Heika Arrested for Using Megaphone

July 27, 2010 by Ian
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Update, Video

I arrived on-scene as Heika was being loaded up into a KPD cruiser. Her crime? “Free” speech over a megaphone. We were kicked out of the court earlier by the robed man because a bunch of activists stood for Rich Paul when he was called. It was because we were kicked out of court that Monica went to get the megaphone – I had run home at this time to make a phone call I was late for, and when I returned, Heika was being arrested for “disorderly conduct”. According to witnesses, Heika was not on the megaphone when police arrived. They didn’t give her a warning that she was being “disorderly” – they just came up and arrested her. They are calling it a bail violation, so she’s in jail at least for the night and the arraignment is expected for tomorrow. Hopefully she won’t lose her job.

Please move to Keene and help us end this madness!

Paul

This might be worth lawyering up for … looks like clear 1st amendment abuse.
open_kontainer

Q: Do you want to be charged with a felony?

A: Yes, absolutely. That sounds fantastic.
Bradley Jardis

This might be worth lawyering up for … looks like clear 1st amendment abuse.

Fighting this one in the system won't work, I don't think.

Chances are they're charging she disrupted the orderly flow of business in a government building.

You can probably call the judge as a witness though

I dispute the constitutionality of a judge clearing the courtroom for the act of standing.
Rocky Eades

Hell, they get you if you stand when they think you shouldn't and they get you if you don't stand when they think you should!
SuJin

Oy… The stuff that has gone on since I have been in Lebanon. 30 days for rattling chains and being arrested for free speech. Wishing you all the best.

BTW, was Burke the judge this morning? Because that would explain it all!
Loudness

The funny part was that you hear a LOUD lawnmower in the background the whole time. Of course you would need a megaphone to be heard.
Larry The Dwarf

I bet the charges will be dropped. They probably just arrested her to shut her up for the day. It's not like there will be any consequences for kidnapping her for a night.
http://thinkingliberty.net bile

While the arrest and charge are bogus (not proportional to the claimed offense) the request to stop using the bullhorn is not anything to oppose IMO. Sound can certainly be considered a pollutant. It's transient and not likely to result in long term property damage but fundamentally only a difference of degrees from any other pollutant. The freedom of speech even on government owned property ends where someone else's private property begins just as if it was originating on private land.
http://dailyanarchist.com Seth

I love what Rich Paul and Heika are doing. But bullhorns are bullshit. I, for one, won't be attending any mass demonstrations where bullhorns are being used for the simple reason that they are annoying. I don't know if there is any private property in the vicinity of where Heika was making noise today, but if there were, then a complaint is justified in my opinion. And I do agree with the statement above. Noise can be a pollutant.
http://thinkingliberty.net bile

Seth, I agree. I find bullhorns abrasive and based on my observations the general public feels the same way. Therefore it seems like a poor strategy for outreach regardless of the property implications. As Varrin did well in his letter to the editor, it should be pointed out that so called public property has major issues, however we should be acting on that public property not too different from if it were private property.
Paul

True, it could be pollution of private property, if it were loud enough.
http://freetalklive.com/ Ian Freeman

The complaint about the megaphone came from the robed man.
BLOCKEDCOP

Just because Peloquin CAN fly it solo, doesn't mean things wouldn't have gone smoother if he'd had a dedicated wingman. But sending HOTHEADdeskjockey Rivera out in a suit to spout FELONY threats is like tossing gasoline on a fire…Field Captain must be BROWN-nosing again…Maybe KPD forgot to feed their CI's again…CONGRESS INSISTS on better action, kids…Uncle Sam is WATCHING you!…EITHER McLauglin coulda' done better…If you're charging felony, it's going County, anyway…anyway…anyway…
Bradley Jardis

The complaint about the megaphone came from the robed man.

Well, it sounds like he surely will be a witness in the criminal case.

I think that judges probably can find someone with a megaphone in common law criminal contempt for disrupting judicial proceedings… even if the disruption is made outside of the courtroom. As this sounds like a case brought by the state of violation of a criminal law… the judge is the complaining victim.

