Ian Freeman arrested and jailed for 93 days RAW FOOTAGE
Ian Freeman from nationally syndicated radio show Free Talk Live has been arrested while in court over a couch and jailed for 93 days. This is live footage.
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Comment by dicktater
November 14, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
That was rehearsed. A one-act play choreographed and well rehearsed in advance. These guys are scared (the judge and his immediate inferiors). They had to get their parts and timing perfect before the show, particularly the circling vulture doing the pointing and handcuffing. The others were just mindlessly followink ordoors, of course.
Stand up, sit down, stand up. Jesus Christ. You’d think it was a Catholic church or something.
I’m not familiar with NH law but, it seems that several criminal complaints are warranted against certain public serpents here.
Comment by Michael Beach
November 14, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
I think you people are funny you could very well be the smartest idiots I Ever seen. First lets get the real truth out shall we.number 1 first of all their was no secret court apperance as the court publicly annouced the hearing and number 2 you youself have publicly announced the court date so there can be no secret Number 3 he did not go to jail for having a couch on his front lawn he went to jail for contempt of court which is basicly being disrespectful and you should be use to that seeing how you don’t have any respect for anybody else trying to live a peacefull life here in NH You knowingly and willing violating everyone elses constitutional and civil rights for your cause yet claim that your rights are being violated you call yourself non violent protesters yet you knowingly place other peoples lives in danger. funny I didn’t know you could decide for me and everyone else’s saftey for your cause sounds to me like your trying to play god. If anybody gets to read this you’ll have some excuse for your actions just like you claim the police do I mean you cann’t even get the facts straight every single person in the court room could see and hear everything what was going on as it happened you recorded it all and lets talk about this couch for a second you know the couch that sits out in the rain to get all moldy and attracts rats with rabies to live in. the couch that poses a danger to unsuspecting kids who might be around it.I wonder what you would have to say to some childs parent when there kid dies from being exposed to the mold growing on the couch.oh yea the guys with guns thats funny too I heard that you people regularly display fireams and even went as far as to bring an empty holster and loaded magazines to court so i guess that makes you the guys with the guns!and so much for non violent and thats right it is also a constitutional right for someone to file a complaint anonymously so they would not half to live in fear of retaliation. which apperently you would do someone harm if you knew who it was. well I will wrap this up knowing it propably won’t get posted mainly because I don’t think you people have any balls to tell the truth. or even to post an objective view.
Comment by Slim
November 14, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
Michael Beach Ian is doing time for a couch on his yard.
He had 3 contempt of court charges at 30 days a piece. which is 90 days and the last 3 are for the couch on his yard which brings the total to 93 days in a cold cell because he had a couch in his yard.
Ian offered multiple times to remove the couch if he could only speak with the person accusing him of the “crime” but the city would not do that.
Comment by Rance Muhamitz
November 14, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
That was fast! Like the Southern Pacific Railroad!
Comment by Matt
November 14, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Sounds like a conspiracy to me. If the neighbor still doesn’t turn up after this it was most likely a hit.
Comment by AnarchoJesse
November 14, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
I think you people are funny you could very well be the smartest idiots I Ever seen.
If I can be frank, opening your statement with an insult regarding the intellectual fortitude of those you’re about to criticize while failing at the same time to demonstrate a rudimentary grasp of the English language certainly doesn’t bolster your case.
First lets get the real truth out shall we.
Were you at the trial, good sir? Why couldn’t you have taken the time to let us know your views face to face? Ah, but you weren’t, so I don’t think you’re really in any position to be telling us what the “truth” is.
number 1 first of all their was no secret court apperance as the court publicly annouced the hearing and number
Who said anything about a “secret court”?
2 you youself have publicly announced the court date so there can be no secret
Again, what are you talking about?
Number 3 he did not go to jail for having a couch on his front lawn he went to jail for contempt of court which is basicly being disrespectful and you should be use to that seeing how you don’t have any respect for anybody else trying to live a peacefull life here in NH You knowingly and willing violating everyone elses constitutional and civil rights for your cause yet claim that your rights are being violated you call yourself non violent protesters yet you knowingly place other peoples lives in danger.
Ah, the ever elusive run on sentence. Only a man of high scholastic integrity would be able to use it as effectively as you do.
