The shooting

The history

His drivers licence was cancelled and he was disqualified from driving for two years after being convicted of speeding, refusing to submit to a drug test and using a mobile phone while driving.

The warrant

The video

Freeman, his wife, Amalia, and their two-year-old child were inside the bus when police were serving a warrant over alleged historical sexual abuse on the morning of August 26.

The warrant, which police were executing was in relation to allegations Freeman had sexually assaulted a minor.

Throughout the video — — which police confirmed was “filmed by a member of Dezi Freeman’s family” — Freeman accuses police of being “Nazi thugs” and refuses to open the bus door as officers plead for calm.

“We have got a search warrant right here,” an officer reportedly says in the video.

“Come out and talk to us Dez, we are not going away.”

From inside the bus, Mali is heard asking police not to force entry.

“Can you please not barge in? I have a kid, please,” she says. During the exchange Freeman repeatedly demands to see the search warrant and for a disability liaison officer to be present, claiming he has autism and post-traumatic stress disorder.

When an officer holds the warrant against the bus window, Freeman tells police he believes it is “not valid”.

“We are just trying to do our job, Dez,” one officer says as another begins to work on the bus door with a crowbar.

“Come out and talk to us and we won’t have to break in,” he says.

When officers inform Freeman the warrant is in relation to the sexual assault of a girl he erupts and states the allegations are “bulls--t.”

“You have been targeting me for seven years,” Freeman says before demanding he speak with a commanding officer or senior sergeant.

“Tell your goons to stop breaking the door. This is domestic terrorism. Why did you join the police? So you can terrorise families?” Freeman barks as officers continued to pry the door open.

Shortly after Mali tells officers she is coming out of the bus yet she remains inside, while Freeman deny any sexual assault allegations.

Police tell Freeman they do not wish to discuss the matter before his wife and child.

“Did you join the police force to be Nazi f---ing thugs?” Freeman snaps.

“You are just going to kill me.”

“We are not going to kill you,” an officer replies.

Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson, 59, is seen in the video in front of the other officers dressed in a flannel shirt and jeans.

Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart, 34, remains further away until minutes before the shooting when he moves to the left of the bus door.

Police continually work to defuse the situation, telling Freeman he is traumatising his child and advising him to “take a breath” and read the warrant.

Freeman continues to insist the warrant is fake, claiming he is living in “Communist Australia.”

Senior Constable Thompson manages to open a bus window.

Ms Freeman tells police “we are coming out” but is told by officers to “move back and stop hindering us.”

Senior Constable Thompson grabs the roof of the bus and hoists himself inside through the window.

Seconds later, two shots ring out and other officers retreat.

The video ends shortly after, the Daily Mail reports. source

Detective Superintendent Jason Kelly said the emergence of the video was “distressing and disappointing”. “That footage is not Victoria Police footage; it is not body-worn camera footage,” he said. “I can only imagine the impact that will have on the family of Neal and Vadim and the colleagues who were present and the broader [members of] Victoria Police and law enforcement across Australia.”