loss of leaders like Looking Glass and Toohoolhoolzote. The movie shows Joseph delivering his iconic speech to Howard and Miles, saying, “I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed… The old men are all dead… It is cold, and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death… Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”

The scene captures Joseph’s dignity and the tragedy of his people’s plight, as he hands over his rifle, symbolizing the end of resistance. The surrender is framed not as defeat but as a heartbreaking choice to save his surviving people, with strong performances emphasizing the human cost of the conflict"

Interesting... ?

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Filby has internet connections/relationships with so-called sovereign citizens in the US - as Train had with Donald Day Jr, in the Wieambilla massacre.

imo

 

[MrJ]

3m ago
Porepunkah locals not in lockdown, but caution urged
By Andi Yu

Our reporter Kate Meade says that although police have mentioned people in the Porepunkah area should stay indoors, this is not a formal lockdown order.

"At the moment they're reminding us to stay inside," she told ABC Radio Melbourne.

"It's not a lockdown order for locals. It's a 'If you need to leave home, you can do that but just make sure that you need to leave, not that you just want to go for a bit of a wander' type thing."

She said police have also reiterated that there have been no confirmed sightings of suspected gunman Dezi Freeman.

"They are also warning people that anyone helping evade the capture of the alleged shooter will face criminal charges," she said.

Police exploring 'alleged sightings' of Dezi Freeman after wife and son arrested and released — as it happened

Police arrest and release alleged gunman Dezi Freeman's wife and teenage son as their investigation into the Porepunkah shooting continues. Read how the day unfolded.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Detechtive]

3m ago
Porepunkah locals not in lockdown, but caution urged
By Andi Yu

Our reporter Kate Meade says that although police have mentioned people in the Porepunkah area should stay indoors, this is not a formal lockdown order.

"At the moment they're reminding us to stay inside," she told ABC Radio Melbourne.

"It's not a lockdown order for locals. It's a 'If you need to leave home, you can do that but just make sure that you need to leave, not that you just want to go for a bit of a wander' type thing."

She said police have also reiterated that there have been no confirmed sightings of suspected gunman Dezi Freeman.

"They are also warning people that anyone helping evade the capture of the alleged shooter will face criminal charges," she said.

Police exploring 'alleged sightings' of Dezi Freeman after wife and son arrested and released — as it happened

Police arrest and release alleged gunman Dezi Freeman's wife and teenage son as their investigation into the Porepunkah shooting continues. Read how the day unfolded.

www.abc.net.au

The irony is that they all became radicalised during Covid lockdowns, and here they are suffering being locked down due to Freeman’s behaviour. I’m sure local people won’t be happy to have their lives controlled much longer. IMO

 

[Trooper]

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Filby has internet connections/relationships with so-called sovereign citizens in the US - as Train had with Donald Day Jr, in the Wieambilla massacre.

imo

Obviously, Dez suffers from delusions of grandeur, he actually thinks he is a Barrister, and no doubt sees himself on a par with Leonard Peltier, now. Dez has hit the big time, no more flailing around in the cesspool of piddly traffic offences, he's right up there with Che Guevera and Fidel. He's gonna show us!!

(Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. Peltier became eligible for parole in 1993)

 

[Trooper]

The irony is that they all became radicalised during Covid lockdowns, and here they are suffering being locked down due to Freeman’s behaviour. I’m sure local people won’t be happy to have their lives controlled much longer. IMO

a deeper irony, is due to lockdown, they are still alive to be placed under lockdown !!

 

[Marg944]

9.44am

Mali Freeman one of two arrested last night​

Mali Freeman, wife of fugitive Dezi Freeman, was one of two people arrested during a police raid on a property in Porepunkah on Thursday night.

Fugitive Squad detectives and Special Operations Group officers took Mali, 42, and a 15-year-old boy into custody during the operation at an address in Chandler Court.

They were interviewed and released pending further inquiries. Police said the arrests were made as part of their ongoing investigation into the deaths of two police officers in Porepunkah on Tuesday.

Mali Freeman and her children previously attended a police station later that day.

Porepunkah police shooting as it happened: Search for Dezi Freeman impacted by blizzard conditions; ‘sovereign citizen’s’ wife and son arrested

Alleged gunman Dezi Freeman remains on the run, heavily armed and with nothing to lose. Follow our live coverage.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Lisbeth_S]

The irony is that they all became radicalised during Covid lockdowns, and here they are suffering being locked down due to Freeman’s behaviour. I’m sure local people won’t be happy to have their lives controlled much longer. IMO

But I bet that, instead of getting angry with the one who is actually responsible for this mess, they will get angry at the police/oppressive government/etc, thus perpetuating their twisted and nonsensical narrative.

