Experiences from 4-days in Manchester’s Valley St. Jail

January 27, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 1 Comment
Filed under: Jailed Activist, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Update

Former cop-turned prosecutor-turned judge William H. Lyons said I owed “the state of New Hampshire” 248 FRNs. His claim is without merit. I did no harm to person or property. “The state” was not a victim that I was responsible to make whole. But I recognize that if I failed to act, I could be killed.

It wouldn’t happen right away, but if I ignored ever-more threatening letters sent by faceless strangers that I never wronged, their associates with guns would come for me. If I remained steadfast still, they’d use force, including lethal force. And most wouldn’t question their actions. After all, they wore badges. They’re “just doing their job.”

Looking over my shoulder doesn’t sound like a good way to live. So I’m forced to engage in damage control while remaining true to myself. Rather than pay the ransom, I decided I’d sit the time. Using “the state’s” math, 248 FRNs equated to four days and three nights at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections.

A week ago today I checked into my cage.

Read a concise and exhaustive write-up about my jail experience over at CopBlock.org.

Don’t Stop Recording: Meet James Brown

January 27, 2012 by Ian · 18 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Free Concord, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, Noncooperation, Police, Update, Video

Back in 2010, on a visit to the NH Attorney Genital’s office, we met “investigator” Dick Tracy. More recently, Copblock’s Ademo and I were in the area so we dropped in again with some more questions, this time meeting “investigator” James Brown. Neither man was interested in speaking on the record and Brown attempted to intimidate us into not recording. We did not stop. Here’s what happened:

Remember, it is supposed to be your right to record government bureaucrats in public places. Though, we know they don’t care about what your rights are, so there’s always a chance you could be aggressed against and caged. Sometimes it can be scary when they threaten you, but if you have backup also willing to not back down, your odds of walking away without being caged increase.

Just say NO – to demands you quit recording them.

Rebel With A Cause – How I Became A Voluntaryist

January 26, 2012 by Kelly · 38 Comments
Filed under: Essay, Living Free, Your Evolution

I was always a rebel.

One of my earliest memories is of my mom telling me that touching the hot iron would result in burning my finger. Subsequently, I attempted to touch the iron with just my fingernail. Much to my disappointment, I got burned, but the experience didn’t dissuade my affinity for questioning the status quo and inventing innovative ways to subvert authority. My parents are both employed at institutes for “higher” education and always emphasized that earning good grades, going to a good (preferably Ivy League) college, and getting a good job is the way to achieve a good life. To them, such values are intrinsic and thus uniformly the best thing for every individual. I had different ideas. Read more

Kelly Shames Pepper-Spraying Cop

January 26, 2012 by DerrickJ · 9 Comments
Filed under: Court, Keene, New Hampshire, Police, Shire Society, Video

From the Live Free Or Dance Trial: Kelly Voluntaryist took an opportunity to shame Michael Kopcha of the Keene Police Department when, during the viewing of video evidence in which the public servant pepper sprays a nonviolent handcuffed man, she storms out of the courtroom and calls him a monster.

Radio Free Keene News – 2012-01-26

January 26, 2012 by Ian · Leave a comment
Filed under: Audio, Copblock, Corruption, Issues, Living Free, Manchester, National, New Hampshire, News, Personal Freedom, Police, Radio News

Radio Tower Radio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as a podcast and also will air at the top of some hours on LRN.FM.

You can download the edition for this week here. Topics covered include Kelly Voluntaryist’s TSA lingerie protest/outreach, the Keene city council’s blowoff of the 144 petitions regarding the Bearcat, and the Londonderry cops’ bust of two Keene men for allegedly receiving hashish.

You can add Radio Free Keene News to your podcast client via this RSS feed.

Welcome to our newest blogger: Kelly Voluntaryist!