But seriously– your first argument is that Ian did not in fact go to jail over the couch. This couldn’t be further from reality– the root cause of this is the couch; he only appeared in court because of the couch; he was only able to do because of the couch; he was given three days for refusing to pay a fine over the couch. For one to preach of the “real truth” (what ever the fuck that is), you sure seem to an awful lot of truth twisting, if not just out right obfuscation.
Second, you make a more serious claim, that we are in fact a violent and non-liberty oriented movement, and this is a serious charge my friend. You do understand that you have now called our moral and intellectual character as well as intentions out? For such a serious claim leveled against us, I would ask that you actually reference the serious accusations you bring to us. You claim that we “knowingly violate other peoples rights”, “put people in danger”, and that we’re essentially “ruining” everyone other individuals peaceful life here. I am now calling you out to back these claims– indeed, if you believe you’re correct and that we are such a visibly evil organization, you should have no problem actually providing evidence for you claim. This said, I’m sure you can actually explain the legal and ethical theory behind our supposed “violations”– so this means an objective, logically impenetrable argument with defined premises and no tautologies while trying to prove your argument.
Good luck.
funny I didn’t know you could decide for me and everyone else’s saftey for your cause sounds to me like your trying to play god.
You seem to be very much confused– we’re not demanding anything of anyone; if anything, we’re advocates of your well-being in that we opposed institutionalized violence. The people trying to play god are the “movers and shakers” of government– they try to play an inherently utopian (and thus unrealistic) game in which they think they can engineer people’s interactions with each other.
If anybody gets to read this you’ll have some excuse for your actions just like you claim the police do I mean you cann’t even get the facts straight every single person in the court room could see and hear everything what was going on as it happened you recorded it all
Again, another assault on our character and intentions. I again ask for examples of this– surely if your feel so strongly about this, you have what is otherwise indisputable evidence to show for it.
and lets talk about this couch for a second you know the couch that sits out in the rain to get all moldy and attracts rats with rabies to live in.
An appeal to fear and consequences, and thus entirely meaningless within the context of this discussion.
the couch that poses a danger to unsuspecting kids who might be around it.I wonder what you would have to say to some childs parent when there kid dies from being exposed to the mold growing on the couch.
Oh my good lord. “Think of the Children!” has to be the baseless, most cliche, and horrifically emotional argument you could possibly bring. It plays on peoples fears, and has no grounding in rational and reasonable discussion.
oh yea the guys with guns thats funny too I heard that you people regularly display fireams and even went as far as to bring an empty holster and loaded magazines to court so i guess that makes you the guys with the guns!
This is a red herring, and has no relevance to this discussion. You’re simply trying to change the focus. Take it to the forum if you’re that adamant about your views.
and so much for non violent and thats right it is also a constitutional right for someone to file a complaint anonymously so they would not half to live in fear of retaliation.
Which article of which Constitution? Not that it matters– you’re assuming that which you’re trying to prove, which is that the Constitutions have any legitimacy in the first place. Again, for a guy who opened up with a line about “truth”, you sure have a tough time getting to any semblance of it through your use of tautologies.
which apperently you would do someone harm if you knew who it was.
I’m sorry, but your education seems to be a level about mine– perhaps you can explain this is “idiot” speak. Lord knows my poor little head can only handle so much.
well I will wrap this up knowing it propably won’t get posted mainly because I don’t think you people have any balls to tell the truth. or even to post an objective view.
There is no truth here– just an ignorance of events and philosophy eclipsed only by an ignorance of basic grammar and spelling. There is no objectivity here– just an apologist who can’t even present an argument without falling back on some ridiculous cliche.
Comment by RWW
November 14, 2008 @ 11:12 pm
I feel so sad for Ian. I wish I could come to NH. I’m working on it. :/
Comment by modelmotion
November 14, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
What have we become?
Shame on you NH legal system…. clearly it is power gone mad.
Welcome to the police state.
Comment by Inky
November 15, 2008 @ 12:11 am
Now if Im following the case correctly… Didnt they originally say a neighbor complained?
Comment by SamIam
November 15, 2008 @ 3:42 am
I’m going to see to it personally that this “judge” is removed from the bench.
Count your days Burke, and might I suggest some court mandated anger management class. The private market is not going to put up with that shit either.
