Dramatic footage shows a woman scream “get off me” as she is ripped from her car by police at a Victorian virus checkpoint. Now police have responded.
In a video shared on social media by Natalie Bonett, she claimed she was going through a checkpoint in the town of Wallan, which was something she said she did “every single day”.“The police officer told me that it was against the law to have my phone on a car charger mount on my windshield,” she wrote in a public Facebook post.
On Sunday afternoon police released a statement confirming officers spoke to Ms Bonett “at the checkpoint in relation to her mobile phone obstructing her view due to its position on the windscreen and explained that this was an offence”.The police spokesman alleged that Ms Bonett refused to supply her details and driver’s licence which are offences under the Road Safety Act.
“The Wallan woman was later released and is expected to be charged on summons with driving with obscured vision, fail to produce licence, fail to state her name and address, resist arrest, assault police and offensive language.” In response, Ms Bonett says in the video: “I don’t feel safe. You’re attempting to get into my vehicle.”
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