WBZ TV in Boston Reports on Keene’s 4:20 Cannabis Celebrations

September 29, 2009 by Ian
Filed under: National, News, Personal Freedom, Update, Video

cannabis I have no way to embed the video, but thanks to WBZ’s Dawn Hasbrouck for this video report. Here’s the text version of the story which includes a link to Free Keene!

Advocates for the decriminalization of marijuana gathered in Keene, New Hampshire on Monday in Central Square to try and get their message heard. The crowd has grown from about 20 people to about 100 since the group began gathering on Tuesday. Many of them are smoking pot right out in the open.

They’ve gathered at 4:20 p.m. every day, a significant time in the cannabis culture. “We want to bring this message of freedom to as many people around the world as possible,” said Ian Freeman, who is a blogger on FreeKeene.com.

“We’re actually gonna come out here in public and make it known how we feel and put pressure on the politicians,” says Andrew Carroll, another protester who plans to run for office in 2010.

Local businesses owners have been watching the daily protest. “(The) problem that I have with it is the fact that they’re breaking the law and they’re doing it on purpose,” says Clark Anderson of CC&H Cigars.

George Benik, who owns The Stage Restaurant, says some of them have eaten at his restaurant. “You know, I think people are voicing their opinion and they should have their own opinion on what they believe.”

Police say the protesters are not breaking the law because the gathering is legal, but the pot smoking is not. Lieutenant Jay Duguay says trying to find the pot smokers can be difficult. “There’s probably some level of marijuana use in the crowd. They’re also smoking other things that might mask that,” he says.

Officers have made one arrest for possession of marijuana.

The group plans to move their protest to Manchester, New Hampshire soon.

http://www.dooms-day-device.com Puke

Damn, this event is a media magnet.
Larry The Dwarf

Probably the best video yet. It's funny how she said it's being MOVED to Manchester, when it's just being expanded…

digg it http://digg.com/politics/Pot_smokers_hold_daily_r…
http://soundclick.com/thinkliberty thinkliberty

Everyone knows that the mainstream media has a hard time with facts. (which is why I never watch it anymore. The people on youtube do a better job.)

Nothing is being MOVED to Manchester.
theKINGofKEENE

So, boys and girls, here's how it went down today on the mean, dirty, rotten nasty streets of Jumanjiville/Keene…(pre-420…). I was standing on the sidewalk near the Colonial, watching the world float past in a deep purple haze, feeling a whole lotta love, wanting to be going to California before the Levee breaks with my 4 sticksSHIT! I *knew* i SHOULDA BEEN *upwind* OF THE 420 RALLY!…(gUESS THOSE JOKES WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BUFFOON!…)…Some dread-lock dirt-bag walks up to me chanting "doses & rolls, doses & rolls…."("doses" are single hits of LSD. I forget exactly what drug "rolls" are….whatever….)At first, I act like I don't hear him, then like I don't understand him, then like I do understand him…I say "no thanks, I'm all set"…he walks off, and approaches a local guy I know. The guy lives with disability in a group home, & is one of MFS's *DRUG ZOMBIES* – GROSSLY OVER-MEDICATED on brain-damaging psychiatric drugs, and under-served by any real, legitamate "therapy"…(MFS = "Mother Fucking Shitheads"/"Make Folks Suffer"/Murder For Sale"/"Mostly Friends of Sappho", (&/or "Satan"…) You know, *MONADNOCK FAMILY SERVICES*, the FEDERALLY created/protected *PURE MONOPOLY* "community mental health center*…Mr doses and rolls gets in the guys face, then shoves him, & the fight is on! Fists & fury right there on the street. The blonde meter maid, herself an actual KPD occifer, saw it from near, & rushed over…I was ready to do what's needed to protect my local guy…cops are called, Tim Peloquin, & Bill Sargent, both locals themselves, & Collinsworth respond…(I believe that Collinsworth won *BIG $$$* in the lottery years ago….whatever…) I told them what I saw. I said "hook-em & book-em", boys!, he's dealin' doses and rolls, and starting fights in the street downtown…So what does KPD *DO*???…THEY LET dread-lock dirt-bag *GO*!…WTF!!!???…So, now it's official. Screw "420"! KPD WON'T EVEN arrest DRUG-DEALING, VIOLENT THUGS!!!…(…unless he was a narc…!?!!??…) I don't give a shit who sells what on my streets. Ain't my job. Ain't my problem. But, you start fist-fights with *MY* local people *DOWNTOWN*, YOUR ASS IS MINE, MOTHERFUCKER!…(You *OWE ME* BIG $$$ for this one, Art Walker, you lame-ass shithead…)…This is the same City Council/KPD incompetent, poorly-trained & even more poorly supervised bullshit that's resulted in the Skate Park mess…AND THE 420 rally itself!…And as for Mitch Greenwald/Mayor Dale Pregent, why don't you just circle-jerk & cluster-suck each other into oblivion…you're both the most useless set of bull-tits I can imagine…///No, Mitch, what's *REALLY* HUMILIATING to the people of Jumanjiville/Keene is PRIME DOWNTOWN RETAIL SPACE *HOGGED* by your *GREEDY-ASSED* REAL ESTATE OFFICE, pumping up your already over-inflated ego & bloated bank accounts. Move your real estae office, & let something else take it's place that will be an asset to downtown! Like an "under-age" club for teens to hang out & chill at…That would do more to help the people of Keene than any grossly over-valued real estate. (Any property GREED-WALD lists is at least 10 – 25% *ABOVE* market for identical properties offered by other local agents…)…And yes, "Mental Health Court" feeds victims to MFS , just like Stalin's Russia fed the GULAG…Guess who is/was an MFS board member???….*EDWARD J. "burke-the-jerk" Burke! Dude, that ain't just the *APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY*, sheeee-it, *THAT'S IMPROPRIETY PERSONIFIED*!…Do *ANY* of you want an idiot who knowingly, willfully, & intentionally sells alcohol to minors serving on the City Council???…Then when he's convicted in Court again, complains "It's not like I went out & sold drugs to kids!"…News flash, Joe Bendzinski! Alcohol *IS* a drug!…///…Clark Anderson (CC&H framing/stogie store, quoted in today's sentinel)…recently gave a disabled woman $50., got her drunk on a bottle of wine, got her to give him a "full-body" massage(hand-job), then performed oral sex on her. Solicitation of Prostitution doesn't make *her* a hooker, but FELONIOUS SEXUAL ASSAULT of a disabled/intoxicated person makes Clark an awaiting-to-be REGISTED SEX OFFENDER! *THAT"S* the *REAL* reason Clark withdrew freom the COUNCIL RACE, I believe. Hey, if I'm wrong, I'll apologize *AFTER* you prove it!…Me, I believe my friend, Clark. Sorry Hilda, you know how he is…I'm truly truly truly very sorry, but THAT'S REALITY, in JUMANJIVILLE!!!…what a dirty, dirty, dirty rotten little cesspool this town is…Just give me my house back, OK??? That way, nobody else has to get hurt….at least that I have to know of…My God I'm disgusted at this place…
theKINGofKEENE