Comment by Robert
November 15, 2008 @ 4:27 am
I have been following this for a while. I cannot believe that a man was jailed for allowing a couch to remain on his own property, in “the land of the free”. The land of the free my ass. Will the judge and his minions sleep well tonight? Do they all believe that they worked hard today? Do they think that they protected their society from a man with an illegal couch? An illegal couch??? I live in Bermuda and often question our judicial system. But it appears that the Judge at the trial just runs a kangaroo court. All hail to the state!!!
Where can someone send words of support and encouragement to Ian?
Comment by David Harvey
November 15, 2008 @ 7:58 am
I call on all good people of Keene to place a couch in their front yard. There is no excuse for these people. They came into that court with the intention of placing him in jail. Why isn’t it time for game on?
Comment by David Harvey
November 15, 2008 @ 8:24 am
Please post the resident address for all of the tyrants involved in this incident. Would also be interested in contacting anyone who is interested in kidnapping for hire.
Comment by John Galt
November 15, 2008 @ 9:33 am
This is John Galt speaking:
First to David Harvey:
Either you are not wise to the law as it pertains to soliciting “kidnapping for hire” and the severe penalties that are involved in such or you are just another government employee in the role of the garden variety “agent provocateur”.
An agent interested in goading others to break the law, shamelessly taking advantage of the vulnerability of emotions of friends and loved ones of Ian’s in this very troubling time.
If you’re just bugged about what happened, so are all the rest of us. We will find peaceful ways to deal with it that don’t involve force as it has always been done within the movement. What you did was stupid. Free-Staters would do well to not be associated with the likes of you.
If you are instead a fed/cop then you should lose your job for advocating committing a violent felony as a cheap ploy to ensnare more Free-Staters in your nasty little traps. You are a vile disgrace to the badge you wear. You have lost track of why you became a fed/cop in the first place. You did not sign up to become one of the criminals you are sworn to arrest. Or did you?
To everyone else:
I’ve had enough, this has become my tipping point. As soon as finances allow me to move, I will join you in New Hampshire. I’m a man of many ideas and once you get to know me, you’ll find that I’ve got plenty of peaceful and legal ways to eliminate or at the very least, reduce that monstrosity that foolishly deems itself fit to tell us all how to live.
With Liberty,
John Galt
Comment by Glen Dickey
November 15, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
Considering the great length the courts are willing to go to guarantee the rights of violent offenders; what possible motive could they have for jerking Ian (and the taxpayers of Keene) around like this?
I find it hard to credit with plausibility the idea that the judge believes that Ian’s behavior represents any kind of threat to society.
Let me make sure I understand this; a New Hampshire state judge is going to incarcerate a man for failing to sit down or stand up fast enough?
How much is that going to cost exactly? Let’s see, the National Institute of Corrections says that in 2001 it costs $25,949 per inmate per year in New Hampshire. So a little math;
90 days incarceration / 365.25 days in a year = roughly 24.6% of a year
.246 * 25949 = $6383.45 to incarcerate Ian for 90 days for menacing society with a deadly lawn couch.
I wonder how the taxpayers feel about this use off their tax money? I wonder where “Assault with a lawn couch” falls into the citizens list of concerns?
I think the judge needs to cut down on the red meat and maybe listen to a little more Enya.
Well if Letterman gets short of material he can probably turns this into some air time.
Comment by Mark
November 15, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
I am sending $93 to Free Talk Live via their donation page at http://amp.freetalklive.com/.
I hope you can use this to support Ian Freeman in any way you see fit–buy him a dollar meal for each day he is caged, support the radio station that gets his story out, or hire an organization that can resolve disputes between individuals and their towns without first demanding that one party bow down in subservience to the other.
I hope others feel the same way,
Mark
Comment by robert
November 15, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
I am sending 300 bucks to Ian for this. Hope we can get a money bomb going for this. Would love to see Ian earn thousands of dollars for his time in jail fighting for our rights.
Comment by John Galt
November 15, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
This is John Galt speaking:
When dealing with dangerous enemies to freedom, a quick path to any “Achilles Heel” they may possess, seems like a way to explore.
I doubt that anyone would disagree if I were to state that they are yet another “good ole’ boy’s network” (that really ain’t good at all except for their purposes). Driving a wedge straight through that network, appears to be the best path to restoring some of our lost freedoms.
