Concord Patch Reports on 420 Celebration at the State House

April 23, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Issues, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, News

Thanks to the Concord Patch’s Tony Schinella for this report on the successful 420 celebration at the Concord state house:

Advocates of marijuana legalization gathered at the Statehouse on April 20, to push their cause, march in the plaza, and even fill the Hall of Flags with anti-drug war lyrics to the tune of Christmas carols.

The rally – 420 at 4:20 on 4/20 – was a collection of advocates, users, and other “liberty-minded” individuals, pressing their belief that drug laws are more harmful than good and that they should be allowed to smoke if they want to.

The advocates gathered outside the plaza for a litter pickup before the rally. At 4 p.m., Rich Paul, an activist from Keene, spoke from a megaphone, saying prohibition earlier in the nation’s history caused needless death and destruction. Paul even pointed to the recent shootings in Greenland that caused the death of the police chief there. Read more

Successful 420 Celebration at the State House

April 21, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, Personal Freedom, Police, Video

Well over 100 turned out for a 420 celebration at the Concord state house, now in its third year! The Shire Choir performed several “Chronic Carols” inside the state house, while plenty of cannabis was smoked in front of the building as state police looked on. Thanks to the police for doing the right thing and standing down and allowing peaceful people to be free.

Here’s MikeforLiberty’s video of the occasion:

Be sure to join us again in Concord for 420 at 4:20 on November 5th.

Keene’s “Free Talk Live”, Ranked #52 on TALKERS’ “Heavy Hundred”!

April 19, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Audio, National, News

My little radio show, Free Talk Live, based here in Keene at the LRN.FM studio, was just ranked at #52 of 100 (up from #79 last year!) in the TALKERS Magazine “Heavy Hundred” yearly list of the “most influential talk radio hosts”. Thank you to all our listeners and stations and supporters who helped make this possible!

Sadly, it is only heard in Keene on WKBK radio on Saturday nights, and that’s when baseball isn’t on. Perhaps someday Monadnock Radio Group will expand our coverage in Keene, considering we scored better on the list than did Boston conservaclone Howie Carr, who ranks at #56, as well as Wall St. Journal’s Michael Castner who is #61.

All Charges Dismissed Against Jason Talley

April 16, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 20 Comments
Filed under: Court, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Politics, Update

Talley Case dismissed without prejudice, over the objection of the State.

Thank you to Assistant County Attorney John Webb and New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Richard Head for being both cordial and helpful adversaries in the legal process. Judge Barry was extremely professional as well, so I thank him also.

Congratulations to Jason Talley and thanks to all the anonymous lawyers who took time to comment, call, and offer advice!

State v. Jason Talley is Tomorrow at 9:00AM – You’re Ordered To Stand

April 15, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 14 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Court, Hypocrisy, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Personal Freedom, Politics, Question, Update

The Cheshire County Superior Court has unequivocally asserted that it is completely within the Court’s prerogative to order violence to force you to stand in the courtroom when instructed. In the past this Court has even done such ridiculous things as ordering law enforcement officers to lift people up by their elbows and ordering people’s arrest for not standing… only to release them five minutes later and wish them a “Merry Christmas.”

This stuff is happening in the United States of America. Really.

As an officer of the Court, I must ask you to comply with the Court’s order and stand under your own power when attending Jason’s trial tomorrow. If you don’t stand, you may be physically lifted or imprisoned.

If you’re unable to stand or are injured, you may just have to explain yourself further.

Remember:

Jason Talley filed a “Motion To Refrain From Authorizing Physical Force To Demand Respect.”

The State objected and supported the notion of continued violence to make people stand.

The Court sided with the State in an stamped order.

Jason filed a “Motion To Reconsider” his original motion asking the Court not to use violence against the public.