Lance/Andrew…. any thoughts on that?
Bradley Jardis

Just because Peloquin CAN fly it solo, doesn’t mean things wouldn’t have gone smoother if he’d had a dedicated wingman. But sending HOTHEADdeskjockey Rivera out in a suit to spout FELONY threats is like tossing gasoline on a fire…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj28soFeGl8
Green-eye-guy

"The complaint about the megaphone came from the robed man." <-Can that be confirmed, or are they playing another game of "Let's get Mikey to eat it! He'll eat *ANYTHING*"???…Their usual MO is when Rivera screws the pooch, *AGAIN*, they just toss it back in ROBEDMAN's lap, & he screams *CONTEMPT*…Hard to *APPEAL* a "contempt" ruling…Since Burke has been in bench, "Contempt" has mushroomed in the Court reports…Veteran Court Reporters know that the less competent a judge is, the faster, & more often, will they scream, "Contempt!"…Burke couldn't hold Court proper in the Bar, if YOU bought HIM drinks…it's why my court motto is NEVER AGAIN! As for putting out fire with gasoline: FUCK YOU, BURKE! at least Lane, jr., has *SOME* judicial temperment, even if he's a sloppier dresser…(I hate bullhorns, too, but still…..c'est la vie…When Talbot was on the bench, at least he kept court running smoothly. We should have more judges like Talbot. Um, I mean MORE JUDGES SHOULD BE LIKE TALBOT, not, "we should have more judges…"whatever…Wanna hear about "Cat" Ballou, & the Sheriff's Deputy? Cat broke Deputy Dawg's nose, while in full shackles…see why jail is called "crime-school"….~"Dean" Van wickler*grin*…
http://webryders.net Nick Ryder

I don't understand. Megaphones are legal as far as I knew.
Jay

> Sound can certainly be considered a pollutant. It’s transient and not likely to result in long term property damage but fundamentally only a difference of degrees from any other pollutant.

I know they annoy the shit out of me when I'm at a "celebration/protest".

Sure, go ahead…you think you have the right to be annoying…I get it. A little tact can't hurt, though.
bigScrotum

For a hundred dollars or less, a city permit to pedal ice-cream in a truck, could be had. OK, with insurance and the rest of it, maybe a few grand. Park the thing all day, everyday in front of the courthouse, playing that god awful Da-Da—Da, Da …. music. Maintain perfect legality. Nice clubhouse, sell ice-cream. Keep warm for 4-20. Munchies! Topless Tuesdays well into the Autumn. Money on the side. In January, the density of cold dense air allows the sound to travel far and wide.

It's win-win, although the robed man might wish for a megaphone.
Wes Sayville

Is Peloquin the Keene police officer? Who is Talbot and Rivera?

What does "Field Captain must be BROWN-nosing again mean"?

What There are field captains?

What does "Uncle Sam is WATCHING you! mean?

Who is " McLauglin and?" The name just seems to appear here, seemingly out of nowhere.

really sorry everyone… getting lost trying to understand all these names that i have not seen before. Actually, trying to understand most of these comments is very frustrating as they seem to imply some knowledge that most of s simply don't comprehend unless we live locally. .—-Wes

PS. are megaphones legal in NH?
KEENENATIVE

Lemme see, Mr. Wes Sayville, if I can answer your questions. The poster above, "Green-eye-guy", is prolly Freddie Parsells, a wanna-be LO-CAL-EO who thinks he's God. He prolly meant "Field Operations Captain", who is the Supervisor below Meola level responsible for herding cats. "BROWN-nosing" prolly is a reference to what happens when your loyalty and years of service are ignored at Promotion Time, and HIGHER POWERS steal your thunder. As for the "Uncle Sam is watching"…part, look up "U.S.Blues", on youtube.com, by the Grateful Dead. That should explain that. "McLauglin" is a short Scotch-on-the-rocks-Irish Whiskey drink sung to the tune of "Danny Boy" in a tubthumping chumbawumba beat. John, and the ether, isn't really "nowhere". It is synonymous with "void", or "GREAT VOID", from whence all of Creation arises. OOPS! I missed your first line of questioning. Yes, Keene Native Timothy Peloquin, a near-retirement Veteran street-walker/beat-walker is the star of the video. He's good enough to do the work of 3 or 4 cops all by himself, which partially explains his size, but doesn't explain why the City Council makes his paycheck about 1/2 or even less the size it SHOULD be. "Talbot" must mean retired judge Richard Talbot, who was an amazingly competent and fair jurist. Talbot always ran a smooth courtroom, but "Burke-the-jerk" just wouldn't follow master Talbot, which mostly explains why "Keene District Court" went down the toilet faster than yesterdays beans & corn. That should answer your questions. If I left anybody out, they aren't worth mentioning. Some shit just stinks too much to talk about. P.S.: Megaphones aren't illegal in NH, same as guns. But assaulting flesh or sensibilities with bullets or bullhorns CAN be charged as a crime. Unless one has a speech disability, and requires the reasonable accomodation of a bullhorn to be heard. OK? P.P.S.: How are things where you live globally???…C'mon, I answered YOUR questions!…
Wadadcker

