Nashua Telegraph Reports on Sovereign Curtis’ Arrest

March 24, 2010 by Ian
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Issues, Jailed Activist, News, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Police, Thuggery, Update

Thanks to the Nashua Telegraph’s Joseph Cote for this story:

Activists were at it again Tuesday, protesting marijuana laws on Library Hill and later at the Nashua Police Department following one arrest.

Organizer Kelly McGuire said she was committed to continuing daily protests, which over the weekend included some protesters smoking joints and from bowls in the downtown park.

About six protesters held signs at the park at the top of Main Street, according to Nashua police Sgt. Denis Linehan. A handful of police were in the area to keep an eye on the protesters, including plainclothes officers among the group.

Linehan said police knew the protest was planned because it was advertised online. The man whom police arrested allegedly gave a joint to one of the plainclothes officers at the park and was charged with distribution of a controlled substance, Linehan said.

McGuire said police refused to identify themselves and didn’t give a reason for arresting the man.

“As far as I know, they came in and arrested him without cause,” McGuire, of Nashua, said. “They wouldn’t identify themselves.”

The man who was arrested was held overnight at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections after refusing to give police his name, Linehan said.

The man was to be arraigned at Nashua District Court today, he said.

McGuire said she had planned to hold the protests every Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. but has decided to hold them every day until police stop arresting people. What she wants, she said, is to be ignored and for marijuana laws to not be enforced.

Bill Domenico, of Manchester, said that’s how police have handled other protests he’s attended.

“They just ignored us. That’s what we want: to be ignored,” he said.

“We’re going to be out there every day, at least I am,” McGuire said.

A number of people spent hours in the Nashua Police Department lobby after the protest waiting for information on the man who was arrested.

A protest this weekend at the same site resulted in three arrests. Lewis Labitue, 17, of Nashua, was charged with possession of a controlled drug. Catherine Bleish, 25, executive director of The Liberty Restoration Project, was charged with disorderly conduct and Nicholas Krouse, 28, of Keene, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. All of those charges are misdemeanors.

Linehan said police have no problem with protesters so long as they’re peaceful and not carrying or using illegal drugs. Otherwise, they stand to be arrested and charged, he said.

“They’re trying to antagonize. We have a responsibility to enforce the laws,” Linehan said. “We are going to enforce them.”

McGuire disagreed and said police could use their judgment, and do regularly, and could choose to ignore the protests.

“If the law’s wrong, maybe they shouldn’t enforce it,” she said.

Joseph G. Cote can be reached at 594-6415 or jcote@nashuatelegraph.com.

badge#179

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BIGFATNATSTOWN

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r-u-all-nuts

What is happenning to the comments on this site…KOK is rambling about violence, cursing way to much and making even less sense than usual…Badge seems to be following in his footsteps.

Not a big fan of censorship or control, but if you guys care about your image and the validity of your message….shake some of the nuts out of the tree.

Ian…any control here any more?
http://freetalklive.com/ Ian

There never really was any control. Most of the posts are from King Of Keene, just using different names.
Lpviper

Telling KOK his remarks are over the top is like telling the captain that the big hole in the bottom of his boat is bad.

Good point, but the captain isnt leaving and neither is KoK.

Maybe KoK's rants are an opportunity to teach people that a group of people cannot be judged according to the yammerings of one.

KoK, I get it, man, the man has stretched you out over the years. Is there a goal you are moving toward by posting all this stuff?
http://ringingliberty.com Paul

Yeah, most seem to be KOK, you can tell from the style. I wouldn't mind some moderation (of the moderator imposed kind), but it's also true that there's some value in the mostly unmoderated approach, and it's true that people need to learn to think critically for themselves, and judge sources.
r-u-all-nuts2

No, we're not all nuts. Some of us are fruits & berries. We've got a lot of carbs here, plenty of protein, and lots, and lots, and lots, of fat. Maybe KoK's remarks are only "over the top", because you have all set the bar so low…Honestly, there's only about 3,4, maybe 5 or 6 regular posters on here….All the rest of the posts were written by either me, or somebody on the *FREESTATE* payroll…hardly *ANYBODY* ever posts on here anymore…I just post here to drive traffic to the site, and delay the inevitable – when freekeene folds due to lack of interest…also, there's an old Military expression which applies here: "Run it up the flagpole, and see who salutes." Right now, I've got Eli Rivera standing at attention, saluting my dirty underwear…Besides, nothing is ever really anonymous on here. Not with "Big Brother Bernard, & the Freddie Parsells Band" playing such sweet, sweet, sweet music together. Anybody else notice that when I "OUTED" "Ian" as a dupe & patsy, *NOBODY* refuted that…think about that…(how's my profanity count for this post, *FRED*???…
theKINGofKEENE

Comment by Lpviper

March 30, 2010 @ 9:54 pm

Telling KOK his remarks are over the top is like telling the captain that the big hole in the bottom of his boat is bad.

Good point, but the captain isnt leaving and neither is KoK.

Maybe KoK’s rants are an opportunity to teach people that a group of people cannot be judged according to the yammerings of one.

KoK, I get it, man, the man has stretched you out over the years. Is there a goal you are moving toward by posting all this stuff?

////////……….Wow. I'm deeply honored.

I couldn't have said it better, myself. Thanks, LPVIPER!…Next, my goals! stay tuned!…