‘Childish’ denier ignores roadblock
A CONSPIRACY theorist who bragged about blatantly breaching one of Melbourne’s coronavirus roadblocks in a video on social media has gone to ground after being slammed on her own post.
Coronavirus denier Eve Black, from Melbourne, shared footage of herself easily driving through a coronavirus checkpoint after refusing to give her details to police.
The Facebook video had gathered thousands of views and comments – mostly negative – by Friday morning and prompted Ms Black to delete her profile picture and make her account private.
“I have privatised my acc (sic) because I have better things to do than be a punching bag for your fear,” she said in a message on her account.
But she said in another post on Friday afternoon that she didn’t regret the stunt.
It comes as police said they knew her identity and the time, date and location of the interaction and planned to fine Ms Black if they found she was not allowed to be in the area.
Ms Black used to live in Mullumbimby, one of Australia’s biggest anti-vaccination hot spots.
Police Minister Lisa Neville said the footage showed an “incredibly selfish person”.
She said police knew who Ms Black was and they would go and seek her out.
Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent said it was a “selfish and childish act”.
“If that woman lived in that area or had a good reason to be in that area, she would be allowed through; if not, she’s breaking the law,” he said.
Mr Nugent said police would speak with Ms Black and she could expect to be fined if she was not permitted to be in the area.
Both Mr Nugent and Ms Neville said they felt for the policeman involved, who was put in a difficult position by someone “who deliberately attempted to cause issues for police”.
A police spokeswoman said officers were “working incredibly hard to keep the community safe and this type of behaviour is just completely unnecessary and childish”.