Drive through Massachusetts, lose your 4th amendment rights

March 28, 2011 by Skeptikos · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Personal Freedom, Police

It’s not just Pete and Ademo— Massachusetts cops seem to be serial lawbreakers.

When driving to Smith College today to see heroic Afghan politician Malalai Joya, I was pulled over in Deerfield, Massachusetts, a few miles south of Greenfield. (Why? Who knows.)

I received a ticket for having an out-of-date registration and had my car towed.

Fair enough. That’s the law in Massachusetts, and my registration expired back in ’09. I knew the risks of driving my car. (If you were wondering, I’m not intentionally engaging in car registration civil disobedience— the lapse was the result of procrastination, some confusion about the law [much harsher than Texan laws], and coordination problems with my mom [the car's in her name]. If it weren’t for a minor paperwork delay during the last week, I might actually have had it registered by today.)

But that didn’t satisfy the officer. He went on to interrogate me about drugs in my car. I laughed and answered no, I don’t have any. In light of my personality, and the nature of the traffic stop, it was hard not to laugh. It was an absurd leap. He asked again, and I denied again, still chuckling. (He didn’t seem to appreciate the absurdity of his questions.)

He did a real-life version of “no srsly”— and you should be honest with me because even if you aren’t, I’ll search your car and find your drugs. I did a real-life version of “no fer realz”— and, by the way, don’t you need some kind of probable cause to do that? Read more

Will Greenfield, MA Bureaucrats Make Right to Pete Eyre & Ademo?

March 28, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Copwatch, Corruption, Personal Freedom, Police, Update, Video

Ademo and Pete from CopBlock have released a detailed video chronicling their harassment and arrest for “wiretapping” for using video cameras in a public place in Greenfield, MA. More detail is at Copblock.org/Greenfield

Welcome to our Newest Blogger, Lyndz “AnarchoMama” Stevens!

March 26, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Announcement, Introduction

Free Keene welcomes our newest blogger, Lyndz “AnarchoMama” Stevens! She is an experienced blogger who is very into Unschooling and is also a member of the Monadnock Families for Liberty. To learn about our other bloggers, please visit our bloggers page. Here’s her bio:

Lyndz Stevens (“AnarchoMama”) – Lyndz Stevens (along with her partner and their two year old son) moved from Hawaii to New Hampshire as a member of the free-state project in February 2011. She was brought up, as most children are, to respect the State and accept its existence as a necessity. It took the birth of her son in December 2008 to truly open her eyes to the brutality of life under a government. These days, she believes that men are good in nature and fully capable of existing in a world based upon voluntary action. She believes that government of any form infringes upon the inherent nature of freedom, and hopes that her own child might someday live in a world where he is truly FREE.

Stossel Focuses on the Free State Project

March 25, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: National, Video

The Free State Project just got a nice injection of free publicity from John Stossel:

New Chat Room!

March 25, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Announcement

Now, for your convenience, the Free Keene chat room has been transformed into a Facebook chat and is now accessible from every page of this site! Just look in the right column of each page. Or, if you’d prefer to chat in a wider format, please just visit the dedicated chat page at Chat.FreeKeene.com. Enjoy! Thanks to George Donnelly and Michael Hampton for the idea and implementation.

The New “Escape to Keene” Postcard!

March 24, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Announcement, Outreach

Escape to Keene! Soon to become real – the new “Escape to Keene” postcard! Thanks to Johnson Rice for the excellent graphic design work and to Michael from the Tenth Amendment Center for offering to distribute them for free at the upcoming “Nullify Now!” conferences. These will also be appearing at Porcfest 2011. Here it is:
http://freekeene.com/files/escape6x9.pdf
http://freekeene.com/files/escape6x9-back.pdf

More from “Nullify Now!” in Manchester

March 23, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Video

Video of speakers and protestors, courtesy of Liberty on Tour:

Testing

March 23, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Announcement

We have had a problem where clicking the “Like” button on an article would result in Facebook attaching one of our advertisers’ banners to the facebook post. Now, hopefully clicking like will attach the FK square banner.

Also, you can now “like” our articles from the front page of the site!

Free Keene Sponsors “Agora I/O”, The First Agorist Unconference

March 23, 2011 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Announcement

Free Keene is sponsoring the Peaceful Evolution channel for this weekend’s exciting Agora I/O, The Agorist Unconference, which you can attend online for free! Actually, we’re the prime sponsor of the entire event!

There are a BUNCH of speakers you won’t want to miss, and even if you do, they are all recorded so you can watch later at your convenience. I will be speaking on Saturday at 4pm on the subject of Pirate Radio. Enjoy the conference!