January 26, 2012 by Ian · 3 Comments
Filed under: Announcement

As you may be aware, she recently made national news with her TSA protest-in-lingerie, and now she brings her writing talents to Free Keene. Here’s her bio from the Bloggers page:

Kelly Voluntaryist (“kellyvoluntaryist”) – Kelly moved to Keene from Scottsdale, AZ in December of 2011 after being repeatedly victimized by the corrupt and involuntary system there for the “crime” of living as a free individual. While her activism in Arizona consisted mainly of working as an advocate for victims of the system and writing about her experiences, she moved to Keene in hopes of inspiring the evolution towards a peaceful society through civil disobedience. Kelly, a longtime agorist, not only believes in smashing the state through civil disobedience and delegitimization, but counter-economically through black and grey markets and non-compliance as well. A Christian Anarchist, she considers herself a conscientious objector of the current system and strives to promote non-violent resistance as exemplified by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. She believes that the violation of one individual’s rights equals the violation of all individual rights, that for there to be true peace there must first be true justice, and that true justice must be based on a model of restoration. Her pet peeves are the TSA, the prison system, and government transparency. When she is not smashing the state, Kelly loves to go shopping and spend time with her cat Emily, her chihuahua Isabella, and her voluntary liberty family. Kelly’s experiences in living the peaceful evolution are also being chronicled at NaturalBornAnarchist.com

State v. Live Free Or Dance

January 25, 2012 by DerrickJ · 1 Comment
Filed under: Court, Keene, New Hampshire, Personal Freedom, Police, Shire Choir, Shire Society, Video, Your Evolution

This is the full video of my “Live Free Or Dance” trial. For those unfamiliar, This summer I was caged for having a dance party in Keene Central Common. Now I face 2.5 years behind bars unless I can convince a Jury to let me be free. As always, I am looking for constructive criticism from law-loving types. To see copies of all the papers on my defendant’s table, visit LiveFreeOrDance.com/Court.

The video is 3.5 hours, so if you’d like to skip around, it may be helpful to use this previous post as a guide to what happens when.

If you are the victim of state aggression and charged with a victimless crime, I urge you to NOT take the plea deal. Learn why I refuse and why you should too by clicking below:

Cops Fearmonger at State House Hearings To Lessen Weapons Restrictions

January 24, 2012 by Ian · 6 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Politics

Police love to claim they just do what they are told by the legislature. But that’s not all they do. Many actively fight to keep the status quo and not only that increase the police state. Here in this Union Leader piece they come out to state house hearings to allow some felons to possess firearms and engage in fearmongering, including propagating the absurd idea that gun laws prevent criminals from getting and carrying weapons. Absurd.

As we’ve seen with the case of Brad Jardis, any cop that actually speaks out in favor of more freedom is targeted by “the brotherhood” of the “thin blue line” for retaliation, including firing. So, any “good” cops stay silent for fear of losing their job and pension. Therefore, tyranny continues unabated. Here’s the piece from the UL: Read more

FKTV – Episode 28 – January 23rd, 2012

January 24, 2012 by James Schlessinger Jr · 6 Comments
Filed under: Free Keene TV

This is the inaugural episode of Free Keene TV Version 2.0

We have new graphics, intros and a new format.

Free Keene TV is also looking for interested individuals who want to help run equipment during the show. If you are interested in seeing how a live TV show is put on send an email to tv@freekeene.com

On this weeks show:
1. Ballot Battle – The Ruth Venezia and Dorrie Faulkner O’Meara story is back in the news.
2. Bearcat Petition – Mike Clark is on the show to talk about his petition for a public hearing on the acquisition of a Bearcat for the Keene PD
3. Gun Rights on Campus – Judge Timothy Vaughn of Grafton Superior Court rules against Bradley Jardis and Tommy Mozingo in regards to the Plymouth State University gun rights demonstration.
4. Independent Media – Pete Eyre cut up a video highlighting the behavior of Cheshire Superior Court Personnel
5. Ademo Freeman is in-studio to talk about his experience at Valley Street Jail and the Chalking 8 incident.

Londonderry Cops Deceive Man, Rob Him of 20 Lbs of Hashish

January 24, 2012 by Ian · 37 Comments
Filed under: New Hampshire, News, Personal Freedom, Police

According to WMUR TV, a Keene man and his associate were busted trying to pick up a package full of hashish at a UPS facility. The deceitful police even posed as UPS workers to make the bust. (Yes, this is the same department that threatened Ademo at the airport on Friday.) UPS should be ashamed for assisting in this and the police also for being so slimy and aggressive. Now the police have 20 pounds of hashish to smoke and sell and the peaceful men who went to make the pickup are facing prison sentences:

Two men were arrested in Londonderry last week after attempting to smuggle drugs in a package sent via UPS, police said.

Investigators said the drugs were hidden in an inflatable boat.

Police said they were wearing the traditional UPS brown uniforms when they went in to make the arrests. Read more