Jury Finds Meg Guilty of Standing Still

by | May 6, 2011 | 3 comments

Facing two years in jail for standing in front of police cars when they were attempting to kidnap a peaceful woman, Meg McLain bravely goes to jury trial, where despite her suggestion they set her free, she is found guilty and sentenced to 180 days in jail, all “suspended”. The jurors were snuck out the back door and all that were approached refused to be interviewed, even for $50 cash for five minutes. Here’s the video of the trial including Meg’s excellent opening and closing statements as well as the state playing videos for the jury that were featured on this blog:

Disobedience and Noncooperation Win Again: Heicklen 3, Orlando 0

by | May 6, 2011 | 3 comments

Sometimes people who are stuck within the politics-is-the-only-answer paradigm, look at civil disobedience and noncooperation and ask, “Where are the successes?” Many of these folks only judge success when there is an official policy change. Each instance of civil disobedience and noncooperation is a personal success at the very least. It’s empowering to say, “No” to those who wish to control you. Beyond that, we have seen plenty of civil disobedience / noncooperation wins including the cops giving up on enforcing cannabis laws around the historic 420 celebrations in Keene, Manchester, and Concord. Parking tickets have been dropped due to activists’ noncooperation. The court lobby video ban has been violated multiple times without incident. Plus, the events have frequently garnered thousands of dollars in free publicity for Free Keene and the Free State Project, only insuring more movers and more future successes. All that stemming from just the activism here in Keene.

However, Keene is not the only place where civil disobedience is happening. Orlando, FL has recently become a hotspot thanks to the efforts of John Kurtz and other liberty activists (many of whom will be at Porcfest next month). John has used civil disobedience to successfully violate the city’s ban on feeding the homeless near city hall as well as to prove that the panhandling law is selectively enforced against the homeless. Now he’s teamed up with Julian Heicklen, the jury nullification outreach superactivist, to purposefully violate a ban on jury outreach. (more…)

Politicians Want Even Their Own Children Criminalized

by | May 6, 2011 | 6 comments

The news in New Hampshire was buzzing yesterday with the story that two-time 2nd District of NH U.S. House candidate Jennifer Horn’s 18-year old son was arrested on the charge of possessing alcohol and marijuana.

NASHUA – Two-time congressional candidate and conservative activist Jennifer Horn said she and her family will move forward from the arrest of her 18-year-old son on marijuana and alcohol charges.

I suppose the arrest of this young man on the victimless offense of possessing a plant would normally not be news were his mother not so high profile.  What the article doesn’t inquire Mrs. Horn about, which I think is the most important thing about this situation, is whether or not she agrees that her son should be made into a criminal-for-life for such nonsense.

The newspaper didn’t ask those types of questions of the prior candidate, but I did… about three years ago.

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