The following is Rich Paul’s letter to the Keene City Council, as recorded and transcribed by Derrick J Freeman:
When two groups of bullies attacked artists on consecutive days on The Common this month, the Keene City Government sent them a firm message: “Keep it up! We have your back.” How else can we interpret the facts?
In the first attack, four men, all of whom are employed by the Pour House or Pedraza’s, attacked my friend Andy from behind. I dropped my camera and phone, picked up the camera monopod, and drove three of them off. One Pour House employee was able to steal my camera and phone but serious violence was averted.
The City’s response was swift and sure: they arrested me two days later for being a felon in possession of a stick. They have not taken any action against the rioters and thieves. The video of this incident can be found on YouTube, and the thief, first name Terry, bragged of his theft (of the camera) on Twitter.
In the second incident, nobody was fast enough to protect the artist from serious harm, and therefore no arrests have been made. However, City Councilor Filiault is still willing to take the bold step of protecting violent thugs against offensive smiley faces and peace signs by outlawing sidewalk art. His message to bullies: “Hurt people, and we’ll give people what they want.” Perhaps a better solution would be to hold Dorrie O’Meara, who employs all 5 of the attackers, accountable for what her employees do while on the clock.
But then who would protect the bullies?
Richard Paul
C/O Cheshire County D.O.C.
825 Marlboro Road
Keene, NH 03431
Thanks for posting this Pete!
Its important to remember exactly what these people are capable of and remember that no matter the hearings and the pretty words spoken in DC, the people who murdered children by burning them alive walk the streets of America as free citizens.
Charles Manson never gave the order to burn children alive.
Janet Reno DID give the order to burn children alive.
Ben
the gubmint (FBI) also shot at people who were running out, and then after that they charged the survivors with assult on gubmint officials or something like that. and gave the survivors like ten year prison sentences The FBI probably would do the same to my anarhcist village if it ever gets built. Theyll come and try to destroy it
Until they opened fire on them, the Branch Davidians were very easy to find. They traveled into town often and arresting them (if uncle sham had any real evidence of someone actually being harmed by their actions) would have been easy.
President Clinton: Who can we openly murder on t.v. and get away with it, because we're the government and people will believe our side of events?
Janet Reno: Let's find out just who, it's not like I actually have a conscience or anything.
Oh, it wasn't random.
See, the Branch Davidians were stockpiling parts to make AR-15's. Seems they had some sort of insane idea that Clinton would try to create an "assault weapons ban," and that they could get rich by building a stockpile pre-ban rifles.
All perfectly legal, but embarrassing for the administration. So they invented a story about them building machineguns (not the semi-auto rifles they were actually building), and got a judge to sign a warrant based solely upon the fabricated story they presented.
First off, my actual viewpoint on the issue isn't that neutral. However, my goal was to simply present as much pure information as possible along with some balanced viewpoints so that people could make up their own minds. Its pretty difficult to find unbiased information on this issue, and I'm usually suspicious of a source even if it supports my own viewpoint. Also, for anyone going into more depth, all of my references to "Stuart" were actually references to Stuart Wright. I meant to use his last name, not his first, but mistakes happen in the wee hours of the… Read more »
Branch Davidians are an awry sect of the Christian Protestant and Sabbath-keeping international major denomination, Seventh Day Adventists. My mom and I converted to SDA members when I was 10 years old, but I've been non-practicing on and off for several years. During the Waco compound siege I was 19 and living in the Mid-South (U.S.) Our local pastor at that time wrote a editoral letter, which was published in the local newspaper, to explain and proclaim our denomination's disassociation from David Koresh's off-shoot sect. David Koresh's real name was Vernon Howell and had been an S.D.A. before he became… Read more »
SEE!…THIS is what KPD needs that armored vehicle for! How can Keene, NH, EVER have it's very own WACO, if we don't even have an armored vehicle…???… No-knock raid? NO PROBLEM!…a couple rounds from that Mk19 grenade launcher mounted on tha Lenco Bearcat, and we here in Keene, NH, can have our very own WACO… Shit, we'll be lucky if we can get another Thomas Ball… Ya think Waco being right near Crawford, TX, had anything to do with it…???…. Ya think…???… There is SO*LITTLE of any real importance happening today, that it's good to dredge up this stuff from… Read more »
Back in the day, the government questioned the need for the BATF. It was argued that it should be disbanded, and their various functions parceled out to other agencies (FBI, DEA, FDA, and so on). In response to this, the BATF would annually seek out a "flashy bust" that they could use to justify their existence. In 1992, this was Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge. The resulting standoff and debacle resulted in civil charges against the US government and monetary damages awarded to Randy and others involved. In 1993, this was Waco and the Branch Davidians. After these two debacles,… Read more »