my god, i'm disgusted at my hometown…what a dirty, dirty, dirty, rotten little cesspool this town is…ask Steve Hooper, huh, Steve???…Good to see *YOU* at SWCS today, sorry I was so hard-assed to you. Like I said, nothing personal. I just want my stolen house back…dirty,rotten,little cesspool of a town!…
sneaker

Funny, it almost seems like the coverage was mostly one sided. One comment from a guy who sorta doesn't like it because they are breaking the law. The reporter seemed to stick to reporting (she offered no opinion) and then mostly showed talking point clips of Ian and Andrew.

My impression anyhoo. What does anybody else think?
theKINGofKEENE

Well, I am not really amused by it, but why does *EVERY* piece of media coverage have to make so many lame jokes and puns???…On the surface, you might think that they don't take it seriously. But really, I think that the *MONEY/POWER/MEDIA*MACHINE* are deep down *scared shitless*…All of a sudden, seemingly out of nowhere, all these kids are out in the square protesting for decriminalization/legalization of marijauna…look at what's happening in other states…I see this(420 protests) as revealing that indeed, NH's *STUPID*STUPID*STUPID* state motto – "Live Free or Die" – is just that! *EMPTY WORDS* of republican/democrat *NEWSPEAK*…if Geriatric Daycare was really serious about actually *ACTING* on "freedom", the Lynchmob vetoed "medical marijauna" bill would have passed with enough votes that Governor Smileyface wouldn't *DARE* have vetoed it…but ever since Governor Jeannie Beannie vetoed the Geriatric Daycares' anti-death penalty bill, we've seen that neither the Governor nor the Geriatric Daycare are at all interested in what the "will of the people" might be…(Sure, it's obvious why "governor benson" – remember him???…wasn't RE-elected, oddly enough, but HOW EXACTLY did he get elected in the first place???…) Overall, except for the lack of serious issue discussion in media coverage, I'd say that anybody in the world who sees more than one media source coverage is getting a fair account of what's going on…
theKINGofKEENE

Also, of course, they're hoping that by not increasing media coverage, this whole thing will just go away…I really think that Captain Jack(…will get you high tonight, and take you to your favorite island…)Zeller is correct. Seems KPD's new tactic is to ignore the 420 into oblivion. I'm not seeing the protests growing… it seems to be at a plateau for now…KPD is so correct that their very presence incited the protesters earlier…most of these kids are reacting as much against the *OFFICIAL OPPRESSION* of KPD as they are promoting marijauna justice…(yes, Tefft, you're *STILL* a fucking piece of shit…) God, I do so still love America. I hope we can recover her soon…Anybody else see that the Empire State Building was lit up to honor the 60th anniversary of *COMMUNIST-fucking-CHINA*???…*WTF*???………..my God, this country's messed up…
theKINGofKEENE

…and tonight at the Jumanjiville/keene town council meeting, there's a bunch of "420" kids who never been to a council meeting…getting to see how *BORING* they usually are…Who says no good can come of this???…can't wait to see the video…Keep up the good work, people!…