During a DUI checkpoint in 2013, Cop Block Radio‘s Eric Freerock was arrested for “Disobeying an Officer”, which translates to not showing his ID fast enough. It was his first arrest and this was his first trial. Unfortunately he doesn’t challenge the main claim against him, that he “refused” to show ID, which he did not, he simply returned the officer’s request with some questions, and was promptly arrested. Sadly, there is no video of their interaction, though I’ll link to other video of the checkpoint below. Here’s the full trial video from Keene district court – it’s also the first activist trial in the fancy new courthouse:
At the end, I confront a confused state trooper, “Jerome” over his threatening of me during the same DUI checkpoint when I attempted to exit a vehicle as a passenger.
The majority was wrong about cannabis and they continue to be wrong about many other things as well. One mind at a time.
“Man on the street” interviews are NOT measures of majority opinion; they are a chance for a reporter to present whatever opinion they choose. You can pick any wacked-out anti-social position on any issue, and given enough time I can find someone on the street who supports it. Then I’ve got a news package, and the brain-dead viewers who still watch TV “news” will believe that’s what “the majority” believes. It’s highly deceptive and not journalism. That said, the real problem with what PabloKOh wrote, is that he apparently has bought into the fraudulent idea that minority rights should be… Read more »