In the letter I outline and provide links to a video of  Howard B. Lane, Judge winking at the prosecutor after overruling my objection, inventing facts, discriminating against my disability, and perverting the rule of law.

AFFADAVIT OF TRUTH, RECOMMENDATION OF DISMISSAL

Sam Dodson
39 Central Sq. #259
Keene, New Hampshire

March 17^th, 2010

Court Name:  Keene District Court
Case Name:  State vs Samuel A. Miller
Case Number: 449-2009-CR-03618

I am writing in response to your armed agent, Peter Bowers who came to my door to demand I show up on March 17^th, 2010 related to your case number 449-2009-CR-03618 demanding Samuel A. Miller either pay $300 or beg for more time to pay $300. Peter Bowers also told me while standing on my front porch it was a felony to film him from inside my own home.

Has your Keene district court expanded the unlawful camera ban implemented by an unknown entity who is either complacent in the fraud, or to cowardly to admit he/she wrote it?

Has this unaccountable entity now banned filming all state agents in the city limits of Keene, or was Peter Bowers simply standing on my porch with a loaded weapon threatening me with false arrest on felony charges? I have this on video, and I’m happy to make it available to any interested parties.

For the record, as I told you at our last encounter, I am not Samuel A. Miller, nor have I ever used that name. Hopefully we can clear this up by stating for the record how this information was obtained. I have reason to believe it was gathered in an illegal warrantless search of the Public Service of New Hampshire databases. Is this why your court has refused to change the name on your complaint and case?

The conduct of the state’s agents in this matter is extremely concerning, indicating a possible conflict of interest.

• Can you please state for the record if any bonds have been sold to investors related to this complaint or case?

• Has this affected your ability or swayed your judgment in correcting the name, if it is indeed me you seek?

• Can you please state for the record if any agents of the state involved in this case have investments in bid bonds sold by the “City of Keene” to private investors, to realize immediate payment from fees and fines?

If this is a simple clerical error, and it is indeed me you seek in this matter, I’m happy to address it with you. However, after reviewing records of the trial, in response to my objection to the mistaken identity, you quietly referenced relying upon a drivers license, and ordered me to move on.

Perhaps you were unaware that I have a hearing disability. Unfortunately this seems to be a pattern, as this court has previously discriminated against my disability, ignored testimony of my disability, always to the benefit of the state, and to the detriment of a fair trial.

More importantly, what drivers license are you referencing? For the record, I have never shown any form of ID to the Keene police department. There was no testimony or documentation presented by any party of a driver’s license ever being verified, recorded, documented, or offered as evidence in this case.

• For the record, please point out my error, and show where the trial record reflects evidence or testimony of the drivers license you relied upon.

If you are unable to point this out Howard Lane, as the self proclaimed finder of facts, I find it more than disturbing that your either mistakenly relying upon facts the record doesn’t reflect, or simply inventing facts to the benefit of the state. I have reason to believe you are no longer fit to stand trial, and request to see a recent (last 2 years) competency evaluation declaring you in good mental health and fit for duty as a district court judge.

When I asked you who you were representing, your answer was the State of New Hampshire. When I pointed out that’s the same party attacking me, and I asked how that’s not a conflict of interest, your answer, “because it’s not”, was unsatisfactory.

• Please explain for the public you serve how your representing the party attacking me while presiding over the case as the finder of facts is not a conflict of interest.

After the trial I was told by several first hand independent witnesses present in the courtroom, that you winked at the prosecutor not once but twice during the trial. Upon reviewing video of the trial, this was confirmed. The video can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN8cVsVI-sg

The wink caught on camera was at 4 min. 38 sec. into the video. I made an objection based on relevance, and before overruling it, you wink at Chris McLaughlin stating “does it really matter?”.

• Howard Lane would you please share for the public record what was so important for you to communicate to Chris Mclaughlin without my knowledge, that you were willing to risk multiple felony incitements on ex-parte communications (RSA541-A:36) to do this during an open court proceeding?

• Chris McLaughlin, would you please state for the record if you saw any of these winks, and if so why you didn’t act in accordance with your duties when a felony is committed in your presence?