Make them not trust each other. Have someone he currently trusts sit Judge Jurke down and ask him straight off if this was his doing or if he was ordered to do so by some other entity.
Once trickery can be proven, Ian can be released from that cage he now occupies. The lasting effects of this will entail that if Jurke was “prompted” by feds, bailiffs, cops, clerks or whatever to hammer him for not sitting down fast enough, there will be bad blood between the dis-honorable Judge Jurke and those who ratted him out.
I’ve always been an advocate of making a useful friend or three within the enemy’s ranks. Have an anonymous Free-Stater buy lunch for one of the court clerks and ask her/him about their thoughts in the matter. You may be very pleasantly surprised to get a good heads-up on the next round of courtroom chicanery Jurke or his foul colleagues have in store for the decent people of Keene.
Like to see a positive vision of the future of the Free State Project? Imagine yourselves as a Buick rolling down the street and the rabid agents of the state as mindless pit bulls chasing after you. You slow down and let the mangy mutts sink their teeth in and get a good grip on your back bumper.
It will soon after become quite obvious to even the dumbest of them that chasing after freedom loving Buicks is a bad idea.
Ian also mentioned that it should be made known to a Judge’s kids what they do to peaceful people. Do your kids go to his children’s school? Do you know kids who know his kids? Tell them just exactly what he does for a living. We still have rights of free speech even if they are often ignored by the powers-that-be.
It’s not like you’d even have to embellish the story, just point them to the website of the court footage if they doubt your word.
Another wedge that you are welcome to drive through their sick little network. While I’m thinking of it, you may also feel free to notify the media and other necessary people, from time to time of just how many REAL threats to the community are being released from the jail during the 93 days Ian is being held there. Arsonists, thieves, rapists, etc.
You know, bad folks that actually ARE dangerous to the public. They made room in their jail for a man with a couch in his yard, by letting go hardened thugs that will hurt you and your property if given half a chance.
Let them chew on that one for a while and see if it doesn’t make them gag.
With Liberty,
John Galt
Comment by Rance Muhamitz
November 15, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Just sent $50 via paypal to ian@freetalklive.com
Comment by Curt Springer
November 15, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
I feel bad about this. It’s what I feared would happen, but I was hoping that somebody would step back from the brink. I think Ian, the original complainant, the city and the judge each could have handled things differently and avoided this outcome.
Now that everybody has made their respective points, I strongly suggest to Ian’s friends that they set a goal of getting him out of jail as soon as possible. This means getting a lawyer. I’m sure Ian will object but sometimes friends have to talk sense into friends. I’ve never even met the guy but I know he shouldn’t be rotting in jail especially over Christmas. So I can only imagine how friends and family must feel about this.
I don’t know anything about lawyers in Keene. One guy in NH who has made a career out of taking on city and town governments, usually on behalf of mistreated employees, is Andru Volinsky.
Comment by RWW
November 15, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
We will find peaceful ways to deal with it that don’t involve force…
There’s nothing (morally) wrong with force for the sake of defense, although it probably wouldn’t be strategically advisable.
This means getting a lawyer.
Lawyers are legally required to be corrupt.
Comment by Rance Muhamitz
November 15, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
Perhaps Ian should get a lawyer just for consulting, but not necessarily to represent him.
Here’s a link to today’s talkback show. Sorry, I didn’t record the first hour and twenty minutes, but here’s what I got.
Comment by modelmotion
November 15, 2008 @ 2:29 pm
How is Ian doing? The podcast of Free Talk Live has not come out yet so there seems to be a bit of a void in terms of what is actually going on and what the plan it. Mark, so you need some sort of help to get the podcast out?
Comment by Curt Springer
November 15, 2008 @ 2:38 pm
Lawyers are not required to be corrupt.
Regarding “consulting” versus “representing”: I think that there is an expectation on the part of some that you hire a lawyer to think for you, or to do something on your behalf that you would never do. I suppose that happens, but I have hired a lawyer to tell me what the options were, and then he wrote an opinion for me that I presented to others. We passed a draft back and forth and it did not go out the door until it said precisely what I wanted it to say. Sometimes it makes sense to hire a lawyer to speak or write on your behalf because unfortunately many people give more credence to something when a lawyer says it than when you or I say the same thing.
