Watch the wild moment cops rip off a ‘sovereign citizen’s’ car window after she refused to leave her vehicle despite repeated requests
- Woman refused to give her licence and registration to a police officer
- She claimed that the officer had ‘no jurisdiction’ over her and her car
- Frustrated officer eventually smashed the car window and arrested her
This is the wild moment a police officer ripped out the window of a ‘sovereign citizen’s’ car after she refused to leave the vehicle.
The incident took place in Coffs Harbour, NSW and started when an officer asked the woman, 52, to wind her window down.
She refused to wind it all the way down and also refused to give her name or driver’s licence before telling the officer he had ‘no jurisdiction’.
He told the so-called sovereign citizen that she was being stopped because she was driving without registration.
Later checks found that the registration of the car the woman was driving had expired in July last year.
The woman was arrested and slated to appear at Coffs Harbour Local Court on Thursday.
In the footage, the driver and her passenger, who filmed the exchange, told the police officer they were ‘travelling’, not driving.
The encounter got increasingly heated as the two sovereign citizens refused to give their details to the officer.
Eventually, the exasperated officer called for back-up while telling the woman he would pull the car window out if she did not comply.
He also repeatedly stressed that they would be arrested if they did not provide details.
The passenger then tells the officer: ‘You have no authority here. Who do you derive your authority from? There is no sovereign in this country.
‘Don’t you dare think you guys have authority here.’
Frustrated, the office grabbed the window and pulled it out before reaching through and opening the door.
He told the sovereign citizens that they were under arrest.
She refused to wind it all the way down and also refused to give her name or driver’s licence before telling the officer he had ‘no jurisdiction’
Frustrated, the office grabbed the window and pulled it down in an impressive display of strength, before reaching through and opening the door
The passenger is then heard to reply: ‘You’re a f***ing p****. Man I would just love to get you one on one.’
He continues cursing at the police officer as he and colleagues pull the sovereign citizens out of the car and arrest them.
NSW Police has been contacted for more information.
In all Australian states and territories it is an offence to drive a motor vehicle on a road without a valid licence. You must carry your licence when driving and show it to a police officer when asked.
Sovereign citizens are a loosely-affiliated but growing movement of people who connected with one another mainly on social media during the pandemic.
They often believe that they – not judges, juries, law enforcement or elected officials – should decide which laws to obey and which to ignore.
Most sovereign citizens also do not believe they should have to pay taxes and that maritime law should be used to govern – even on land.
They also believe capital letters are used on birth certificates to make individuals a corporate entity, not a sovereign person.
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