Police say the arrest of a pregnant Victorian woman for incitement was done "entirely reasonably", even though the incident looked "terrible". Ballarat mother Zoe-Lee Buhler sparked a social media storm when she posted video footage of her arrest. She was handcuffed in her home yesterday after allegedly organising an anti-lockdown protest on Saturday in Ballarat. Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius has defended the officers who made the arrest, while acknowledging the video looked bad. "I would be the first to acknowledge the optics, for want of a better description, arresting a pregnant female, it's never going to look good," Mr Cornelius said on Thursday.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 03, 2020 03:00 UTC