I believe felony charges require grand jurors to “diligently inquire” into all such matters, as required by their oath:

You, as grand jurors, do solemnly swear that you will diligently inquire, and a true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge; the state’s counsel, your fellows’ and your own you shall keep secret; and shall present no person for envy, hatred or malice; neither shall you leave any unpresented for love, fear, favor, affection or hope of reward; but you shall present things truly as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding. So help you God.

As a “fellow”, I have documented evidence, first hand knowledge, and documented proof of felony level crimes I believe were committed by Howard Lane, Chris Mclaughlin, Eli Rivera, and Ronald Leslie. All of these men are agents of the state, county, and local government, and should be shown no favor or bias out of fear.

In an attempt to inform the grand jury, I handed out fliers to perspective grand jurors informing them of the documented proof, admitted by this very court that Eli Rivera took the stand in contempt of a subpoena, secreted documents, and then perjured himself on the stand.

• Please set a date for Eli Rivera to answer for his contempt, as he knowingly omitted a driving record search from a subpoena and lied about ever conducting such a search, despite writing SAMIAM in large letters across the results. He also told Peter Thomas, Policeman and/or Shane Maxfield, Policeman of a suspension notice, sent when I was in state custody, so that I could be arrested immediately leaving trial.

After reading the response, and taking the oath, any grand juror clearly has a duty to look into these allegations, as a matter of personal honor and integrity. I was met with hostility by several people who read the brochure. I have reason to believe that they have been intentionally misled, threatened or otherwise intimidated into abandoning their sworn duty. I have reason to believe the county prosecutor or his designate, likely Chris McLaughlin, is guilty of tampering with the grand jury.

Given the very serious nature of these allegations, and the documented proof accompanying them, please state for the public record the process for citizens to bring complaints of criminal wrongdoing against public officials to the grand jury so they may diligently inquire into these allegations.

I hope you consider the gravity of the situation when formulating your response. The US governments are running dangerously low on political capitol to so brazenly continue operating outside the rule of law. The people are waking up to the criminal nature of your organization, and the detrimental effect it is beginning to have on their lives.

I will share your responsive answers, lack of answers, and any violent acts committed by your agents, with the public, who employs you as their servant.

I will not go silently into the night.

Sam Dodson

CC: NH Judicial Conduct committee

Public Utilities Commission

John Lynch, NH Govenor

Posted to FreeKeene.com

Union Leader

Concord Monitor

Keene Sentinel

Keene Free Press

Keene City Council

Boston Globe

RidleyReport.com

I can’t wait to see how they will respond. Using their system clearly doesn’t work,  airing their dirty laundry in public will raise awareness to the corruption while also eroding away their legitimacy.  I feel this will be more effective than any legal process, as the bureaucrats don’t seem interested in following the law.

Update: Their hearing was reschedule for the 31st. I had the joy of handing this document to Eli Rivera, who probably read it in the middle of the trial he was persecuting.

Ten thousand people have now signed up with the Free State Project to move to New Hampshire – halfway to the group’s goal of 20,000. I am one of the approximately 1000 people who have already made the move. It’s been over 5 years since I packed up one daughter, one cat and a truckload of stuff to drive from Texas to New Hampshire. Since then my life’s been turned upside down. I now run a newspaper, I’ve been arrested three times, and I don’t think twice about waving a sign on a street corner.

There are a few main areas where people have chosen to move, but there are freestaters scattered all over the New Hampshire. Concentrations are in Manchester, Concord, Keene, the seacoast and Grafton. Keene has become the focus of Voluntaryist action, from civil disobedience to filming bureaucrats in their misdeeds. Manchester houses more of the political activists who work toward getting freedom-minded candidates into office and enacting pro-liberty legislation. Grafton was the site of the Free Town Project and now has the highest concentration of freestaters in any one town.

It is common to receive a message that someone is moving in. Twenty or so freestaters will show up on the fly to move the new person in to their new home. It always turns into a party. The going price for this service is lunch, or dinner…whatever time it happens to be. The porcupine movers are exceptionally efficient after performing so many moves. With so many people, it’s rarely hard work.

There’s a community here that most geeky libertarians have never experienced before. Most will tell you that they felt isolated before “making the move”. Now, they have a choice of activities with like-minded people most days of the week. There is Social Sundays in Keene, Taproom Tuesday in Manchester, and various other meetings that happen on a less than weekly basis. People interested in politics can join up with the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance and attempt to effect state legislation. At 4:20 on any particular day there might be a open demonstration of marijuana use in defiance of unjust law. Often there are court cases where activists attempt to gain justice through the court system. On Sundays there is “gun church” where guys fire off a bunch of rounds for target practice.

