Zoe Lee Buhler posts video to Facebook reading poem after arrest
The pregnant Ballarat woman arrested in her home after allegedly organising an anti-lockdown rally wants an apology from Premier Daniel Andrews and has posted a video of herself online reading a poem she wrote about restrictions. SEE THE VIDEO
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The pregnant Ballarat woman arrested in her home after allegedly organising an anti-lockdown rally wants an apology from Premier Daniel Andrews.
Zoe Lee Buhler, 28, has posted a video of herself online for the first time since she was temporarily banned from social media.
She is charged with incitement and will face court in January for allegedly planning a Freedom Day protest in Ballarat.
Ms Buhler posted a video of herself to Facebook on Sunday where she reads a poem she wrote about coronavirus restrictions titled “remember, remember”.
“Hello everyone, so you’re all well aware what myself and my family have been going through,” she said.
“I haven’t been able to go on social media until today. So I just wanted to jump on and say thank you to everyone for all the support.
“And, when I’m going through tough times I like to write poetry.
“So yesterday on Freedom Day here in Victoria, the 05/09/2020 I decided to write a poem and I would love to share it all with you right now.”
On Monday she posted on her Facebook page: “So sick of living in fear! Today it’s windy where I am and it sounded like there was a banging at the door.
“I woke up thinking this is it they’re coming to get me, all over me being awake and knowing the truth and for that for simply having knowledge I feel as if my life could end at any moment.
“Wake up people we can’t keep living this way!
“I want an apology from Dan Andrews. I thought he cared about keeping people safe? I don’t feel safe in Victoria.”
In another post written on the same day, Ms Buhler addressed accusations she had faked being arrested and charged.
“So many thinking I’m an actor,” it reads.
“I swear on my children’s lives I have been charged with incitement and the live of the arrest was very real.”
READ THE POEM:
How can we call this living when they feel like dying?
We’re hardly surviving when we should be thriving.
Our ancestors are sick of crying, sick of seeing you lying.
Lifetimes and lifetimes spent wondering where all the effort went
Messages from far and wide are sent wondering when you will repent
While you sit on your high horse, I wonder where is the remorse
We’re living in a time I cannot endorse
A time where crime is enforced
Enforced by those who want to protect us
Those we have been taught to trust
And I know you’re afraid wondering what they will say
But we can’t keep living this way
And I won’t give up until my dying day
So say what you may, so well please
Because this is me begging on my knees
It’s time to let us be free
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