The sovereign citizen movement has once again been thrust into the mainstream spotlight after fugitive cop-killer Dezi Freeman was shot dead by armed police in Victoria's north-east.Sovereign citizen Freeman murdered two police officers and seriously wounded another in August 2025, and had previously tried to prosecute then-premier Daniel Andrews for treason, been arrested while protesting outside court, and described police as "terrorist thugs".The overall movement is an uncentralised belief system but is generally characterised by an anti-authority idea that they