Jason Talley, managing director of the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund, reports on another arrest in the government’s war on hats – this time the heroic Evan Pierce, a.k.a. the Emperor of Free Grafton:
I’m told that Evan Pierce will be heading to Cheshire County soon, if not now. He was caged for criminal “contempt of court” today in Grafton Superior Court by Judge Bornstein during the trial of the State vs Robert Constantine. Evan was wearing a paper hat after the judge told Ademo Freeman to take his knit cap off. When Bornstein said something like “you with the hat, come up here” Ademo remained seated while Evan stood before the judge. Evan had earlier created the paper hat as an act of solidarity with Ademo who was exercising his right to keep clothes on his body.
The next time we saw him was after Bob Constantine’s trial concluded for the day at approx 3:30PM. Employees of Grafton County decided to accessorize Evan’s look with shiny silver chains around his feet and arms that connect, slowing Evan’s roll. Always looking on the bring side, Evan noticed that with a live microphone he’d be able to share some of Weeda Claus’s Chronic Christmas Carols leading a courtroom full of Shire Activists in “Hands off Weeda Claus.” The County Prosecutor Laura Saffo told Judge Bornstein that he doesn’t want to see Evan back in the courtroom so Evan asked if he could leave. The Judge’s order will instead only ban Evan from Bob Constantine’s trial. Evan will also be released by agreeing to a $500 PR bail. A few Shire Activists awaited Evan’s appearance only to find out that he is being taken to Cheshire County where he is wanted for the smoking of the marijuana.
It gets a bit more complicated.
Evan Pierce is the demockratically elected Emperor of Free Grafton. What Grafton County did to him was an act of war on his nano nation and will be responded to accordingly by the agorists of Free Grafton and throughout the Shire. Today’s event was a negative turn in international relations between Emperor Evan and Grafton and Cheshire Counties. Although it’s hard to see either “county” as legitimate because both use violence to achieve their collectivist goals (as opposed to Emperor Evan and other Free Grafton sovereigns). He’s a quiet, peaceful friend of mine who wasn’t harming anyone. Now Grafton County has him wearing chains and sleeping in a cage.
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