In a revealing clip shared by The Living Free Movement on YouTube, a witness named Swift recounted a harrowing scene involving a wounded police officer. The officer, bleeding profusely, was observed after law enforcement withdrew from the site.
“He was clad in dark pants, but it was evident they were soaked with blood from a gunshot wound somewhere in his lower body,” Swift described.
Realizing the officer’s condition would prevent him from being moved in a Kubota tractor, Swift took decisive action. “I informed the police that I needed to find a more suitable vehicle to transport him to the ambulance,” Swift continued.
This interview was captured by Dave Armstrong, who announced that an extended version would be made public soon.
The location gained national prominence following a tragic incident on August 26, 2025, when Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart were fatally shot.
Following the attack, the suspect, Freeman, fled into the challenging terrain of the alpine bushland, instigating an extensive manhunt that spanned several months. This pursuit concluded on March 30 when specialist officers located Freeman at a secluded camp near Thologolong, where he was ultimately shot and killed.
In a statement obtained by The Age, Swift and his wife, Rebecca, said they had deliberately avoided speaking to mainstream media and instead wanted to work with “independent media” outlets.
“Our hope is to work with people who are willing to engage thoughtfully and help ensure a more complete and balanced account is available,” the statement read.
“The story we will be sharing with you has not been presented by any mainstream media, because we have maintained complete silence with the msm propaganda machine and have avoided them.”
The Swifts said they accepted Freeman was responsible for killing the two officers, but claimed the confrontation could have ended differently if “protocol and common sense, decency, humanity and reason had ⦠been employed on that day”.
“We did not anticipate or expect any of what occurred. But somehow the mainstream media were experts on Dezi Freeman from the first day,” they said.
Armstrong claimed the couple contacted him because they believed key parts of the story had been misunderstood, including allegations that Freeman subscribed to sovereign-citizen ideology.
The Living Free Movement markets itself online as a platform focused on “freedom in health, lifestyle, clean food, lawful processes”.
Freeman, formerly known as Desmond Filby, had reportedly become deeply distrustful of authorities during the pandemic and was described by people close to him as increasingly hostile toward police.
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