State V. Kate (Jury Trial) – a Chalking 8 appeal

May 14, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 13 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Court, Manchester, Noncooperation, Police, Update

Post originally published to CopBlock.org

UPDATE: Mon. May 14th 5:20PM

Kate was found guilty of “resisting” by a Manchester Superior Court jury today. Her previous “sentence” from district court was 90-days suspended for two-years. Her new “sentence” is 30-days suspended for 30-days.

It’s good that the threat hanging over her head is now lessened and that outreach was done and ideas shared but bad that Kate had to even allocate any of her time to such a situation.

On June 4th, 2011 eight ‘shire-based activists were arrested while at a pro-police accountable rally outside the Manchester, NH PD (603-668-8711). The incident became known as the Chalking 8. One of the eight arrested was Kate Ager.

Kate had been heading to Manchester to visit a friend. On the way, she learned that her friend had been arrested outside the Manchester Police Department so that’s where she headed. She parked and as she approached, saw a number friends holding signs as well as a number of Manchester PD employees nearby.

Eighty-seconds after stepping onto the sidewalk she was asked by Manchester police employee John Patti to “get off the chalk.” Ten seconds after that, when attempting to ask a question about the order, she was given her “last chance.” Ten seconds after that Patti told Kate that she was “under arrest” as he and colleagues swarmed Kate, handcuffed her, and put her in a cell.

Injustice System-related content, by Pete Eyre

May 2, 2012 by Pete Eyre · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Copblock, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Police, Video, Your Evolution

[This post was originally posted to CopBlock.org]

Michele Seven Goes to Trial for No Car Registration

April 27, 2012 by Ian · 10 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Court, Living Free, New Hampshire, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Video

Michele Seven refused to take the plea on tickets for registering her car and a trailer. She took them to trial, as everyone should, to clog and hopefully eventually change the system. Here is the raw footage:

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

Ridley Opines Further on Keene’s Activism Scene

April 12, 2012 by Ian · 4 Comments
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Issues, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, Noncooperation, Update, Video

Here are more of Dave Ridley’s opinions regarding some activism in the Keene area:

Here’s his original video from a few weeks ago about this same subject.

Radio Free Keene News – 2012-04-02

April 2, 2012 by Ian · 3 Comments
Filed under: Audio, Copwatch, Corruption, Court, Noncooperation, Personal Freedom, Police, 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 attack against and kidnapping of Free Keene blogger Derrick J as well as the Monadnock Regional High School free speech showdown.

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

Keene PD Employee Fintan Moore Assaults Derrick J Freeman

March 31, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 43 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Jailed Activist, New Hampshire, Noncooperation, Police, Shire Choir, Thuggery, Update, Video

[The content below was originally posted to CopBlock.org]

Derrick J Freeman was assaulted by Fintan Moore.

The video below shows background, the incident and the follow-up, of the exchange. It was completed thanks to the collaboration of many of Derrick’s friends and the editing talents of Beau Davis.

Support Derrick by subscribing to his YouTube channel and donating via WePay. Stay tuned to CopBlock.org & FreeKeene.com for updates.

FK’s Ian Appears with Susan Burton on “Reentry Radio” to Discuss the Plea Deal

March 20, 2012 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Audio, National, Noncooperation

I was grateful to have the opportunity tonight to appear as a guest with A New Way of Life‘s Susan Burton on “Reentry Radio” and discuss with her and co-host Ed Garrett the idea of not taking plea deals. Susan is the lady who was featured in the excellent New York Times piece, “Go to Trial – Crash the Justice System“.

After I saw the article I reached out to share with her that what she wanted to see happen was already happening here in New Hampshire – people refusing to take the plea deal and loading the system up with cases. I linked her to our downloadable, printable trifold, “Don’t Take the Plea Deal“, which exists in both a NH and national version.

A couple of days later, I was contacted by Ed Garrett, who is also on her show, and invited to come talk about the flier and what we are doing up here. It was a detailed conversation about the risks and potential rewards of not taking the plea deal, and we covered a lot of ground in about an hour, including talking briefly about Jury Nullification, the Free State Project, and more.

Here’s the archive of the interview.

On Civil Disobedience: A Conversation from Liberty Forum 2012

March 13, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 1 Comment
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Copblock, Court, Free State Project, Free Talk Live, Issues, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, Noncooperation, Outreach, Personal Freedom, Police, Question, Video, Your Evolution

The edited video of the civil disobedience panel held at the 2012 Liberty Forum, in which me, Ian Freeman & Jason Talley converse with those present about ideas, strategy and impact. It was recorded on Friday, Feb. 24th, 2012 at the Nashua, NH Crown Plaza.

Do you have thoughts on the content discussed? Points where you agree or disagree? Things that need clarification? How would you have answered some of those questions?

VIDEO CONTEST: Mesh Schoolcraft with Szasz

March 11, 2012 by Pete Eyre · 4 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Jailed Activist, Noncooperation, Police, Politics, Video

[cross-posted to FreeKeene.com from PeteEyre.com/Schoolcraft]

Incentive: 100-FRNs or its equivalent in silver
Deadline: Midnight EST March 31st, 2012. Send an email to “copblock [at] gmail [dot] org” with “Szasz” in the subject line and a link to your video
Details: All submitted videos will be added to a playlist on CopBlock’s YouTube channel (link will be updated when created). In early April a poll on CopBlock.org will be up for a week, asking visitors to vote for their favorite. The individual who made the video with the most votes on Midnight EST April 7th, 2012 will be receive their choice of 100FRNs or its equivalent in silver