Jim Johnson’s Jury Trial for “Criminal Trespass”, aka Standing on Public Property

March 31, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Living Free, Noncooperation, Update, Video

Nearly a year after Jim Johnson was arrested with 11 others for the horrible crime of assembling for a protest on the supposedly public property of the local jail, he faced a jury trial. They found him guilty. Sentencing has yet to complete. Here’s the footage of this historic first-ever jury trial of a free stater and at the end you’ll see an interview with a juror. While the trial did not come out in Jim’s favor, it wasted an entire day of the court bureaucrats’ time and filled up 50% of their courtrooms. Any large amount of civil disobedience and refusing to plea-bargain will crush the system with a huge burden of cases. Please come join the activism in NH!

Ryder Faces Parking Ticket Trial in Keene

March 30, 2011 by Nick Ryder · 1 Comment
Filed under: Noncooperation, Video

Although the City of Keene has been known to drop several activists’ parking tickets when faced with a court date, such did not happen on Monday. Nick Ryder had a “Notice of Violation” placed on his car in October of 2010, and in March 2011, the matter was handled in Keene District Court. (Update 03-30-11) Judge Burke has found Ryder guilty, and enforced the fine of $15.

Click to view the court decision

Most everybody simply pays the low cost of a parking ticket in Keene. But not Ryder, and not many other activists such as Ian Freeman, Johnny Ray, Mark Edge, and Dale Everett, who have all resisted paying the parking fine, and were either found not guilty in court, or had the matter dropped before trial.

Here is the video from Monday’s trial:

During trial, the question came up of whether the owner of a vehicle is legally responsible for parking tickets placed on it, even if the owner was not the operator of the vehicle. According to the Keene City Code, the answer is yes:

Sec. 94-155. Owner responsibilities.
A person shall not allow, permit or suffer a vehicle registered in his name to stop, stand or park in violation of any section of this Code controlling the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles. The owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violations.
(Code 1970, § 2818.0)

Prisoner Outreach: How the Caged Can Help Advance Liberty

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Video

Lance Weber is General Counsel at the Human Rights Defense Center and he gave a presentation at this past weekend’s Agora I/O unconference called “Prisoner Outreach: How the Caged Can Help Advance Liberty”:

Jason Talley Speaks on Being the Media

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Video

Jason Talley of Talley.TV and the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund gave a presentation on being the media at this past weekend’s Agora I/O unconference:

Sovereign Curtis’ Presentation about Porcfest 2011

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Video

In this video from the recent Agora I/O unconference, Sovereign Curtis discusses the upcoming Porcupine Freedom Festival 2011:

FSP President Carla Gericke’s Presentation from Agora I/O

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Video, Your Evolution

Free State Project president Carla Gericke explains why the FSP is the solution to achieving liberty in our lifetime, in her presentation from the Agora I/O unconference:

Ademo & Pete’s Presentation about Effective Activism

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Video

Free Keene blogger Ademo V. Freeman and Pete Eyre, both also of CopBlock.org gave a presentation at the Agora I/O unconference about effective activism:

Start your own radio station!

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Economic Freedom, Video

Here’s my presentation from the first Agora I/O unconference on Pirate Radio. Start your own station and use LRN.FM‘s content 24/7, free!

WKBK’s “Talkback” Highlights 2011-03-19 & 26

March 29, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Audio, Issues

Radio Tower Here are highlights from recent episodes on Talkback on WKBK. Liberty-oriented individuals call to discuss frustration with taxes, stealing homes, the jail, spending, victimless crimes, the military, homeschooling, government school curriculum, and bad parents. A local statist calls to support government education.

Grab the archive.

Please join us for our weekly chat and calling sessions on Saturday mornings from 11a-12p. If you’re in the Keene area you can tune in to WKBK 1290 AM or 104.1 FM. The Talkback discussion thread is here on the Free Keene Forum.

Intimidation at the US Border

March 29, 2011 by Bradley Jardis · Leave a Comment
Filed under: International, Issues, Living Free, Personal Freedom, Police

It has been some time now since I have shared thoughts or experiences here on the Free Keene blog as I have been dealing with personal issues surrounding the re-organization of my life after leaving the law enforcement profession.

I have been a mere mortal for about a year and two months now and throughout that time I have often found myself reflecting on things that I miss about my former career.

Whenever I start feeling a sense of loss or regret I remind myself of the countless victimless laws I used to enforce (and the subsequent victims I created).

Remember: when the state enforces a victimless law, it creates a victim.

I recently found myself crossing from Quebec, Canada into Vermont… and I decided to not answer any of the questions that the US Customs and Border Protection agents grilled me on. Here’s both what happened to me and some information to arm yourself with when dealing with the very dangerous federal government.