Footage captured a bizarre encounter between Queensland police officers and a sovereign citizen who was stopped for driving an unregistered vehicle.
When the police officers told him they were doing a “license and registration check,” he handed them a piece of paper and said, “You are being served with a document from me for any unlawful stop.”
According to the man, any “unlawful arrest, detention or apprehension” would carry a charge of $10,000 per hour.
As the confusion grew, the sovereign citizen’s claims became even stranger.
He insisted his car was registered under “international law”, not Queensland law, and described the vehicle as being “dry-docked”.
The officer, still baffled, made a radio call to verify her claims.
The sovereign citizen argued that the record was not in his system because it was “private.”
“You don’t realize it, but everything has changed since 2020. You know we are currently under martial law. I own every part of this vehicle. I own the license plates, I own the car and no one can touch it or tamper with it, it’s my vehicle.”
Footage captured a bizarre encounter between Queensland police officers and a sovereign citizen (pictured) who was stopped for driving an unregistered vehicle.
He insisted his car was registered under “international law”, not Queensland law, and described the vehicle as being “dry-docked”, leaving police very confused.
He then analyzed the reasons that sovereign citizens use for not registering their vehicles.
‘Everyone has the right to travel and no one should try to stop them. They are currently considering whether they should continue down that path or not.
“And now they realize that I’ve also given them my document, which makes them question that as well: how much do they want to charge per hour and what do they want to do?”
The footage ended with police officers informing the sovereign citizen that he “had the right to leave,” leading to speculation that he had been let off the hook without any penalty.
Many Australians criticised the sovereign citizen after watching the video.
“It’s ironic that this is all about his freedom, but if he registered his car like a normal person, he wouldn’t get pulled over and wouldn’t have to go through this circus every time,” one said.
A second added: “For a chef to invoke international law is… something else. Also, for anyone playing at home, there is no international law that searches vehicles or boats.”
A third added: “Imagine having to deal with this.”
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