{"id":89102,"date":"2021-10-10T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=89102"},"modified":"2021-10-10T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:14:29","slug":"really-why-was-this-aussie-freedom-blogger-arrested-at-home-for-an-alleged-breach-of-public-health-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=89102","title":{"rendered":"Really, why was this Aussie freedom blogger arrested at home for an alleged &#8216;breach of public health act&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Aussie Freedom Blogger Arrested At Home<br \/>\nFor Alleged &#8216;Breach Of Public Health Act&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Australian blogger Simeon Boikov &#8211; known as the &#8220;Aussie Cossack&#8221; &#8211; has been arrested a home for reportedly violating lockdown rules.<\/p>\n<p>Boikov, a citizen journalist whose\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CEMABOIKOV\/videos?view=0&amp;sort=p&amp;flow=grid\">YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0covers police brutality and lockdown measures, livestreamed as three NSW cops entered his home and arrested him for &#8220;an alleged breach of the Public Health Act&#8221; on Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jS5vlX92R90?start=120\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, it&#8217;s unclear what Boikov was charged over, however it comes\u00a0<strong>days after he posted a video mocking the arresting officer, Seargeant Kingston<\/strong>. In a longer video (below), Kingston calls Boikov an &#8220;absolute menace&#8221; who was suspected of committing an offense by parking his car and getting out of it &#8211; which Boikov says he did &#8216;to exercise.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n61EkuE15Hc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445787857688399877&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Faussie-freedom-blogger-arrested-home-alleged-breach-public-health-act&amp;sessionId=2d9787c08df611f8d2e26c7126878971fb521400&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445787857688399877\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Following the arrest, Boikov&#8217;s wife posted a clip where she says officials are discussing bail, but has no more information on what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H2w7vVXlAfY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Several commenters slammed the arrest in the comments section:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/cossack%20replies.JPG?itok=i7vNt_3v\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/cossack%20replies.JPG?itok=i7vNt_3v\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/cossack%20replies.JPG?itok=i7vNt_3v\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f498f342-efe5-4ed6-a19f-ad409ba51e0b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In several videos on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CEMABOIKOV\/videos?view=0&amp;sort=p&amp;flow=grid\">YouTube channel<\/a>, Boikov can be seen spotlighting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dAJUSSDljGk\">police brutality<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/z-Pml0qAhqI\">intimidation tactics<\/a>\u00a0against the public, walking into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R63k2laev2I\">public places<\/a>\u00a0without a mask to challenge local mandates, instructing people on how to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/femC-GfAqi0\">legally protest<\/a>. In short,\u00a0<strong>he&#8217;s a huge thorn in the side of the NSW government<em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Boikov was questioned by NSW joint counterterrorism police after traveling to eastern Ukraine to meet with pro-Russia separatists who were the subject of Australian sanctions following the downing of flight MH17.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/aussie-freedom-blogger-arrested-home-alleged-breach-public-health-act\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/aussie-freedom-blogger-arrested-home-alleged-breach-public-health-act<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie Freedom Blogger Arrested At Home For Alleged &#8216;Breach Of Public Health Act&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}