Besides the activism, freestaters have banded together for various business purposes. This newspaper is funded by mainly freestater donations. There are a few regular businesses that have been started up by porcupines, such as Murphy’s Taproom in Manchester, and Manchester Brewing in Concord. It’s fairly common for freestaters to hire other freestaters for building or remodeling. Mark Edge of Free Talk Live had his home built entirely by freestaters. “Barnraising” type activities are fairly common.

Another common occurrence is to receive a message that someone is being stopped by police, or someone has been arrested. The Porc 411 phone system, set up by freestater Michael Hampton, is used to get messages quickly out to everyone signed up with the system. Many people when stopped by police will record the interaction by making a phone call to Porc 411. Porc 411calls are emailed out to system subscribers. People can then react quickly for emergency situations, like an arrest, or get to an event, like an unplanned protest or a move in request.

Besides protesting and politicking, another way that freestaters have attempted to gain more freedom in New Hampshire is by creating liberty oriented media. The nationally syndicated talk show Free Talk Live relocated to Keene with the Free State Project. The New Hampshire Free Press has attempted to get liberty oriented ideas out in print. Internet news outlets such at the Ridley Report have become popular. The Ridley Report is a video news feed put out on YouTube and other outlets. Many text and audio blogs also attempt to get out the message of liberty.

What causes otherwise normal people to pack up and move in the hopes of attaining more freedom? Here are some responses from other Freestaters.

Kat Kanning: I watched what happened at Waco – the government coming into a church and killing off everyone, even the children. I even went there and saw where the tanks had run over the little children’s bicycles. It was so horrible, I felt I had to do something, even if it might be futile, even if I might do the wrong thing, I’d have at least tried to stop the tyranny.

Jeremy Olson: What finally prompted me to actually move was Massachusetts passing a compulsory health care law.

George Wilson: I had worked with a few other organizations in the past trying to do the same sort of thing, uniting the various liberty factions, but we had never tried moving people to one place and focusing the effort, and the idea seemed sound to me. My core reason for doing all of this is my daughter. I want her to grow up in a better world than I have. What sort of father would I be if I didn’t try to give my daughter something better?

Mike Tiner: I first learned about the FSP in Jan 08 by reading an interview discussing anarchocapitalism on Tech Central Station. My first impression was “Holy crap! What a great idea. I’m in.” After coming across a video link in the NH Free Press and watching David Krouse’s case in front of Judge Burke, as soon as I heard him say “as an act of civil disobedience I am refusing to pay the fine” (for expired tags) I was sold. I went to Manchester last April without signing the statement of intent, never read the forum, never watched a Ridley Report. Family issues brought me back to Detroit a few weeks later and I should have been back months ago. I’ll be returning for good soon, and I believe the FSP will truly become a part of history. After discovering the forum and the Ridley reports last August, I watched Lauren’s eminent domain video and Russell’s day with Burke. If I had any reservations about moving to NH for good (I didn’t), those would have closed the deal. The project itself is a great idea and I can’t wait to thank Jason personally, but what the first 1000 movers do (especially on video) will be the recruitment tool that will change the world. There is no way this can fail. Free Stater’s are too committed to this cause.

David Krouse: The war in Iraq, and the obscenity known as New London eminent domain.

Geoff Baxter: I was in the military, got out and let my wife move us to NJ. Then I wanted an air rifle, and found out that for any gun, air rifle, or even slingshot, or to buy ammo for any of those you have to go through a 3 month waiting period/backround check to get licensed. And it just so happens that guns are my “pet” issue. That was my reason for joining.

Sandy: Iraq War #1 was what pushed me over the edge to start publicly identifying as a L/libertarian. Before it started, I really didn’t think it would happen. I didn’t believe my country would start a war for oil. I was wrong. I marched in the streets of San Francisco with tens of thousands of other people, to send a message to my “representative govt”, and it completely ignored me and went ahead and incinerated a bunch of brown people. As far as the FSP, it was love at first sight for me. I joined on the spot, prior to the state vote, opting out of no states. I flew to New Hampshire for an exploratory visit a month after the vote. I moved as soon as I could (which was over 4 years ago now).

