Keene’s Police Chief Responds
Two days ago I posted a blog which included a letter I sent to the Keene Police Chief regarding a question as to why his agency is not enforcing the state’s prohibition on activities during the Lord’s Day.
I’ve never met the fellow but from what I hear from fellow FreeKeene.com contributors he is indeed a very nice guy. I personally appreciate his responding to me so quickly regarding my questions.
This is what he had to say:
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A Question For The Keene Police Chief
After hearing the head of the Keene Police Department assert that outlawed activities are not illegal during his interview on WKBK I’ve decided to e-mail the Chief and inquire with him publicly what his positions are on enforcing the law.
Kudos to FreeKeene.com’s Sam Dodson for mentioning the ridiculous law that the Keene Police apparently have decided to ignore. This ignoring of a law seems to fly in the face of the first provision of the Keene Police mission statement.
My letter to the Chief is below:
Video: Refusing to Pay the Bail Commissioner’s Fee
As was revealed in Brad Jardis’ first post, one does not have to pay the bail commissioner’s fee to get someone released from captivity. We put it to the test when Rich Paul was arrested in May:
Filming The NH State Police
Today as I was walking down South Willow Street in Manchester I came across a NH State Trooper assigned to the commercial vehicle enforcement unit (you can tell this by their license plate being of the 700-series). The trooper was performing what appeared to be an inspection of a pick-up truck that was towing a trailer carrying various landscaping equipment.
I decided to stop and film the inspection.
More importantly than the filming of a routine inspection itself, I believe, is ensuring the willingness of government employees to accept the fact that the public has the right to monitor the actions of public officials in public. I was curious to see how the trooper would respond.
A Thank You To The Nashua Police
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Outreach, Personal Freedom, Police
Those of us who are active in the liberty movement’s media outreach spend a considerable amount of time speaking negatively about the actions of those who represent the state. To be fair to the truth of my past, I often speak negatively about actions that I myself took while representing the state. The tools we use to move towards a society that allows greater freedom is stronger than any weapon that the state relies on to exist and enforce it’s will. The tools we use are words, compassion, and understanding.
I believe our words should be used to punish when we are hurt and even more importantly… to thank when we are treated well.
Today I was pulled over traveling south on Route 3 in Nashua. I was going 70MPH in a 55MPH zone and anyone who knows the road knows that following the 55MPH limit would be dangerous when everyone is going 70+ around you. I was just keeping up with traffic and not trying to get somewhere quickly.
The Nashua officer approached me and I provided him with my license and registration. I then decided to follow my own advice that I frequently provide others when dealing with the police: remain silent.
Census v. Jardis
Oh dearest Census <3
Your fourth visit brings me a loving threat stuck on my front door! <3 <3 <3
Welcome to our Newest Blogger, Brad Jardis!
Free Keene was founded back in late 2006 with the intention of being the go-to source for Keene-area liberty news, opinion, and activism. Over three years later, that has been accomplished, and more. Free Keene has become a movement with real-life positive impact for freedom in not just the Keene area, but Manchester, Nashua, and Concord. Within the past year, the site has taken the tagline, “New Hampshire’s Liberty Activist Destination”, but I wish there were more such destinations! Despite my gentle prodding over the years, no one has bothered to launch a similar area-centric blog to “compete” with Free Keene. There have been a couple started, but they haven’t really gone anywhere yet, so Free Keene will continue to fill-in the gaps by covering noteworthy activism happening in other places. Of course, the FK blog has been doing this for a while now, but to expand a bit, Free Keene welcomes our newest blogger, Brad Jardis. Brad is our second outside-Keene blogger and was given the opportunity to blog here because of his outstanding activism, and because FK is frankly the best place for NH liberty-blogs to be seen. Too bad FreeManch.com never materialized, cause now we’ve got him here at Free Keene! Here’s his bio from the Bloggers page: Read more
More 420 Celebration Videos
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Personal Freedom, Rant, Update, Video
First a video including lots of footage like Bradley Jardis’ megaphone speech and others from BikerBill:
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Concord Monitor Claims 50 at Concord 420, AP Claims 100
I’d claim over 200 came and went throughout the hour. Here’s the link to the AP story claiming 100 attendees, which we definitely surpassed. And here’s the story from the Concord Monitor’s Annmarie Timmins.
About 50 people – one carrying an 11-day-old baby – gathered outside the State House yesterday, some smoking marijuana, to advocate the drug’s legalization. It was a typical “420″ event, except no one left in handcuffs.
And that meant no arrest footage for YouTube with headlines like one out of a recent Nashua rally: “Police Attack Freedom Celebration.”
That was intentional.
On Monday, Concord police Chief Robert Barry said his department would treat the rally as “business as usual.” If the station received a complaint about noise or drug use while the rally participants were on city property, officers would respond, he said. Read more
Union Leader Covers Keene and Concord 420 Celebrations
Filed under: Civil Disobedience, Issues, News, Personal Freedom, Update
Thanks to the Union Leader’s Melanie Plenda for this story, covering both Keene and Concord’s 420 celebrations yesterday:
It wasn’t ash from Iceland creating a haze in communities across New Hampshire yesterday.
April 20, or 4-20, has become known in cannabis-loving circles as the day to “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em,” according to those who gathered in Keene’s Central Square to smoke marijuana in protest of drug laws.
In recent years, pot-fueled rallies have been held across the country to mark the date of 4-20, the numbers that have become a rallying cry among smokers. A rally took place in Concord yesterday on the steps of the Capitol.
Some lit up marijuana cigarettes while organizers with bullhorns, including former Epping police officer Bradley Jardis of Hooksett, cautioned them not to say a word if police came to arrest them.
The 29-year-old Jardis said he is just a free person now “trying to protect the liberties I’ve taken away.”
State troopers watched from inside the State House, but planned no action unless the crowd got unruly. Read more
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