Anti-BEARCAT Update: Meeting Today & New Song

February 12, 2012 by talleytv · 14 Comments
Filed under: Laugh at the Aggressors, Outreach

There will be an Anti-BEARCAT meeting today at Colony Mills Food Court at 3PM. More details on Facebook (and while you’re there, please like Thanks But No Tanks).

After the over-capacity BEARCAT meeting last Thursday at Keene City Hall, the community has been organizing to stop the city from accepting what current Keene Mayor Kendall Lane called a tank. Weapons manufacturer LENCO tells us that BEARCAT stands for Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck which doesn’t sound any less terrifying than “Tank.” Especially in the hands of a police department that has proven it’s willingness to initiate violence against our peaceful friends and neighbors.

Please join us to oppose the further militarization of the local police department. The website thanksbutnotanks.com has been launched in addition to the comprehensive overview of Keene’s unprecedented Anti-BEARCAT campaign here on FreeKeene.com. Former Keeniac Sam A. Robrin even penned the following song after being inspired by the local resistance. It’s to to the tune of ”Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night. It’s called, what else, but… Read more

Desperate LENCO Pulls BEARCAT Promo Video Offline!

February 8, 2012 by Ian · 9 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Corruption, Issues, Laugh at the Aggressors, National, Police, Update, Video

Sign the online petition to keep Keene Bearcat-free!

LENCO has pulled their BEARCAT promotional video offline completely. In the video, militaristic cops fire weapons, release gas into a home, and do other maneuvers that prove this product is NOT marketed as a rescue vehicle, all to an AC/DC soundtrack.

Isn’t it interesting that LENCO decided to pull the video offline this week? Do you think they’ve ever experienced pushback from a community like they have from Keene? They REALLY don’t want the city council to see this.

Luckily, it appears a helpful individual had the forethought to rip the video before they could pull it. So, perhaps you know someone who would like to upload this video to Youtube, Metacafe, or Liveleak? Here it is in MP4 form.

This is the video LENCO doesn’t want you or the city council to see. If you find a link to it on a video sharing site like the above-mentioned, please let me know so I can post it here.

UPDATE: Copblock has uploaded a copy to their Youtube.

Don’t Stop Recording: Cameraman Threatened with Arrest

January 30, 2012 by Ian · 35 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, Personal Freedom, Police, Shire Society, Update, Video

Nemi is pulled over on the way back from Concord by a statie for her outdated inspection sticker. The statie attempts what is becoming a common intimidation tactic: claiming to a cameraman he’ll be arrested if recording continues. I continue anyway and he backs down from the threat, just like happened to Ademo and Luthor & Derrick recently in other incidents.

Don’t Stop Recording: Meet James Brown

January 27, 2012 by Ian · 52 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Free Concord, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, Noncooperation, Police, Update, Video

Back in 2010, on a visit to the NH Attorney Genital’s office, we met “investigator” Dick Tracy. More recently, Copblock’s Ademo and I were in the area so we dropped in again with some more questions, this time meeting “investigator” James Brown. Neither man was interested in speaking on the record and Brown attempted to intimidate us into not recording. We did not stop. Here’s what happened:

Remember, it is supposed to be your right to record government bureaucrats in public places. Though, we know they don’t care about what your rights are, so there’s always a chance you could be aggressed against and caged. Sometimes it can be scary when they threaten you, but if you have backup also willing to not back down, your odds of walking away without being caged increase.

Just say NO – to demands you quit recording them.

Radio Free Keene News – 2012-01-14

January 14, 2012 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Audio, Copblock, Corruption, Hypocrisy, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, National, News, Personal Freedom, Politics, Radio News

Radio Tower Radio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as a podcast and also will air at the top of some hours on LRN.FM.

You can download the edition for this week here. Topics covered include the success of Ron Paul and the crashing of campaign events for Santorum and Huntsman.

You can add Radio Free Keene News to your podcast client via this RSS feed.

