Keene Sentinel Reports on Yesterday’s Mass Arrests
The Keene Sentinel is reporting today on yesterday’s mass arrests in Keene. It’s nice to see an article from them that doesn’t mention “Free Staters” or “Free State Project”. Only Free Keene is mentioned here, and that’s far more accurate as liberty activists are not all “Free Staters”. Heika, for instance, is an awesome activist and Keene native who was activated by Pete and Adam of Liberty on Tour. She started coming out to the Nightcaps and then yesterday courageously defied the aggressive Keene PD, which led to her kidnapping and the subsequent arrests. Here’s the article:
Several people affiliated with the libertarian Free Keene movement were arrested in Keene’s Central Square after police responded to a report of a group of people drinking and disrobing Sunday evening, police say.
Police were called to Central Square about 6 p.m. by a passer-by who reported seeing people drinking and taking off their clothes.
When they arrived, they found Heika Courser, 26, of Richmond drinking a beer, partially undressed, while someone painted on her breasts, according to Keene police Lt. Darryl W. Madden.
Courser was charged with having an open alcohol container and resisting arrest. Jonathan E. Ray, 33, of Keene was also issued a summons for an open container.
As Courser was being put into a police cruiser, other people from the group stood in the way of the cruiser trying to pull away, Madden said.
Wesley Gilreath, 20, of Marlborough, Megan Steward, 26, whose address is listed as homeless, Richard G. Paul, 40, of Manchester and Ian “Freeman” Bernard, 29, of Keene were charged with obstructing government administration and disorderly conduct.
Bernard was also charged with resisting arrest, and Paul was charged with common law criminal contempt in connection with a previous arrest, Madden said.
Paul and Bernard were both out on bail on previous charges and are being held at the Cheshire County jail in Keene without bail.
Gilreath and Steward, who also goes by “Meg McLain,” were released on $500 personal recognizance pending an arraignment Sept. 7. Court dates for the others were not available this morning, Madden said.
After the arrests, a group of people followed the cruisers to the police station. Ray and David Dixson, 30, of Keene were issued summonses to Keene District Court for allegedly bringing open containers of alcohol into the lobby of the station, Madden said.
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24 Comments on Keene Sentinel Reports on Yesterday’s Mass Arrests
I am Spartacus Ian Freeman!
Seems like the Keene police have way too much time on their hands if this is all they have to do. Perhaps they have to many officers on staff? Why not lay off a few officers and save some money? That way peaceful people can get on with living their lives.
Sentinel is playing their old comment filtering game. Good luck getting a logical non inflammatory comment through.
Give them a few hours. They seem to review and approve comments a few times a day in big blocks.
Just go find some REAL crimnals and stop beating up the easy target’s you chickens!
Three questions:
What is the real problem here?
What is the solution?
When are you going to fix it?
(I’d fill in the answers but I dont’ want to limit free speech).
You should go to the Chesire County Jail with beer in hand, because as you already know that’s private property. I wonder how they will try to pull that off, arresting people for public drinking at a jail where people were arrested for trespassing on private property.
grrr. How can they always do half assed, misinformed, lazy reporting on everything that matters, but they go the extra mile to search out and confirm my private name.
Smeg – what’s “private” about it? I’m unsure what that means.
The comment I made on the article:
“I’m glad to hear that some people would rather use violence of the state to jail people who are doing what they want to do non-violently.
I may not agree with their actions, and I certainly don’t agree with them on everything, but I recognize that in order to be free I have to let others be free. I stand by ANYONE who wishes to be non-violent and peaceful.
How about instead of using violence against non-violent people, you act like civil human beings and ask politely for these people to keep their clothes on, quiet down, etc, etc. They are, of course, free to ignore you and continue doing what they want to do.
Why do you care what other people are doing if they aren’t hurting anyone else?”
Take a look at the Sentinel article comments made by community members. It couldn’t be more obvious that the Free Keene/Freestate participants are not wanted in Keene. You are the laughing stock of the town!
Anyone considering moving here must have some type of mental disorder.
Yes, I can see how you’d think it’s a mental disorder to love liberty if you are coming from the perspective that it’s okay to aggress against people.
It’s must seem nutso to want to live free of others forcing their way upon you and forcibly extracting your hard-earned wealth! It’s even crazier to believe something good would happen if like-minded people moved together…
Indeed Meg; why is it necessary to get legal names and addresses?
Why aren’t the cop’s addresses and full names listed as well?
@pack up and LEAVE!
Why don’t those people come get to know us at Social Sundays, 5:00PM at McCue’s instead of hiding behind terribly un-clever names?
Probably because their philosophy is based on violence and won’t stand up to five minutes of polite conversation.
Plus it’s a lot easier to be brave when you can hide behind your keyboard.
Just a small point: The “Central Square / Common”, is *NOT* a “park”. It’s a public square. A “COMMONS”, just like in “the tragedy of the commons”. In the early 1800′s, cows & horses grazed there. It’s been the site for all kinds of gatherings over the years. All kinds of protests. In some ways, it’s a throw-back to earlier times. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Keene Public Works, not Parks & Rec, does the maintenence. And, much as I love & support all you little FREE-KEENY-WEENIES, I agree that naked titties on the Common, on a Sunday afternoon, drinking beer and provoiking cops, is way too much. Do that in the Park. Yes, some good Keene Citizens DID see that little display, and were offended by it. They DID call the cops.ok?.
@Keene Native
No, not ok. And you’re corrected, because you’re wrong. That’s because you *say* that you love and support their works, yet you also call them names. This while dishonestly mumbling some absurd tripe about how that the “good” people of Keene used the force of the state to arrest peaceful people. That is the opposite of loving and supporting the activists.