With the amount of arrest, you will all be lucky if you get get a job at McDonalds. You are eventually going to have to live off the porcfest donations… I for one would never hire you with the BS backgrounds you now all have.

Yeah PD, keep caging the idots!
Victor

Me personally, the bullhorn is only apprieciated by the person speaking. It is obnoxious and more often then not, angers the average person.

Thus missing the message.
someone

I hope she loses her job! grow up people you are a disrespectful group that is annoying this town. you aren't a peaceful group you disrupt everyone and push all limits. go find a new town to piss off.
open_kontainer

Is there any more info about the arrest of the whole courtroom audience for standing for Rich Paul? Was the court only cleared, or were people arrested for contempt? I've read conflicting statements on the web. Thanks.
emshell

Glad heika got arrested. she used to be a cool girl. Before she was brain washed by you fools that is. Now she is a low life like all of you. I love how you all say you are PEACEful…yea ok…all you do is disrupt our town. hmm lets break laws and then complain about getting arrested…clearly you are all super smart individuals…nope not so much…grow up and try changing the laws a different way. Heika quit hoeing urself out to these guys. they only like u cuz u show ur boobs and were easily brain washed!

END
Bradley Jardis

Glad heika got arrested. she used to be a cool girl. Before she was brain washed by you fools that is.

Like Heika, I suppose you can say that I've been "brainwashed" by these "fools." I am now one of them.

I'd actually call what I've (and Heika) learned is reverse brainwashing. The things that I, you, and Heika were taught in school about how the government operates traded away our individual moral compasses for the decisions of the majority.

What Heika is doing (and what I am doing) is standing up to the same corrupt system that enacted chattel slavery, enforced Jim Crow laws, and currently sends countless human beings to be caged like animals for doing trivial things that don't harm anyone else.

Emshell, do you realize that the way you are responding to someone putting their freedom on the line to combat the depredations of the state is the same way that many people before you have responded towards people who advocate less tyranny and more freedom?

Please ask yourself if you would have calling the protesters in the civil-rights era "brain washed fools" for daring stand up to the leviathan that does so much damage?

I am sure there are dozens of police officers working today that, when asked, say they NEVER would have enforced laws that prevented black people from drinking out of white water fountains… or laws that allowed other human beings to own someone simply because their skin was pigmented.

The funny thing is… these people (and possibly you) who claim that they would have neither supported or enforced the tyranny of the past are the PRECISE people who would have. How do I know this? Because these people (you…) are doing the same thing NOW.

Were I a police officer back in the 1960's I never would have enforced the sick Jim Crow laws. Were I a federal agent back in the 1800's I never would have enforced the sick slave laws. How do I know this?

Because I refuse to enforce the sick tyrannical laws of today.

I truly hope you can understand this logic.

Bradley
Quinten

How come we don't see the great one himself, Bradley Jardis (former police officer) turned ultimate FK peacekeeper out in Keene supporting "the cause" and the rights of all peacekeepers?

I am sure he understands how uncomfortable it would be to be that vulnerable, and I bet there are many so called servants waiting, anticipating to cage you, and place your butt in GP…

Oh thats right, your above the law….
Bradley Jardis

How come we don’t see the great one himself, Bradley Jardis (former police officer) turned ultimate FK peacekeeper out in Keene supporting “the cause” and the rights of all peacekeepers?

