Far-right extremist Jacob Hersant, 25, has been jailed for one month for performing the Nazi salute in public, after becoming the first person in Victoria to be prosecuted for the offence. He told reporters he was "ready to go to jail" as a "Hitler soldier" as he walked into court.Video courtesy: AAP
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00:00Yes, I'm ready to go to jail because I'm a Hitler soldier and what I'm doing is a charge.
00:06Well, the Janitorial Unit has taken it on themselves to be the arsonists of what holocaust you can wear.
00:12We need to wonder why so many Australians have been killed by terrorists in the last decade.
00:18Have they told you what charges you're facing though? Have they given you an idea of what they might prosecute you for?
00:23Grossly offensive behaviour. This is just a subjective charge.
00:26It's ridiculous. A maximum of five years in jail for something that's totally irreproachable.
00:31That's not worth it, just doing a gesture. Now you're going to jail.
00:35It's a political gesture. Those are my political views. We should have the right to express ourselves politically.
00:41You're fighting to vilify others. It's really starting to cost you those if you're a Hitler.
00:45I don't vilify anyone by giving a political expression of myself politically for my political creed.
00:52Well, everyone has the right to express their ideals in this country.