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 harbiners of what
00:10kind of costume you can wear. We need to wonder how many Australians, why so
00:15many 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. It's ridiculous.
00:28It's a maximum of five years in jail for something that's totally discredited.
00:32That's not worth it, just doing a gesture. Now you're going to jail.
00:36It's a political gesture. That's my political view. We should have the right to express ourselves politically.
00:41To vilify others, it's really starting to cost you those in jail.
00:46I don't vilify anyone by giving a political expression, by expressing myself politically for my political creed.
00:52Well, everyone has the right to express their ideals in this country.