Wow, I'm the great one? You're too flattering.

I don't live in Keene and haven't been able to do much other than contribute by writing right now. I'm dealing with some pretty awful health issues right now. Google "effexor withdrawal" if you're interested… if you're capable of having understanding or compassion for a human being that is having a hard time.

I'd like to do more. Right now I can't.

I am sure he understands how uncomfortable it would be to be that vulnerable, and I bet there are many so called servants waiting, anticipating to cage you, and place your butt in GP…

Oh thats right, your above the law….

To be honest with you, I've thought a lot about being in jail. If I end up there hopefully you'd realize that I'd be there because I wanted to be. I'm not afraid of being in "GP" … for if I was, I'd be honest with everyone there about my past, apologize for what I've done, and try to help people understand how I've traded in my free-pass on using violence on peaceful people for the harder road of trying to stop violence.

Would I get hurt? Maybe. I've hurt quite a few people after eleven years in law enforcment… and I'm a believer in Karma.

How am I possibly above the law????
.50cal quals

Yeah, how DO they operate above the LAW???…I think the CIA has a KARMA Distortion Device. I heard sum BOO-DISSTS were workin' on dat? C'mon! What!?
BLOCKEDCOP

CORRECTION: Timothy Peloquin is the photogenic KPD cop in the video still. I can't recognize the cop in the background. "Perimeter Security" IS NOT either "sidekickin'", or "wingman"…I keep telling you guys! KPD, & cops in general, only THINK they are well-trained. If they are so well trained, why is their best "back-up option" ALWAYS an ARREST???…
Mrs. Jenny Jardis

BRADLEY ALOYISIOUS JARDIS! GET OFF THAT DAMN COMPUTER RIGHT NOW! I TOLD YOU 10 TIMES I NEED MILK, EGGS, & BUTTER FROM THE CORNER STORE! I'M BAKING COPCAKES! WASH YOUR HANDS AND SET THE TABLE! YOU'RE NOT SURFING PORNO ONLINE AGAIN, ARE YOU? OI VEY!
BLOCKEDCOP

i really don't think a serious-sounding accusation of Heika "hoeing herself out" is at all appropriate, "emshell"…don't ever let us meet in meatspace, asswipe.] i lack the impulse control of all these non-violent-types.] and, i actually care about real people.}SEMPER FIDELIS MORBIDUS]
bil

.50 cal quals-you spelled your name wrong-it is quads! Though it may have been your mother. Bradley-sorry to hear about hte problem-while effexor is also known as no-effexor,it does cause a lot of problems until it is out of your system,and until it is ,you can't figure out the next step.Glad to see your mother is on here checking up on you. ???? This place will cause strange symptoms,too.Speaking of mis-spellings,the word is ho'ing,as in 'She went out ho'ing last Friday' Hoeing is an honorable profession practiced by farmers and gardeners,though I guess ho's could do it,if they weren't sleeping late. —bil
emshall

im a girl…what you gonna do mr marine…
bil

OOOHH-BURN!!!
Bradley Jardis

Bradley-sorry to hear about hte problem-while effexor is also known as no-effexor,it does cause a lot of problems until it is out of your system,and until it is ,you can't figure out the next step.

Thanks man

When I decided to quit my career I decided to quit being a slave to Wyleth Labs. The result of my deciding to stop taking "legal" drugs and become drug free????

Absolute hell…. and a brief 5 day hospitalization.

These drugs are awful I'm struggling, but I'm making progress.

Were I in better health, I'd probably be IN Keene
Keith

The Union Leader article on her release is very fair. I added a slight correction in the comments section.

Article: http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=…

My correction was that neither Heika nor Rich are Free Keene members and then I linked to Free Keene, http://freekeene.com/bloggers/
KEENENATIVE

YO!, bil! ..I dunno, bil, but i read it as ".50 cal quals", as in "qualifying", but maybe he WAS talking about his(her???…) leg muscles???…WTF?, who really cares? One big SOLAR EMP, & we can all go back to pen & paper…Where is "EMS Hall"???…did I miss something???……and doesn't this all get tossed back over top the FORUM, is we exceed 50 posts???…is we???…~keenenative~.