Ian (or his friends) should get a lawyer, have him/her tell him/them what the options are, then decide what is the best course of action and who should say or write what, be it the lawyer or the client.
Don’t dither on about the role of lawyers. Pick a good one, get him/her working, and try to spring Ian from jail on Monday or at latest by the end of next week.
Comment by modelmotion
November 15, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
The judge is the one who needs to go to jail here. I have never seen anything like this. Total abuse of power.
Comment by George Donnelly
November 15, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
just how many REAL threats to the community are being released from the jail during the 93 days Ian is being held there. Arsonists, thieves, rapists, etc.
Does anyone have any data on this? I purchased 93days.com and am planning to set up a website. This kind of info would be good.
I’m an FSPer but not in or near NH yet.
Any help appreciated, email me@georgedonnelly.com
Comment by Ganja Blue
November 15, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
Things have been tight for me and the family lately so I canceled my Free Talk Live AMP subscription this past summer. I’m reinstating it today. I’m also renewing my commitment to move my family to Keene as soon as possible. I’ll be looking for a job and housing this weekend. I believe the city of Keene is the front line in this battle for freedom.
I think Ian’s incarceration is a crime perpetrated by a cartel of thugs calling themselves government. These people should be held accountable for their thuggery.
Comment by Curt Springer
November 15, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
Re who is at or being released from the jail: The jail is only for those who have been convicted of misdemeanors where the sentence is one year or less. More severe sentences are served at the state prison. So the crimes are stuff like petty theft, simple assault, small amounts of drugs, disorderly conduct, etc.
Comment by Michael Beach
November 15, 2008 @ 5:36 pm
I am Confused if all of you think the system is flawed why just move to a different country where things are the way you want them
Comment by Michael Beach
November 15, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
I am also confused If you think the system is wrong why haven’t hired a attorny to go before the supreme court to Challenge the laws of New Hampshire and have your case heard.I mean if you think the law is wrong cause it looks to me that it is ok for people to rape and murder and steal without being held accountible for these crimes.Or any other crimes.
Comment by RWW
November 15, 2008 @ 5:55 pm
I am [c]onfused if all of you think the system is flawed why [not] just move to a different country where things are the way you want them[?]
Is that what Thomas Jefferson should have done? Find some other master? Though I hate the United States, I love America.
I couldn’t make enough sense of your second comment to fix it, let alone reply.
Comment by Scott in Winnipeg
November 15, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
“why just move to a different country where things are the way you want them”
There isn’t one, and even if there was perhaps people like where they are and want to make it better.
Michael Beach, you’re saying use the system to fix the system? Yeah, that’s been pretty effective huh.
Comment by George Donnelly
November 15, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
Please let me know if you’d like to contribute to http://93days.com/ .
Comment by Vesuvius
November 15, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
Simon says go to jail, do not pass GO, do not collect $200! Yes, the incarceration of Ian was completely planned in advance. I do find it rather suspicious that the city planner was the “complainant”; isn’t that a conflict of interest? Does any else see something wrong with an agent of the local bureaucracy making a complaint as if she were a neutral party? More than Ian being sent to jail to rot over a couch, the “city of Keene” is setting a precedent wherein all matters of offended taste are subject to government intervention and arbitration. I don’t like your wife’s tight jeans, it’s giving my husband the erection I haven’t given him in years!! She’s destroying the neighborhood! Think I’m just making a crass joke? I see the couch as being no different than that absurd scenario. As for the potentiality of some wandering child getting black lung from a brief encounter with the couch – are you advocating preventive pre-crime measures? The cutlery in your kitchen has the potential to cut, lacerate, impale, stab, cut, or otherwise maim people, animals, mailboxes, cars, stuffed animals and steaks – therefore you must cease and desist all actions leading to the usage of these instruments of public misery at once! Better yet, we will relieve you of them for your own safety and the well-being of the people. Yes, I’m ranting now, but I’m working off the same irrational premises as the minions of the “city of Keene.”
Comment by Martin L
November 15, 2008 @ 7:52 pm
wow, he got contempt for that? I’m lucky, last time I was in court I had no respect at all for the judge so I refused to look or even talk directly to him.
Maybe it was the damn fine lawyer I managed to get Pro Bono, remodled his kitchen for getting me off violating my diversion classes.
