For no reason whatsoever, Keene police showed up in force at Central Square yesterday during a memorial for Craig Metivier and threatened the peaceful crowd with pepper spray if they did not leave the park. True, a call had been made to police regarding a fight in the park, (apparently over $15) but instead of calmly questioning people in the park and collecting the story, the cops sent the entire department plus Cheshire Sheriffs and Staties! They burst into the park yelling threats and holding large cans of pepper spray, telling people to leave in three seconds.
All of this after the fight had long ended and everything was relatively calm.
Overreact much, KPD? It reminds me of the time they brought out a machine gun for a fight call at Gino’s a couple of years back. Here’s a QIK video I took yesterday just after the threats; sorry about the crappy perspective:
John P. Arnold, the robe-wearing man at Cheshire superior court announced a crackdown today and threatened everyone in the courtroom wearing a hat with arrest. Additionally, he attempted to suggest that liberty lovers were my “group”, and that I was their spokesman. Also he claimed that it was not a conflict of interest that both he and the prosecutor work for the same team called “the state”.
Cheshire county prosecutor John Webb also claimed that it wasn’t his fault that the court took over six months to bother to schedule a trial. Arnold will issue a ruling on the speedy trial issue by Monday morning’s jury selection. If his ruling on my motion to dismiss for lack of speedy trial is any indication, he’ll continue on with the aggression.
I’m not sure of their motivation, but the Keene Sentinel has deleted all three of my comments from their initial story which mis-reported the murder story from yesterday. I guess someone didn’t like the truth of the situation being posted about how it was a drug-related murder. Wouldn’t want anyone to think that teenagers in Keene use and deal drugs, now would we, Sentinel?
Of course, they didn’t delete any of the comments of the anonymous haters who had responded to me, so the comments thread looks a little strange, as though people are talking to someone who is not there. Were your comments deleted as well?
FK only deletes spam comments and those advocating violence and racism. How sad that the Sentinel deletes opinions and information.
Here is the Youtube version of the third episode of Free Keene TV:
Most of the show is focused on an in-studio interview with Pete Eyre and Ademo Freeman about their recent court victory in Greenfield, MA. Also covered is the murder of a local teen and the stop lights at central square.
A young man was stabbed to death last night in Keene. According to a local who was an acquaintance of the victim, the Keene Sentinel is not accurate in its reporting of this case. They are claiming the victim intervened in a fight and was killed for it, but that’s not what I heard today…
As soon as I saw the headline, I guessed it was drug related, but wanted to wait rather than speculate. Now it is confirmed by an anonymous source who knew the victim:
17-year-old Craig Metivier was allegedly murdered over $100 worth of cocaine.
According to an anonymous source’s allegations, 19 year old Ethan Wilson had been given $100 worth of cocaine on the front, and never returned with the cash, prompting Metivier to go looking for him. When he found him, it’s likely a fight ensued, ending with Metevier being stabbed in the heart and lungs.
UPDATE @ 5:17pm: Value of cocaine changed to $100 and more accurate story above.
Sad, isn’t it? The worst part is, Metivier would likely still be alive today if we did not have drug prohibition. Drug buyers would be able to buy their product at the drug store, and it would be available at a much lower price than in the black market. Don’t believe me? Go ask Law Enforcement Against Prohibition‘s Rick Van Wickler – he’s the superintendent of the Cheshire jail, and he knows the truth about prohibition.
End prohibition now, before more people have their lives ruined by an arrest and conviction, or worse get physically harmed or killed in a drug deal gone bad.
John P. Arnold, the robe-wearing man at Cheshire superior court announced a crackdown today and threatened everyone in the courtroom wearing a hat with arrest. Additionally, he attempted to suggest that liberty lovers were my “group”, and that I was their spokesman. Also he claimed that it was not a conflict of interest that both he and the prosecutor work for the same team called “the state”.
A young man was stabbed to death last night in Keene. According to a local who was an acquaintance of the victim, the 