Out of Control Deputies & Bailiffs in Cheshire County

January 13, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 15 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Court, Laugh at the Aggressors, Police, Shire Choir, Thuggery, Video

On December 21st, 2011 Bob Tebo, a bailiff at Cheshire Co. superior court in Keene, NH aggressively arrested two individuals who chose to remain seated when a man wearing a black robe entered the room. One of the two arrested was dragged across the courtroom floor by his handcuffs.

As cameras are “banned” from supposedly “pubic hearings” per a signed order from Edwin Kelly, the sole footage of this latest example of double-standards is possessed by the bailiffs and those employed at the Cheshire Co. Sheriff’s Department (which has their office in the court building).

Kelly has stonewalled inquiries that seek to uncover his motivations for implementing the draconian camera ban. And despite requests, the footage from Tebo’s latest incident has yet to be provided and complaints made against him remain “under investigation.” It’s probably not a stretch to guess that that’ll go no where. And why would it? When there’s no competition there’s no reason to even attempt good “customer service.”

The Most Least Important Primary

January 12, 2012 by Free Concord · 3 Comments
Filed under: Democrats, Free Concord, Laugh at the Aggressors, National, New Hampshire, News, Politics, Ron Paul

So passed another ubiquitous presidential primary season. The evolution of social media in advancing involvement, as well as disruption and protest in the weeks leading up to the primary was increasingly evident. Whether it was Occupy New Hampshire, undercover Ron Paul supporters, or independent and creative anarchists, the 2012 primary election bloomed into a renaissance for political satire in the granite state. Independent media continues to release intriguing videos and stories from the quadrennial festivity.

One especially overlooked aspect of any primary election is when, like this year, one side of the political divide is a no-contest. Few were shocked that Barack Obama emerged as the highest vote recipient for those who selected the blue-bannered ballot during Tuesday’s primary. The incumbent president was listed among 13 other contenders for the democratic party’s nomination. This ballot is notable for being shorter than its opposition by 20 names. Aside from the potential provided by the write-in slot, the only other candidate who stood for radical change on the roster was Vermin Supreme. His campaign represented what could have been the most honest and accessible movement for variety that this nation has ever seen.

Ed Cowan

But despite amassing 833 votes, Vermin Supreme was not to earn the coveted position of the new number two. He was narrowly edged out by world traveling Vermont resident Ed Cowan. Ed received 945 votes which put him in second place among declared democrats in the democratic primary. Counting republican write-ins, the second, third, and fourth places go to the second, first, and third placing republicans. Ron Paul’s 2,271 democratic write-in votes combined with the official 56,872 votes gained in the republican primary secured him a second place finish in both 2012 New Hampshire primaries.

Bill Gardner’s office has released the total vote counts, including legible write-ins. One surprising trend is that the lesser-contested democratic primary had 759 scatter ballots cast, compared to the 257 scatter ballots in the republican race. As the national show hits the road on its ritual tour, one wonders what our neighbors plan as entertainment for visiting politicians in their home states.

Protecting the State from Chalk

January 11, 2012 by Ian · 6 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Corruption, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, Manchester, News, Personal Freedom, Police, Video

At the sentencing for Ademo and Wes for chalking in Manchester, Kelly Voluntaryist is arrested for chalking the courthouse. Video courtesy of Beau:

Also, here are scans from the Union Leader article about the sentencing and arrest of Kelly. Page 1, Page 2

Make This Thug Famous… and Help Identify Him!

January 11, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 32 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Issues, Laugh at the Aggressors, National, News, Photos

I witnessed first-hand a member of former House Speaker and Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich’s private security detail unjustifiably (under NH law) assault Adam vs. The Man‘s Adam Kokesh. Video of it can be found in Ian Freeman’s blog here.

Shall we post his picture everywhere so we can let the world know who he is and hope that someone can identify him?

If no one can recognize him, don’t worry, the Hudson, NH Police will be identifying him shortly for us. Stay tuned to Adam’s show for the video about that. I’ll even help conduct the background investigation into who this criminal is.

AP Video Captures Shire Choir and KPD Aggression at Santorum Event

January 6, 2012 by Ian · 7 Comments
Filed under: Laugh at the Aggressors, National, Update

The Associated Press was in Keene today to report on the Santorum event and captured footage of the Shire Choir singing. See the video and their article here.