That judges additude made me quite irate and I commend Ian’s attitude during the whole thing as I wouldave flipped out and rushed him right there in the courtroom.
I know, it’s amazing I’m not in prison, I can hardly believe it either.
Comment by John P.
November 15, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
Today is the first time I’ve heard anything about this case, but I’d like to voice my opinion. 1.) If a guy wants to put a couch or any other piece of furniture on his own property it’s ridiculous for the law to step in. If people really want to protest, start staking out the public officials properties and lodging their own complaints. Maybe the judge would understand better if he gets sued for his BBQ grill being on his property. 2.) That said, this guy Ian could’ve avoided arrest if he would have just had a seat. He didn’t get arrested for a couch, he got arrested for contempt (for not following the judges instructions)… there’s a big difference (although 90+ days is ridiculous). — Now being as I just heard about this I might have my facts wrong, but that’s my opinion based on what I was able to gather in a few minutes.
Comment by Freedom_Fighter
November 15, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
I’ve been following this a little bit here in Indiana, and I find it appalling that the government thinks they have the authority granted to them to do what they please. Perhaps a protest is in order with quotes from the US Constitution(or NH Constitution) and the declaration of Independance. For example “That to SECURE these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed” Town governments are easier to take on then states and federal respectively. They tend to forget that consent can be withdrawn and they can not be recognized as legitimate government and lose power by the people. Governments were not created to try and abolish rights, they were created to secure them. They are not permitted to create laws for making revenue, they are permitted to make laws only to secure rights of individuals. And having a couch on a lawn is not infringing on anyone elses rights thus any law made outlawing it is null and void. This is purely a tactic to intice compliance by the people. They want to scare people into obeying them. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THEM TO MAKE THESE LAWS. I wish you all the best of luck there in New Hampshire. I would love to move there, but would be homeless and winters there I hear are brutal. I will continue to follow this and If I come up with any good and valid suggestions, I will make them known. One possibility is contacting someone in the state department, whomever would oversee the judges. Not sure what state dept that would be in NH.
Freedom Fighter
Comment by George Donnelly
November 15, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
John P. They told him to sit down, he was sitting down when they called his name, prompting him to stand.
It was a catch-22. They wanted to make an example.
Comment by John P.
November 15, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
George you’re right. They called his name twice (missed that the first time). I would have stood too…. however, after they called his name the judge said “have a seat” three times, and instead of just sitting, Ian started talking about duress. I don’t think Ian should have been in court in the first place, and I think the judge was ridiculous for having him arrested, but I also think Ian could have avoided it if he would have “had a seat” after the judge told him too.
Comment by Mitch
November 15, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
I am upping my monthly AMP donation in support of Ian’s actions and I hope everybody else will do the same.
Comment by chfsfan
November 15, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
“under duress” lol… I feel for that poor bastard
Comment by Freedom_Fighter
November 15, 2008 @ 8:59 pm
Something I just thought of. In order to challenge a law, a person must be charged with a said law. Then and only then can a person challenge it. It must have directly affected you. Just like I couldn’t challenge say a gun law if it didn’t directly affect me in some way. It is Ian’s legal right to challenge the couch ordinance. Also, the judge must uphold previous rulings on cases that are like the one being presented. So if anyone can find a case that’s been taken to the state level and the defendant won, you may have a case for having all actions reversed. These are just some possibilities and idea’s i’m throwing out there. I hope something becomes of use. I know when I was charged for having a trailer in a residential zone, then and only then was I able to challenge it and voice my dissent over it (as it was licensed by the state, tagged and taxes paid) the city reversed it’s decision on the ordinance after they saw we weren’t backing down, and it was dropped. Don’t give up hope. There’s always a way to come out on top. I’ll keep researching what I can.
Freedom Fighter
Comment by Scott in Winnipeg
November 15, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
Why the hell should I sit down for some jack-ass just because they say so? Who the hell are they? They want to rule you and tel you how to think, dress, and act. Dumb, damn I wish I was there in Kenne.
Comment by Brian
November 15, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
So he has three contempt of court charges for not sitting down when he was told to, right? I can see where he is confused though, because I see in there that someone said his name and he stood straight again. I imagine he was very nervous, as everyone is when going to court, but gosh, I think 90 days in jail for not sitting down fast enough is a bit harsh.
