This violence could easily be avoided. So long as drug prohibition exists, opiate addicted people will lead a life of crime in order to fulfill their addictions. Sure, many of you will say “well it is their fault for using drugs in the first place”, and not want to be compassionate to these people. Not being compassionate and taking a hard-on-crime approach to this problem is why there are so many burglaries and robberies to begin with. Are you really okay with that?
On a fiscal basis alone, it would be far cheaper to offer these people treatment than it is to investigate all these crimes.
Though most will say this is not a big deal. I film police doing ‘little’ things wrong because it exposes the double standard police have. If it’s no big deal to be parking in illegal spots then why do they write so many tickets for them? Why are they allowed such privileges?
Better yet, where does this exemption stop? Is it just for parking while on duty? Or can this officer cruise by the store to do some shopping as well? Are officers exempt from the drug, gun and alcohol laws that? Don’t get me wrong I wish all these things would disappear. I ask officers to be ticketed or treated like they treat others because I feel that’s the only way for them to realize the cause of their actions.
A suspicion-less checkpoint established by the government in Holderness, NH that the founding fathers would balk at has resulted in six people being captured on alcohol and drug charges. Three of the pour souls arrested at a sobriety checkpoint were arrested for possession of an unauthorized plant. If these people had followed my following advice I’m willing to bet they never would have been arrested.
My advice when encountering the police when stopped or at one of these checkpoints is to roll your window down a half inch and give the officer your papers through the small opening. After giving the officer your papers quickly close your window and say nothing. Keep your doors locked.
Every word uttered by you in response to a question by the police officer is used by the police officer to further intensify your detention or his/her suspicion that you possess something in your vehicle that is illegal. If you keep your mouth shut (and the window) your chances of surviving without being attacked by the state increase astronomically. Also, if you had been drinking, keeping the window shut tight keeps the officer from smelling any alcohol on you in the first place.
You have no obligation to get out of the vehicle unless you are arrested. Even then you really have no obligation to get out, unless you want to avoid some brutal violence and destruction of your property.
I’ll say it again: DO NOT ENGAGE THE POLICE IN CONVERSATION! They are looking for evidence to justify taking your freedom away.
If the police respect your right to remain silent and treat you with respect, I’d strongly suggest writing a letter to their bosses to ask they be commended for their professionalism. If they react in an untoward manner, I’d strongly suggest capturing it on video and sending a letter to their bosses to complain of their thuggishness.
Some of the local critics seem to think that the “free staters” in NH are organized from the top down, with Free State Project founder Jason Sorens at the top, issuing commands as our dear leader. It doesn’t work like that. The FSP is just an organization designed to bring liberty-lovers to NH. What they do when they arrive is up-to-them. Perhaps to Sorens’ chagrin, he is definitely not in charge. No one is. Sorens has always been openly critical of the Keene brand of outside-the-system activism and recently posted a link to the recent anonymous Sentinel editorial attacking Free Keene on the FSP forum with the subject, “Keene residents tiring of Free Keeners”. While that may be a true statement, it ignores the people in Keene who appreciate the liberty activists, of which there are many. The newspaper’s editorial and echo chamber comments section is not necessarily representative of how things really are. Now, why would that be?
Like a person confronted with an armed robber on the street demanding money and telling you the money will be used to purchase new weapons to kill people, I embarrassingly fold to the threats of the IRS they graciously sent me in the mail.
I don’t want to pay for the military to continue killing people around the world at the behest of the military industrial complex.
I don’t want to pay for the CIA screwing with other countries and people.