I personally have to keep reminding myself about where it all started...a search warrant for alleged sex crimes against children. That puts into perspective.

MOO

 

[MrJ]

This whole movement is just selfish, focusing on the self and needing, to borrow a phrase from the US Constitution, 'consent of the governed' in a way that the cookers internalise it. But really, they're not conceptualising how their actions impact everyone else, especially after going on the run and on the loose after shooting and killing two police officers, injuring a third.

And here's the thing, Australia is not the USA. We don't even have a bill of rights, and I'm certain 'consent of the governed' doesn't mean what these sovereign citizens think it does. IMO seems like a 'rules for thee, not for me' way of thinking. It's pathetic. I hope Desmond Filby is found soon, preferably alive so he can feel the full force of the law and be tried in the legal system he so despises

 

[Detechtive]

But I bet that, instead of getting angry with the one who is actually responsible for this mess, they will get angry at the police/oppressive government/etc, thus perpetuating their twisted and nonsensical narrative.

I personally have to keep reminding myself about where it all started...a search warrant for alleged sex crimes against children. That puts into perspective.

MOO

Yes it’s always the ‘foreign actors’ fault.

His supporters will say the child sex accusations are concocted as part of a police conspiracy against him.

Theres just no way that this won’t further fuel and deepen their delusions.

IMO

 

[MrJ]

Yes it’s always the ‘foreign actors’ fault.

His supporters will say the child sex accusations are concocted as part of a police conspiracy against him.

Theres just no way that this won’t further fuel and deepen their delusions.

IMO

Irony being that you wouldn't be on the police's radar if you were a law-abiding citizen. Also, where is the freedom for the alleged victim to be safe from harm?

 

[drsleuth]

The irony is that they all became radicalised during Covid lockdowns, and here they are suffering being locked down due to Freeman’s behaviour. I’m sure local people won’t be happy to have their lives controlled much longer. IMO

Dezi's beliefs were well before Covid was even a thing.

From a DM article I linked earlier, he was on a podcast called The Mike Holt show back in 2019 & talking about all his prior court hearings. He's had the views he does for a long time IMO. I imagine the Covid lockdowns etc, just lead to a worsening spiral IMO & him connecting with other like mined individuals.

Dezi Freeman, in his own CHILLING words

Accused cop killer Dezi Freeman sent an ominous warning to authorities that 'they picked the wrong person to mess with' before he allegedly gunned two police in cold-blood.

www.dailymail.co.uk

2019 Full Podcast Collection | The Mike Holt Show

Listen to all 2019.podcasts 2019, Mike’s first year publishing podcasts, brought us some memorable listening. Don’t miss the Brian Shaw series, and catch the interviews with Rod Culleton, Wayne Glew…

mikeholtshow.com

 

[Lisbeth_S]

Yes it’s always the ‘foreign actors’ fault.

His supporters will say the child sex accusations are concocted as part of a police conspiracy against him.

Theres just no way that this won’t further fuel and deepen their delusions.

IMO

100%
And that's why you don't argue with idiots: they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

There is no logical escape from their narrative.

And again, two people are already dead because of this BS.

MOO

 

[Trooper]

It will be significant , if it turns out that these offences , of a sexual nature, that the police were summonsing him about refer to offences against his own children,, OR, someone else's child...

His own children were home schooled. neither Marli nor Dez are Educationalist specialists, but aside from that, it does tend to isolate children, not only from their peer group, but from other adult teachers....

 

[Marg944]

Teenage boy, woman arrested by police in Porepunkah investigation​

“At 8.30pm yesterday, at least 12 police vehicles arrived in the street in the Victorian high country town, about 300km from Melbourne.

Officers dismounted and surrounded a property as a loudspeaker advised people inside to come out with nothing in their hands.

About 10 people walked from the home before they were searched. Officers led away a woman and a baby.”

Accused Porepunkah gunman's wife arrested as 450 cops continue manhunt

A woman and teenage boy have been arrested in the investigation into the Porepunkah police shootings.

www.9news.com.au

 

[drsleuth]

It will be significant , if it turns out that these offences , of a sexual nature, that the police were summonsing him about refer to offences against his own children,, OR, someone else's child...

His own children were home schooled. neither Marli nor Dez are Educationalist specialists, but aside from that, it does tend to isolate children, not only from their peer group, but from other adult teachers....