The only thing that makes this seem suspicious to me, is the nature of his job, and what a silly, simple thing this could have been to solve, yet they really threw the book at this guy. I mean, what benefit would any of them have to stop the court date and throw him in jail for 90 days, and why was the judge so short tempered to yell at him? It’s all very strange, but then, I don’t come from that part of the country.
Comment by disinter
November 15, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
Contact the judge here:
Name : Burke- Edward J. Attorney
Address : 82 Court Street
Zip/Postcode : 03431
Phone : (603)357-4800
Fax : (603)357-4825
Comment by David Harvey
November 16, 2008 @ 12:04 am
To John Galt:
The law says that it is wrong to seek justice against those that wrongly imprison peaceful people? The law says I can’t even suggest such a thing? I choose to interact with people on a voluntary basis as long as they interact with me on a voluntary basis. I choose to hold those who use force against me responsible for their actions by any means necessary. I recommend other do the same and learn ways to defend themselves if possible or seek justice if not, and not the kind of justice that is promoted by the state, but the kind that is promoted by the Bible. Ignore the law of the land, seek justice.
Comment by Barney
November 16, 2008 @ 12:49 am
This guy must have pissed off some powerful Jews!
Comment by Dennis Herrick
November 16, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Contempt of the taxpayer is more like it. The USA is broke, the State is broke and I’ll just bet Keene is broke too. What does “His Honor” think, 93 days in jail is free. The Browns are right. We need to stop feeding the beast.
Comment by Ice Bandit
November 16, 2008 @ 4:24 pm
We no longer have judges or cops, merely tax collectors wearing dresses and packing heat. Here in corrupt and bankrupt Dayton, Ohio, the constabulary thinks they can make up the tax revenue from all the closed auto plants by writing tickets. And there need not be any real public safety concern either. The police recently terrorized taxi drivers (who must pay tickets to keep their hack licenses) for such public hazards as leaving their cabs at the Greyhound station or visiting other drivers outside their cars. Meanwhile, Dayton has experienced a rash of violent homicides, home invasions and other acts of urban terrorism while the city’s finest are issuing parking citations. No wonder Forbes Mag lists this town as only behind Flint and Detroit on the urban undesirable list, and the town can’t get off the 10 most dangerous list. And the Buckeye State’s jump from a low tax haven to the fourth highest tax state came under the stewardship of a GOP state legislature and Governor Robert Tax, er, Taft. You free-staters aren’t the only ones suffering…
Comment by Zeus
November 16, 2008 @ 5:54 pm
I think you people are funny you could very well be the smartest idiots I Ever seen.
You’re quite an amusing idiot yourself so right back atcha, Simple Simon. Your grammar and punctuation are atrocious. It’s unfortunate what public indoctrination camps — I mean “schools” — are turning out these days.
First lets get the real truth out shall we.
I think you’ve misplaced a question mark. Might want to check your pockets there for it. Should be right next to the vial of crack you’ve been smoking.
number 1 first of all their was no secret court apperance as the court publicly annouced the hearing and number
Listen Timmy, I know it’s a pain to pay attention to reality when you so firmly believe in your own fantasies about how things are but it helps when you’re trying to make accusations and cast aspersions you actually want to stick. The only secret court I’m aware of is the one they hustled Ian into after the judge went batshit insane and had him arrested for not sitting down fast enough when the judge barked out for him to “have a seat”. If you’re referring to something else, please enlighten us.
2 you youself have publicly announced the court date so there can be no secret
Colluding with officers of the court to pretend to have a fair and open trial only to whisk the accused off Guantanamo-style to another room where the public is only allowed to watch via closed-circuit tv with no sound is pretty goddamn secret (not to mention dishonest, immoral and criminal).
