A few weeks ago, Asbury Park, NJ made national news as a former city councilor called for the enforcement of an ordinance banning wearing swimsuits on the boardwalk. Liberty activists from the area organized a swimsuit-wearing civil disobedience event in response. The event transpired despite town officials promising the ordinance will not be enforced, as it had not been.
However, during the event, Steven Ettinger was arrested for allegedly exposing his genitals as he bent over in a Borat-style swimsuit. Chris Cantwell of Marlborough was there with his camera:
On Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 CopBlock.org founder and my good friend Ademo Freeman was put in handcuffs and taken to a cage. In this video I give an overview of the situation.
It’s said that when legislation conflicts with law a good man will side with the latter. That’s what Ademo did. He acted to point-out double-standards.
Some say if you don’t agree with legislation to change it through the courts. Ademo tried. But he wasn’t even given his day in court to argue to merits. Instead, a bureaucratic error conveniently meant that he wasn’t informed of his appeal date.
Below are related posts, a video playlist that begins with the video Ademo made live two days ago, on Monday, July 7th, 2012, about his situation, and WePay donation buttons (25% of which will go to Ademo’s commissary and will be used by him after he’s free(r) and 75% of which will go to advance CopBlock.org’s mission). (more…)
This video was posted to CopBlock.org on June 30th, 2012. It details a project FreeKeene.com blogger Meg McLain has brainstormed and will soon make a reality with Nate Cox, founder of Virgina Cop Block, in Richmond, VA.
Since the post went live they’ve expressed interest at having a capstone know-your-rights summit at the conclusion of their outreach similar to that which the Peaceful Streets Project just held in Austin, TX.
Visit Virginia Cop Block to learn more about the Liberty Empowerment Project and to donate or advertise to help make it a reality!
Mark Edge introduces Steven J Howard for his second of three speeches at the 2012 Porcupine Freedom Festival. The full title for this speech is Our on a Limb: A Practitioners Critique of the Current Practices in Law.
