Infamous far-right YouTube personality Avi Yemini rants from police van after being detained on Australia Day

Far-right YouTube personality Avi Yemini has released a plea for help from the back of a police car after being detained on Australia Day.

A notorious YouTube personality has made a video from the back of a police car after he was detained for a brief period at an Invasion Day rally.

Avi Yemini, a far-right online personality who has been banned from Facebook, was detained on Tuesday for what he said was an alleged “breach of the peace”.

Yemini has previously admitted to unlawful assault, after he flung a chopping board at his ex-wife, and used a carriage service to harass her.

“I am right now in the back of a police car. I’ve been arrested for what they allege is a breach of the peace,” Yemini said in a video shared on YouTube. “The breach was that I attended the so-called Invasion Day protest to report. To do my job.”

Victoria Police said no people were arrested during the January 26 demonstrations, but confirmed in a statement two men were detained for a short time.

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The notorious YouTuber shared a video he said he made in the back of a police car.

Avi Yemini at the Melbourne Magistrates in 2019. Picture: David Crosling/AAP

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“No arrests were made at today’s planned demonstrations in the CBD,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

“Two males were detained for a short period in relation to breach of the peace and released without charge a short time later. Police were pleased with the behaviour of those that attended.”

Yemini said he had attended the rally with “Federal accreditation from the government” along with two cameramen who had the same accreditation.

He said he also brought two private security guards “because last year they claimed they arrested me for my own protection”.

“I am now being driven to an undisclosed location and I don’t know if I’m going to be charged,” he said.

Yemini then asked his fans to visit his website, where a page asking for cash donations had been hastily set up.

The page claimed: “Without any reasonable grounds, (police) physically grabbed me, pulled me away from my team, and threw me in the back of a police van.”

Some 219 people have so far donated to Yemini’s cause.

Yemini was arrested in September last year while recording himself at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne.

He also tried to tell officers about the media accreditation pass in his pocket however, he was tackled to the ground and arrested.

“After repeatedly failing to comply with police direction, he was arrested for hindering police. He was then released with inquiries pending,” Victoria Police told the Daily Mail at the time.

“Investigations are currently underway to determine whether the man will be charged with offences in relation to the recording made while under police arrest.”

Yemini pleaded guilty to unlawful assault of his ex-wife in 2019.