by Ian | Mar 19, 2014 |
Amanda Billyrock took a plea to “Disobeying an officer” (the other charges were dropped) in Laconia district court earlier this week and many have been wondering what motivated her. Turns out, she was under duress as she explains in this Facebook post:
Why I plead guilty to “disobeying”: I don’t have time to make a video right now, so a post will have to do. Monday morning, I was ready for a trial. We walked into the Laconia court house, and my attorney Seth Hipple asked to speak to me. He informed me that prosecutor Jim Sawyer had contacted him that morning and said he believed I had given false information on the bail paperwork I filled out in jail and that he intended to charge me with perjury.
What would this have meant? Regardless of the outcome of Monday’s trial, it would have meant ANOTHER trial and – because my attorney was at the jail when I was doing paperwork – I would have to hire ANOTHER lawyer. Jim Sawyer was willing to stop the additional assault if I would pay $100 and admit to committing the horrendous crime of not obeying orders shouted by a jackboot in the street.
So I had a choice – more hours of my life to the state and fistfuls of money to another lawyer, or leaving a situation that had just taken a very bad turn. (more…)
by Ian | Jan 11, 2014 |
The Laconia police prosecutor has dropped the DUI and drug possession charges, meaning Amanda Billyrock is now only facing class B misdemeanors. Here’s her post from her Facebook page where she announces the news:
UPDATE on the false crusade against me by a few individuals who call themselves “the state of New Hampshire”:
1) The “possession of controlled substances” charge has been DROPPED. That accusation was truly embarrassing on the part of Michael Armstrong.
2) The DUI charge has been DROPPED. Oh yeah. . . that’s because I WASN’T DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. (more…)
by Ian | Jan 3, 2014 |
Amanda Billyrock discusses in a new video how her various victimless criminal charges were brought against her and what it was like being held in the Laconia jail:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6pB3iV8l1E
by Ian | Dec 18, 2013 |
My favorite part is where they describe Derrick J Freeman as an “anchorman”, in this very amusing mainstream media “investigation” by the Laconia Sun into Amanda Billyrock’s recent arrest. It’s titled:
LACONIA — A self-proclaimed anarchist associated with the Free State Project spent Friday night in the Belknap County House of Corrections after refusing to cooperate with a police officer who stopped her after she allegedly ran a red light.
According to Laconia police logs, Amanda “Billyrock” Johnson, 27, of 105 Windsong Ave. in Manchester is charged with one count of disobeying an officer, one count of resisting arrest, one count of transporting alcoholic beverages (for allegedly having an open container containing alcohol in her car), driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and possession of controlled drugs.
Johnson allegedly refused to tell police her name or cooperate with the police.
For the next 12 hours, Internet sites associated with the Free State project and other libertarian causes buzzed with tales of Johnson’s “kidnapping” by the Laconia Police and subsequent “caging” at the Belknap County House of Corrections — where she was taken after she allegedly refused the services of a bail commissioner. Readers of the sites were urged to call the county jail in protest. (more…)
Amanda Billyrock took a plea to “Disobeying an officer” (the other charges were dropped) in Laconia district court earlier this week and many have been wondering what motivated her. Turns out, she was under duress as she explains in this Facebook post:
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