Number 3 he did not go to jail for having a couch on his front lawn he went to jail for contempt of court which is basicly being disrespectful
In fact he did go to jail for having a couch on his lawn as AnarchoJesse explained previously. The only reason he was in that courtroom is because they wanted to control what he does with his property and punish him for not being an obedient slave. As for being disrespectful, Ian barely send two words before Burke starting frothing under that walrus mustache of his. That you think people should have days of their lives stolen from them for being disrespectful tells us just what kind of person you are. Perhaps since you called “us people” idiots and the beginning of your rant and were thus disrespectful, maybe you ought to take your own advice and be caged for 93 days as well?
and you should be use to that seeing how you don’t have any respect for anybody else trying to live a peacefull life here in NH You knowingly and willing violating everyone elses constitutional and civil rights for your cause yet claim that your rights are being violated
You on the sauce or something, Clarence? In general, Freestaters go out of their way to respect the rights of others. I suggest you back up your claim with some evidence of such violations of everyone else’s rights.
you call yourself non violent protesters yet you knowingly place other peoples lives in danger. funny I didn’t know you could decide for me and everyone else’s saftey for your cause sounds to me like your trying to play god.
Sir, have you checked your home for a gas-leak lately? I ask because you are clearly out of your mind. In what way has anyone placed other people’s lives in danger? Back up your claim, cowboy.
If anybody gets to read this you’ll have some excuse for your actions just like you claim the police do I mean you cann’t even get the facts straight
Says the man who can’t get a single sentence straight.
every single person in the court room could see and hear everything what was going on as it happened you recorded it all
Yes, and if you watched it while not being intoxicated you’d have seen what we saw: an out of control judge frothing at the mouth without reason in a kangaroo court set-up in advance to arrest Ian on contempt-of-court charges and then hustle him off to another room for a secret trial where he was not allowed to have the public observe his safety or the court’s criminal behavior. It doesn’t get any simpler than that.
and lets talk about this couch for a second you know the couch that sits out in the rain to get all moldy and attracts rats with rabies to live in. the couch that poses a danger to unsuspecting kids who might be around it.I wonder what you would have to say to some childs parent when there kid dies from being exposed to the mold growing on the couch.
First, I’d wonder why these kids were on my property without my permission. Second, I’d wonder what kind of parents they have that they would allow their children to go over to a neighbor’s house without his permission and play on his moldy property, especially if they knew their kid was susceptible to death-by-moldy-couches.
oh yea the guys with guns thats funny too I heard that you people regularly display fireams and even went as far as to bring an empty holster and loaded magazines to court so i guess that makes you the guys with the guns!
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I suppose it does. The disctinction your quick wit seems to have missed, however, is that we’re the guys with guns who want to live in peace. We use guns for our defense against those who would attempt to murder us and/or steal from us. They’re the guys with guns who want to control and enslave us and who use force or the threat of force to make us obey them. Yeah, I know this philosophy thing is pretty heady stuff for someone of your mental capacity but I’m sure even you will comprehend it eventually.
and so much for non violent and thats right it is also a constitutional right for someone to file a complaint anonymously so they would not half to live in fear of retaliation. which apperently you would do someone harm if you knew who it was.
No, Sir, it is not a Constitutional right to be such a coward that you have to resort to complaining to the armed goon squad and send them to do your dirty work simply because you don’t have the balls to complain yourself. If you can find that section in the Constititution, be my guest and point out the relevant Article and Paragraphs to support your claims.
well I will wrap this up knowing it propably won’t get posted mainly because I don’t think you people have any balls to tell the truth. or even to post an objective view.
Right, because we’ve all got nothing better to do than sit around trying to censor every statist idiot that posts a bunch of baseless, unproven accusations and disrespectful insinuations. Oh, but your drivel DID get posted so I guess not so much, huh?
Comment by Curt Springer
November 16, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
Barney wrote:
This guy must have pissed off some powerful Jews!
Please don’t use this as an excuse for antisemitism. AFAIK nobody involved is Jewish, but it doesn’t matter. And if you don’t live in NH, but are thinking of moving here, please don’t.
Comment by Ian Freeman
November 17, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
Everyone, thanks for all the support! To further this support while I’m incarcerated please send LOTS of ANAL LUBE!
Comment by Matt Hopkins
November 17, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Michael Beach,
Does his couch is his backyard honestly bother you? If so you need to readjust your priorities.
Comment by Phil
January 7, 2009 @ 3:54 pm
Ian you linked to this page saying “violence on you”
Laugh my ass off if you call that violent… you have a flawed sense of self.
Fight the system all you want, I agree massive changes in gov are destroying our society… however to arrogantly defy a normal court proceedure to “be seated” like everyone else shows a weak character and a childish viewpoint.
Mr Sensitive… heh heh
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