One of the secrets to being an even passably effective troll is to not appear so transparently biased against those you claim as your brethren.
Nice try to muddy the waters and flip things where the good people were painted as bad and the busybodies were most falsely held out as somehow good. You failed, and miserably so. Thanks for playing as we have some lovely parting gifts for you.
Please feel free to come back when you are *really* on our side. Liberty is one of your first gifts you may claim. As gifts go, it really gains value over the years.
Please point out where he is wrong.Factually,noy his opinion.It is a bit presumtious to declare someone wrong because they have an opinion you disagree with.What he stated as a fact and asked to be corrected on was previous uses of the public square,and which department does the maintanence therof.In which aspect is he wrong.Whether he considers himself to be in support yet not approve of the latest actions is his right.
it is nice to get a glimpse of the happy world you aspire to where all that do not agree every time are derided and dismissed.Maybe we can bring back the tar and feathers.Maybe you are the troll. —bil
Officer, I conditonaly accept your offer to stop drinking beer in the park, produce identification etc. if you can produce a contract obligating me to do so.
You are acting under assuption and presuption that I am under a contract to follow statory obligations. I am not aware of any such contract and herby put you on notice to present the contract.
I am putting you on notice that under commercial law that a contract must obey 4 requirements:
terms and condtions
equal consideration
full disclosure
my signature
Do you swear, under full commercial liability, upon proof of claim that I am obligated to follow statory obligations without a valid contract?
Its all commercial law, ask to see the contract, they won’t because there is none.
CHAZ MUNRO: SIL-WY WABBIT!!!…TRIX R 4 KIDZ!…Dude, go ahead, flame- troll me all you want. “It takes one, to know one.”, & “The pot calling the kettle black.”, both come to mind. Yes, I absolutely support the FREEDOM & LIBERTY-LOVING activities of all you little FREE-KEENY-WEENIES! No, I do not support your supposed, so-called “right” to do whatever the fuck you think you want to do, anytime & place you want to do it. Was it not better to call the cops? You want I should handle it myself???…I am more than ready, willing, & able to defend MY HOME-TOWN against scum like you, Mr. “Chaz Munro”…(As if I really could take seriously some obviously pimple-faced adolescent whose Avatar shows a cartoon rabbit holding a box of sugary breakfast cereal, holding a gun??? HAH! BWA-HA-HA-HA!!!…and *YOU* want *ME* to take *YOU* seriously, CHAZ???…HA-HA-HA-HA-ha-ha-ha-ha-…..
TO: “bil”, thanks for your defense. Good job, man. So, yeah, I don’t think that the Square/Common is a City of Keene “Park” at all. If it were, it would be maintaineed by the Parks & Recreation Dept. Instead, it is maintained by the City of Keene Dept. of Public Works. Correct me if I’m wrong in saying that. And yes, talking to a local business owner,(not a downtown business now, though they were downtown years ago…), who doesn’t know about my LIBERTY-LOVING-ACTIVITIES, they told me how they had been downtown, saw what happened Sunday afternoon, and were glad the cops came. This couple doesn’t want their young kids to see people drinking beer & painting naked breasts in Central Square Common on a Sunday afternoon. Whether I agree with that or not, I do have to respect that position. Most Keene folks (that I know)agree also. Up to a point, yes, we support all you FREE-KEENY-WEENIES. Beyond that point, we call the COPS, and let them deal with it. Yes, the system sucks. Reality sucks. Deal with reality. Deal with the system. If you can do that, fine. If you can’t deal with that, too bad. Life sure sucks for you, huh? Well, at least we’ve got that brand new JAIL, run by Mr. Rick “L.-E.-A.-P.” Van Wickler…And if you want to drink beer & paint naked breasts, do it away from FAMILY EYES, in one of Keene’s many, beautiful NATURE PLACES, not Central Square on a Sunday afternoon. What’s so hard to understand about *THAT*???…
Did anybody ELSE notice that “CHAZ MUNRO” completely missed my reference to “The Tragedy of the Commons”???…”The Tragedy of the *COMMONS*”???…HELLO!?!?!?…Anybody home???…KNOCK-KNOCK???…Geez, “CHAZ MUNRO” must be out to lunch, dinner, spending the night, & breakfast in the morning…OUT THERE!!!…(Probably hiding under the kitchen table, scarfing down TRIX R 4 KIDZ!…
Not that it’s any of your business, yet you need to be corrected again, KeeneNative. I am not some “pimple-faced adolescent”, I’m old enough to remember when I had many more freedoms than I do now. I am a 48 year old man with four grandchildren.
If you want to pick on my avatar of all things, then you just got nothing, dude. You are starting to bore me.
The history of the Square in Keene is availlable in the book on Keene,in pictures.I amnot home,but will post the exact name when I get there next week.In short,it was just a large,open area that was used as a marketplace.It was NOT stolen from anyone.It was left open from the beginning.When the open market was replaced by stores,the roadway was built with the circle in the middle left as a common area.Various groups donated money for the Civil War statue and other improvements.Not that anyone cares,I guess.I also remember when I had more freedoms,I am over 50,and don’t believe violence is justified to defend any breakfast cereal,especially Trix.Maybe Coco Puffs.
—bil
not only picking on your faggoty-assed avatar, CHAZ MUNRO, no, i’m picking on YOU, too, dude!…BWA-ha-ha-ho-hum…TRIX R 4 kidz…BUT GRANPA likes ‘em, TOO!…
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