Zoe Buhler was pregnant when police raided her Ballarat home on September 2, 2020, and arrested her for creating a Freedom Day rally event on Facebook for her regional town. 9News
for organising an anti-lockdown protest while she was livestreaming on social media has had the charge against her dropped.
Close to 10 million people have since watched the video of her being arrested in her pyjamas while telling police she is pregnant.Police raided the Ballarat home of Zoe Buhler this afternoon after becoming aware of a "prohibited" Freedom Day rally being organised in the regional Victorian town on Facebook.
However, the charge of incitement against her was dropped at her hearing at Ballarat Magistrates' Court this morning.
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