Jeffrey Tucker’s Speech at the 2012 Liberty Forum

May 19, 2012 by Ian · 1 Comment
Filed under: Video

Jeffrey Tucker is an author at LewRockwell.com, executive editor of Laissez Faire Books. He is past editorial vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and past editor for the institute’s website, Mises.org.

This year, he spoke at the 2012 Liberty Forum:

Thanks to videographer Paul Gibbons!

Pending: Coverage from the NATO Protests in Chicago

May 19, 2012 by Free Concord · 2 Comments
Filed under: Copwatch, Free Concord, Free Press, International, National, News, Occupy NH, Photos, Police

After a 27 hour journey with activists from around Massachusetts and New Hampshire, early yesterday morning we arrived in the windy city. Expending almost every battery for the recording devices that I own, there is now upwards of 14 gigabytes of video, image, and audio files waiting to be processed. Throughout the day I filmed scenes from a scheduled rally in Daley plaza (where a cell phone jamming device was being used), an unpermitted march throughout downtown Chicago, and an evening assembly in Grant park. The Chicago Tribune has published photos from Friday’s festivities. Today crowds are expected to continue swelling. Here’s a juxtaposition preview of some of the coverage you’ll soon be seeing at Free Concord. The first image was a much more common sight than the second.

This post originally published at freeconcord.org.

School Board Bureaucrats Questioned About Felony Wiretapping Charges Against FK’s Ademo

May 18, 2012 by Ian · Leave a comment
Filed under: Corruption, Personal Freedom, Update, Video

Dave Ridley attempts to get answers at a Manchester school board meeting regarding Ademo being charged with three felony counts of wiretapping for recording his conversations with school admins:

Fed Gov Gets it Right for Once, Upholds Right to Record Police

May 18, 2012 by Ian · Leave a comment
Filed under: Copblock, Personal Freedom, Police

Carlos Miller, who was almost arrested while visiting Keene, blogs about the Department of Justice issuing a letter to the Baltimore police telling them to stop arresting or threatening photographers and videographers. Here’s a direct link to the full eleven page letter.

School Bureaucrat Destroys Ridley’s Sign

May 17, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Manchester, Video

Manchester school bureaucrat tears down and mutilates Ridley’s “over-obedience” sign noticing audio recording:

Manch School Board Refuses Ridley’s Questions

May 17, 2012 by Ian · 1 Comment
Filed under: Corruption, Manchester, Video

Accountability is a joke, as proven yet again by this video of Dave Ridley just trying to get answers from some publicly elected school board members about students being prevented from recording video in school. They refuse to answer him once they realize that he is asking questions about an issue that matters:

Anything sketchy in former Keene PD chief departure?

May 17, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 3 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Police, Question

This post was originally posted to CopBlock.org on May 15th, 2012.

Not too long ago a friend mentioned to me that man in Keene had gotten away with murder. From the conversation it was eluded to that the man had not been held accountable because he wore on his costume a “Keene Police Department” badge and a nameplate that said “chief.”

I sought to determine the accuracy of the claim because 1) if someone had in fact gotten away with murder I’d want to do what I could to help set the record straight and 2) if true, it’d only underscore the perverse incentives inherent in the way “law enforcement” is supplied (and thus encourage those faced with the information to consider alternatives, especially considering that the person who presently has Qualters old gig requested an armored vehicle from the Department of Homeland Security).

My investigation didn’t turn-up anything that substantiated or refuted the claim. If you have information that could help put this question to rest please let me know.

Still, I thought it wise to share an overview of the steps I took and the information gathered to make the process transparent and to perhaps acquire additional related information from someone with more knowledge.

FKTV – May 14th 2012 – Episode 43

May 15, 2012 by James Schlessinger Jr · 3 Comments
Filed under: Free Keene TV

1. The New Hampshire Attorney General found that the police slaying of Julio Angel DeJesus was justified.
2. We take a critical look at the Milgram Experiment

State V. Kate (Jury Trial) – a Chalking 8 appeal

May 14, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 12 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Court, Manchester, Noncooperation, Police, Update

Post originally published to CopBlock.org

UPDATE: Mon. May 14th 5:20PM

Kate was found guilty of “resisting” by a Manchester Superior Court jury today. Her previous “sentence” from district court was 90-days suspended for two-years. Her new “sentence” is 30-days suspended for 30-days.

It’s good that the threat hanging over her head is now lessened and that outreach was done and ideas shared but bad that Kate had to even allocate any of her time to such a situation.

On June 4th, 2011 eight ‘shire-based activists were arrested while at a pro-police accountable rally outside the Manchester, NH PD (603-668-8711). The incident became known as the Chalking 8. One of the eight arrested was Kate Ager.

Kate had been heading to Manchester to visit a friend. On the way, she learned that her friend had been arrested outside the Manchester Police Department so that’s where she headed. She parked and as she approached, saw a number friends holding signs as well as a number of Manchester PD employees nearby.

Eighty-seconds after stepping onto the sidewalk she was asked by Manchester police employee John Patti to “get off the chalk.” Ten seconds after that, when attempting to ask a question about the order, she was given her “last chance.” Ten seconds after that Patti told Kate that she was “under arrest” as he and colleagues swarmed Kate, handcuffed her, and put her in a cell.

“Justified” Murder

May 13, 2012 by Kelly · 1 Comment
Filed under: Police, Thuggery, Update

Eli Rivera

Surprise, surprise – the New Hampshire Attorney Genital’s final report on the officer involved homicide of Julio Angel DeJesus concludes that

KPD members James Lamoureux and Eli Rivera were justified in their use of deadly force on the night of April 17th.

The incident began at Diversified Computers on West Street in Keene, where police responded to an attempted burglary involving DeJesus and two other individuals. When police arrived, DeJesus took off in his vehicle, and Lamoureux took off in pursuit. According to the report:

The pursuit continued through the city. During the pursuit Mr. DeJesus’s stolen Mercedes ran through stop signs and red lights, failed to turn on its headlights, exceeded speeds of 80 mph in 30 mph zones, and nearly collided with a number of on-coming vehicles.