I'm guessing that there were probably many children living in what ever they call it ( ? commune type living ) & birds of a feather flock together .................

 

[essareem]

9.24am

Raided home owned by friend of Freeman’s wife​

By​

This masthead has confirmed that the home raided on Thursday night is owned by a friend of Dezi Freeman’s wife, Mali.

A man outside the home on Friday urged people to leave “the family” alone.

9.44am

Mali Freeman one of two arrested last night​

Mali Freeman, wife of fugitive Dezi Freeman, was one of two arrested during a police raid on a property in Porepunkah on Thursday night.

Fugitive Squad detectives and Special Operations Group officers took Mali and a 15-year-old boy into custody during the operation at an address in Chandler Court.

They were interviewed and released pending further inquiries, and officers said the arrests were made as part of their ongoing investigation into the deaths of two police officers in Porepunkah on Tuesday.

Mali Freeman and her children previously attended a police station on Tuesday night.

Porepunkah police shooting as it happened: Search for Dezi Freeman impacted by blizzard conditions; ‘sovereign citizen’s’ wife and son arrested

Alleged gunman Dezi Freeman remains on the run, heavily armed and with nothing to lose. Follow our live coverage.

www.theage.com.au

Marg was right.

Good tactic by police.

 

[drsleuth]

Police exploring 'alleged sightings' of Dezi Freeman after wife and son arrested and released — as it happened

Police arrest and release alleged gunman Dezi Freeman's wife and teenage son as their investigation into the Porepunkah shooting continues. Read how the day unfolded.

www.abc.net.au

29m ago

Resident close to Dezi Freeman's home gave police her house keys​

By Kellie Lazzaro​

ABC reporter Kate Meade has told Victorian Statewide Mornings she spoke to one local who has given police the keys to her home to assist with the operation.

"Her property is about 200m away from where the alleged shooter lives," she said.

"She's actually handed her home for police to use; they've been coming and going out of her property."

21m ago

Police receive flowers and notes of support​

A
By Andi Yu​

Police from different parts of the state have shared online flowers and notes of encouragement they've received in the last few days since two of their colleagues were killed in the line of duty.

Flowers sent to police in Mooroolbark . (Victoria Police/Facebook)

Note to Diamond Creek police from paramedics. (Victoria Police/Facebook)

17m ago

Porepunkah local reflects on interactions with Dezi Freeman​

By Heloise Vyas​

Porepunkah local Marie Thomas attended the same church as alleged gunman Dezi Freeman.

Marie Thomas says she knows the family of Dezi Freeman. (ABC News)
She says she knew him and the family well and was "totally shocked" upon hearing their property was where the shooting took place on Tuesday.

"It's really sad, it really plays heavy on your heart," she said.

"In our church, on the drop of the hat, if something needed to be done, he'd fix it for us. We'd have morning teas together … but he was quiet, he wasn't in your face.

"I would never have picked what just happened."

 

[drsleuth]

10.19am

Police extend duration of no-fly zone​

By​

Police have announced an extension of the no-fly zone over Porepunkah.

The ban on aircraft and drones stretches for a 7.5-kilometre radius around the search operation’s headquarters. It was originally scheduled to end at 11.30pm tonight, but has been extended to11.30pm Sunday.

Porepunkah police shooting as it happened: Search for Dezi Freeman impacted by blizzard conditions; ‘sovereign citizen’s’ wife and son arrested

Alleged gunman Dezi Freeman remains on the run, heavily armed and with nothing to lose. Follow our live coverage.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Trooper]

The months I spent with accused killer and the day he was allowed to keep his guns

One day, Dezi Freeman told me about being back in court to settle one of his feuds. At the time, I believed it was another inconsequential update.

7news.com.au

( this article outlines the saga of the producer of a TV show who had to put up with Dez's fetishes, mainly his deeply held belief that he was a victim. Always. Especially when he was the agressor. It was Dez's go-to position, as soon as he put a foot wrong, instantly, he became The Victim. Dez thought he was the Guardian of Mt Buffalo, and that people (authority ) were preventing him from accessing his own fiefdom... )


''''As we toured his home, he complained he wouldn’t be there much longer: his landlord was evicting him, and he put forward an unsubstantiated conspiracy of people he believed had convinced his landlord to remove him.

This is when it clicked that Dezi was a man endlessly pre-occupied by a battle to protect his world, even when he had no solid proof to legitimise his fears, and he was so obsessed with protecting it, he would resort to airing his dirty laundry on national TV.''''
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