The Court denied the “Motion To Reconsider.“

Fed Judge to Orlando: Chalking is a Right

April 14, 2012 by Free Concord · 3 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Corruption, Court, Free Concord, Issues, National, News, Noncooperation, Photos, Police, Thuggery

Tim Osmar arrested for chalking, Dec 15 2011

After a cost of eighteen days in a cage and a few months of legal threats, there is good news to report on chalking freedom out of Orlando, Florida. The ABA Journal published yesterday that Timothy Osmar, who was twice arrested for chalking at the Orlando city hall plaza, had his rights violated when he was legally kidnapped over protected political speech. US district magistrate David Baker’s ruling deemed the arrest for violation of a city ordinance to be an overreach of a code designed to prevent unauthorized commercial advertising. Unlike NH, Florida’s towns and cities are endowed with the power to write words powerful enough to invoke arrest for their violation.

Prior to the decision Friday, Orlando officials indicated that they would be appealing an “adverse ruling”. The city would find it difficult to play a purer than thou antichalk attitude in this case. Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer encouraged downtown businesses to chalk their sidewalks in support of the home team Magic when they were in the NBA playoffs in 2009. The city also permits a yearly chalk art festival held by the local Rotary Club. David Baker told Orlando bureaucrats, “The city may not selectively interpret and enforce the ordinance based on its own desire to further the causes of particular favored speakers.”

Mayor Dyer did not seem thoroughly interested in the deeper constitutional and moral issues regarding chalking arrests. His comment, while charges were pending was, “This was a guy who wanted to be arrested, by all accounts, and has been… This guy was given every opportunity not to go to jail, but he chose to go to jail.” Read more

Court Record of Dropped Charge in State v. Jason Talley

April 13, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 27 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Court, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Update

- Return from Cheshire County Superior Court regarding the Nolle Pros of Jason Talley’s “Contempt of Court” charge .PDF

Jason now faces only criminal charges for possession of a camera in a public area of a public building.

Even the Cheshire County Superior Court has abolished that rule, yet Jason Talley remains charged with “disorderly conduct” and “resisting arrest.”

NH House Redress of Grievances Committee Needs Your Support!

April 13, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 8 Comments
Filed under: Corruption, Court, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Personal Freedom, Politics, Thuggery, Update

New Hampshire State Representative Kevin Avard (R) (Hills-20) is doing amazing work on giving voice to people who have suffered abuses by the NH Judicial Branch in his new show “Speak Up New Hampshire.”

I was honored when Rep. Avard asked me to be his second guest to speak of the abuses suffered by Ademo Freeman and Jason Talley of Keene by the hands of the judiciary. That interview now has over 1,000 views.

Rep. Avard is shining a much needed spotlight on a branch of government that operates almost completely unaccountable to anyone.

He also needs your help.

Rep. Avard is asking that all people who support accountability in the New Hampshire Judicial Branch come to a press conference he is holding at the Legislative Office Building (LOB) in Concord next week in support of House Speaker William L. O’Brien’s continued support of the Redress of Grievances Committee.

I’d argue that whether your individual political ideology makes you a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Voluntaryist, Anarchist, Communist, or simply someone who doesn’t care about politics at all, you should agree that criminal public officials need to be held accountable by someone.

04/17/12 (Tuesday) at 12:00PM
Legislative Office Building
33 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301

Bad Policy, Good People, Real Tragedy

April 13, 2012 by Bradley Jardis · 25 Comments
Filed under: Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Police, Politics

I know and respect two of the officers who were shot in the violent drug warrant service last night.

Deceased Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was a very nice person who was always very kind to me when I interacted with him. When Chief Maloney was the police chief in North Hampton, NH and I was a brand new officer, the Chief took time to help me with prosecution of my cases in the Hampton District Court. He didn’t have to, he was just a good guy.

Seriously injured Newmarket and Attorney General’s Drug Task Force Officer Scott Kukesh is quite simply an outstanding human being. I guarantee you that if any of you met him (and didn’t know what he did for work) that you’d like him for sure.

Although I disagree with the violation of the NAP that comes from the enforcement of victimless-crime drug policy, I just wanted to take an opportunity to remind people in the liberty community that although people in law enforcement frequently enforce public policy that we disagree with, it doesn’t make them bad people.

No one, including the people being investigated, needed to die. Violence is not the solution to the drug abuse/addiction problem faced by society.