Questions on Recording Police
A carrer police officer in Texas has some questions about recording the police.
Apparently there has been some Internet kerfuffle involving officers being videotaped by citizens. Seems some officers get their Hanes all up in a half-hitch about it — to the point of pulling some truly feather-legged stunts.
Why?
And I’m asking that question of both sides, by-the-by.
Head over and help him figure it out.
BREAKING NEWS: Jason Talley Arrested
Jason Talley of talley.tv has been arrested at the Keene Superior court for bringing in a video camera
Via Keene411
Talley arrested, dragged away by the handcuffs in superior courthouse for waking through to window with a filming device
Filming public officials in public is a first amendment right. See Glik v. Commonwealth of MA
Voluntary Alternatives: Pollution
Pollution seems like an insurmountable problem for a stateless society. After all, without government regulation, who will prevent companies from dumping toxic waste everywhere? This overlooks the fact that a company has a strict liability for damage it causes, even through it’s dumping practices. This liability is something that the company itself, as well as its insurance provider will want to control. And because all property is privately owned, there will always be a damaged party from indiscriminate dumping. Read more
A Modest Proposal
I was in Central Square today for Free Speech Fridays, and while I was there I noticed that the gazebo is starting to look battered, the grass is patchy, and a serious mud hole, that may even present a safety risk to pedestrians, is to be found around the water fountain. Because of these problems, I took up the microphone an proposed that the activists, who are the primary users of Central Square in terms of time present, make an effort to repair the wear and tear the facilities have sustained. This will not only provide a better facility for the activists whom use the square the most, but also for all members of the public.
To accomplish this, we’re going to need paint, brushes, and other tools. If we wish to repair the ground cover, seed of some variety will be needed, and the effort will be impossible without volunteers. To that end, I will be attending the 4:20 rallies every weekday over the next 2-3 weeks to collect any funds anybody may wish to contribute, as well as any equipment that anyone may wish to donate for our use. I have also created a Facebook event, to be held in Central Square on Wednesday, September 14 at 4:00pm to discuss plans for making repairs.
An action like this is not without risks. Two years ago, another activist was arrested for attempting to create a public garden in Central Square. Arrests relating to this are also possible. The work done, if not done well, may cause bad publicity. And of course there is the chance that agents of the city council may choose to strip and repaint after our work is done, even if no arrests are made. I’m willing to take that risk.
Anybody who is interested is of course welcome to come out to Central Square on Wednesday to help plan. I’ll see you there.
Aggression Disrupts Free Speech Fridays
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Copblock, Copwatch, Free Press, Living Free, Thuggery
Today in Keene’s Central square, beginning at 4:00, a weekly event known as Free Speech Fridays was held. The idea behind the event is to provide an open microphone for the people of Keene to come out and speak to the general public. This is the third such event to be held in Keene’s Central Square, and so far it has been a success. Unfortunately, it’s not without its bumps in the road.
At approximately 5:00PM two individuals wearing blue outfits with small pieces of metal on them, carrying large firearms approached the gazebo in Central Square. The demanded in the name of some person calling themselves ‘The City’, who at this time is unidentified, that the persons gathered in Central Square cease using the publicly available power outlets due to a lack of a ‘permit’. After some questioning, these two individuals, against the requests of the owner of the PA system set up for Free Speech Fridays, unplugged it. After some further discussion between the attendees and the aggressive individuals, the aggressors left the are. An unknown individual then restored power to the PA System and Free Speech Fridays continued.
The aggressive individuals did not further harass any attendees. Talley.TV was there, and will post video later.
Voluntary Alternatives: Education. Home/Un-School
Continuing our look at education in a stateless society, lets examine homeschooling and unschooling. Because of the similarities between the two, I’m going to present both in this post, rather than repeat myself. Both home and unschooling are very student driven, giving focus to each individual students needs. The parents, who will act as instructors, are very involved in the child’s education, which is more difficult when the children are sent to an outside school. Home/Un-schooling also has an incredibly low cost.
Voluntary Alternatives: Education. Private Schools
Let’s take a closer look at the options available in a voluntary society. We’ll start with private schools. For the purpose of this essay, I’m going to assume that the current standard of a single teacher teaching a class of 30 students in a building containing multiple classrooms is the market chosen system. It may or may not in fact be what the market comes up with, and we can’t know what that actually is until we have a market in education.
Voluntary Alternatives: Education
Lets take a look at how various state services may be provided in the absence of government. Education, Roads, Protection, Courts, pollution control, and many other services currently monopolised by the state can not only be provided by the private market, the will be more affordable, less intrusive, and respond to customer needs faster. Education is often a service that people just can’t seem to imagine without the state. But as I hope to demonstrate, the private market can, and will, provide, if only the state got out of the way.
Update: Man Self Immolates, Possible Relation to Family Court
From Anitjingoist at Apathy Online
Someone lit themselves on fire outside the Cheshire County Superior Court yesterday, in Keene, NH. On the police scanner, the KPD mentioned finding a car nearby that could have been his, registered to a Thomas Ball in Massachusetts. A Thomas Ball, from Massachusetts was involved in a court case around 2007: “Thomas Ball v Monadnock Family Services” A Thomas Ball from Mass. Also signed an online petition here: http://bit.ly/lykCr0, where he states:
The authorities are forcing parents to choice between the loyalty to their families and the loyalty to our government. The government will lose this type of contest.
It is likely that Thomas Ball lost this court case and felt it was an extreme injustice, especially if it involved his children and possibly loosing custody of them.
UPDATE: There is a facebook group scheduled to be archived that was created to provide “Help for men, and women, arrested for domestic violence. Shared parenting for divorced parents.” It is admin’d by a Thomas Ball, whose profile is here: Thomas Ball.
He also appears to have run a website: http://jimbrownprinciple.com which is the only reference to the case “Thomas Ball v. Monadnock Family Services” but is no longer online.
UPDATE 2: Thomas’ Ball’s story about Monadnock Family Services (PDF) (Google Cache Link)
Mr. Ball also sent a last statement to the Keene Sentinal
Keene Police Accept Shire ID
Back in February, as I was walking to a job interview, I found a gold bracelet on the sidewalk. Not being a jeweler, I took it to a nearby pawn shop to be evaluated. I assumed it to be a relatively cheap piece, as it had clearly broken off of somebody’s wrist. I was quite surprised to find out that I had a valuable piece of jewelry on my hands and, at the recommendation of the pawnbroker, I took the bracelet to KPD to turn in as lost property. Not my first choice of organizations to use, but currently the one that the original owner is most likely to talk to. I received a receipt for the property and was told I would be contacted.
Thursday I received a postcard informing me that the property was unclaimed, and that I should make an appointment to pick it up. Friday, I did so, and was informed that I would need “an ID we can make a copy of”. Having become involved with several media organizations, including Free Keene, and Free Talk Live, over the last several months, I had made a Press ID card, similar to the one pictured. I decided to try to use that as my ID in my dealings with KPD today. I was shocked when the Evidence secretary took the ID card as valid without even a question as to its origin. I have previously used this card when ID’d to enter a local bar without incident. These are high quality cards that may be useful in a variety of situations where you don’t wish to use state ID. It should be clearly stated that the ID I presented contained valid identifying and contact information.
If you would like a similar ID card you can make your own at EasyIDCARD.com.
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