Nick Ryder I’d been following and agreeing with you people for a while via FTL and the forums. Even though I worked on FMTV at that point, I still was content to sit back and let you guys do the fighting. However, an incident where I was harassed in MA by some cops re-invigorated me to start going to Social Sundays again (they were at the Colony Mill at that point. Met David K for the first time then) and become as active as I am today.

Rich Angell: I was a mainstream Republican type until 1990. That’s when I fully woke up to the circumcision issue. I wondered what else was going on that isn’t covered by the media, what else were my parents wrong about, what else are the medicos doing that is harmful, what else do we Americans do that we take for granted that others see as barbaric, what kind of country was I defending when I joined the Marines, where was God when this happened to me, is there a God?, why didn’t my religion (Christian Science) take a stand against it… And so my paradigm began to unravel, ultimately leading me to libertarianism and the FSP.

Kate Mueller: I didn’t have a line in the sand moment. I have slowly been heading down a path of personal responsibility and financial freedom for over twenty years now. When I found out about the FSP in 2002 I didn’t really care which state would be chosen. I figured moving because of the quality of the people and type of lifestyle would be a much better fit than moving somewhere for work or family. Moving here was the best decisions I have ever made.

Slim: Lots of things led up to my joining the FSP but the straw that broke the camels back was the smoking ban in NY and realizing that nothing short of a act of god would turn it around. Ruby ridge and Waco was really a wake up also the Oklahoma city bombing gave me more questions then answers (at that time I could have went down the conspiracy rabbit hole, I am glad I did not).

Patty Lee: May have been primed for awareness seeing my grandmother pursue books with titles such as “The Road to Serfdom”. Other family thought she was a little crazy but now she is known as a prophet. Watching the communist threat come not from the Soviet threat of the 1960’s but rather from DC. I could never adapt to the mounting struggles imposed by so much government against my otherwise productive and hopeful adulthood: Stunning escalation of of taxes; IRS confiscation of properties (including a horse farm my horse lived at). Regulatory mandated loss of national prosperity and robbed opportunities for the nations youth increased over many years. Feeling personally frustrated that no matter how hard I worked, through my younger years or how ambitious I was; the authoritarian system was rigged against any progress. Incurring a $10,000.00 self employment tax, impoverishing IRS payments. Noting betrayal from the cumulative legislation passed serving special interest; individuals sacrificed. Institutional ghettos of quasi-medical welfare/ military industrial machines feeding off of private ownership and further funded at the expense of future generations. Sound practice addressing human needs outside of govt. system made illegal. Something “clicked” me to radical watching 93 Waco. Before the military raid, I read this article in the Dallas Morning News about this shadowy group, the Branch Davidians. Then a 3 month military occupation of this part of Waco, TX. The sick feeling in my gut listening to the car radio broadcast foreboding the final military assault on these people and watching within this 24 hour period a remote broadcast of a murderous conflagration consuming 74 people, some of which were children. The feds launching from a tank, gas canisters creating the big fire; destruction of evidence. The local firetruck was not allowed in the “compound”.Discovering the gas used. Fed denial. Media cover up. Bring that along with the neocon/ DEM wars; aide to foreign dictators = Dalfur atrocities. Growth of feds used locally. Expansion of penal colonies; a cancer of corrupt “law” enforcement growth; the jailing of peaceful misfits. Meeting like minds through Libertarian activism, achieving some modest educational goals about the natural rights of a human; historical development of individual liberty. Further inspired, listening to this lady give a speech about the Free State Project at some pancake house in Mesquite TX, maybe about 2005. My fire was set to join the FSP listening to this eloquent speech, her name was Kat Kanning.

Karl Biesel: wrote on the FSP website My decision to make the move was pretty easy. The city in which I lived, Washington, DC, was already a cesspool of corruption and unfreedom. The government’s dysfunctional overreaction in the aftermath of September 11 only worsened the situation – barriers were erected around city parks, SAM sites popped up on the National Mall, machine-gun toting “police men” put everyone in their place at public gatherings. Even that perennial of terrorist targets, the local DMV, had metal detectors and more guards installed. The city, and its surrounding suburbs, had gone mad.

