Other stories on March 3rd were heavily overshadowed by Dave Ridley’s videography arrest. However, the stories of Andrew Carroll and Mike Barskey took another step forward on Tuesday. Both activists pled not guilty to their respective charges, and have trial dates set for May 1, 2009.
Andrew Carroll was arrested for holding marijuana in protest, and Mike Barskey is accused of breaking city ordinances by organizing the Keene Freedom Fest without a license.
This comic is inspired by Angry Josh who actually threatened (in jest) to take a dump on a socialist’s bed. It’s very possible Angry Josh will return sometime in a future comic.
Dave Ridley of RidleyReport.com has put together a great summary of today’s tyranny at Keene District Court, including footage shot by some unknown videographer of the actual arrest. Had the bailiffs and cops known about the other videographer, they’d have likely arrested that person. The Keene Police Department sent four cops (plus the three bailiffs already there) out to handle these radicals who wanted to record in a “public” court with their so-called freedom of the press. Here’s the video:
Here’s my interview with Dave after his arrest. In two parts due to technical difficulties:
Part 1:
Part 2:
P.S. These two were originally streamed live at our new Live Streaming Video page. You can see the activism when it happens!
Actually, Dave Ridley from RidleyReport.com was arrested for recording in the lobby – he never made it in the courtroom. He streamed it live to the internet so the cops couldn’t delete it. He was released later with a demand he appear later in April to be arraigned on their favorite charge for activists, “Disorderly Conduct”. Here’s the video of his arrest, which was witnessed by well over 20 liberty activists. Who can honestly say there is freedom of the press in America?
In August I did a comic called Passing the Buck. It showed how our Democratic Republic form of government absolves everyone involved of any sense of responsibility for the evil our governments do.
Nearly everyone I talk to about government has a sense that something has gone badly wrong. Most will blame some false dichotomy. “If we just get our guys in there and kick out the ‘bad guys’, government will finally be fixed.” Everyone seems to have the parts they are fine with and parts that are appallingly unacceptable. We’re floundering to find the fix but no one seems able to put his finger on it. We keep doing the same political games over and over, almost ritualistically, hoping to finally see real progress. Some will say that the elections are rigged or the process of campaign finance needs to be reformed. Some will go so far as to say certain people who held high office in our government have engaged in criminal acts worthy of prosecution. Those who disagree in one case usually have the same ill will toward past leaders. So are all these people admitting there are criminals in government? Is the government really this fallible? Is it not this paragon of moral authority as it’s depicted to be?