The Ridley Report did a series of interviews on people who had made the move. Here are some of their reasons for moving:

James Schmill: I realized that if I didn’t move up here and try and participate in something that could have real change for more freedoms and more liberties and more in general world happiness, that in the end I would just be beating myself up every day watching awesome videos like Dave Ridley’s Ridley Report. Cause the whole time I was up in Iraq, I was listening to the great stuff that people were doing and seeing the fun that they were having , the progress they were making and it just made me want to come up here and be a part of it that much more.

Lauren Canario: The main trigger was when the Supreme Court ruled against the Kelo homeowners in New London, CT, and said that the city could take away their homes and make a mall out of them. I said “No, that’s really a bad idea.” The Supreme Court had been a nice thing. I liked some of their rulings in the past. But I said, “That does it. I’m not going with the government anymore. I’m going to try and fight to let those people keep their homes. So I moved to CT at that point and since I was close to NH, I said, “Hmmm..I might as well stay out here.”

Cal Pratt: My main interest is in economics. I’ve seen a lot of people including members of my own family suffer because of government interference in our economic life. It has made it more difficult for people to earn a living. So I would have to say commerce and the opportunity to engage in entrepreneurial activity, to be your own boss, those are the kinds of things that are important to me.

Those are just some of the reasons why people are leaving home and family to move cross country to NH. My husband Russell pointed out, “If people are wanting freedom for purely selfish reasons, they would just hide from the government, not move here and work with a bunch of other people, taking risks.” These are people who understood Carl Schurz when he said: “If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.”

America’s boldest experiment in liberty, the Free State Project, officially signed its 10,000th participant today. The organization is dedicated to migrating 20,000 pro-liberty activists who agree to downsize government to New Hampshire. The announcement comes in advance of the Free State Project’s annual winter convention, the New Hampshire Liberty Forum.

Jason Sorens, founder of the Project, said, “This is a great milestone for us. It feels good to be half-way there. There’s still much to do, but the project is continuing to grow and I am confident we’ll reach our goal of 20,000 participants.”

Participants come from many backgrounds but all agree to move to New Hampshire, where they will “exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of life, liberty, and property.” The agreement avoids political labels and allows individual participants to set their own course to reach their goal.

“The Free State Project has no political platform or membership dues”, Sorens stated. “We have participants who identify as conservative, classical liberal, libertarian, anarchist, voluntaryist, you name it. The things we care about are: Do you want more liberty and less government? Are you willing to work toward it? Are you going to be a good, neighborly person in your community? If so, the Free State Project may be just what you’re looking for.”

While no one is obligated to move until 20,000 people have joined, 800 participants are already in New Hampshire. Four have been elected to the state house and dozens more to local offices. Members have founded or supported organizations around issues such as lowering taxes, gun rights, drug law reform, spending caps, homeschooling, marriage freedom, privacy protection, and state sovereignty. They have also started media outlets such as nationally syndicated radio show Free Talk Live, YouTube sensations like The Ridley Report, and print publications like the New Hampshire Free Press.

FSP president Varrin Swearingen noted that “the FSP is more than just being politically active, it’s also about community. Several cities have regular social meetings with dozens in attendance. Members have met their spouse through the Project. There is a full social calendar of parties, hikes, game nights, you name it. Come for the liberty, stay for the community.”

Early mover Margot Keyes of Epsom commented, “Many people move for jobs or family, but rarely get a chance to move for their ideals. Why not move to where you can find jobs, a lovely environment in which to live a freer life, as well as a community where your ideas are not only welcomed but shared?! Join the FSP community–live what you believe!”

When Swearingen was asked what the project is doing to reach the next 10,000 participants, he replied, “We are increasing our advertising, starting direct telephone outreach, and increasing our presence at pro-liberty events across the country. Now that members have moved to New Hampshire we have hundreds of natural ambassadors that can speak to how great it is here. One thing that sometimes holds people back is their practical need for a job. We now have extensive online resources available to help with that at http://freestateproject.org/jobs. Thankfully New Hampshire has the best economy in the northeast, which we hope to improve further.”

Judge Andrew Napolitano recently said that “The Project is fascinating…” We certainly agree, and look forward to the Judge extending his remarks on this milestone at the Liberty Forum, where he will be the keynote speaker.

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For more info contact
Free State Project, Inc.
PO Box 1684
Keene, NH 03431
888-377-2515
info@freestateproject.org

Varrin Swearingen 559-709-8150 or vswearingen@FreeStateproject.org

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