It was about ten degrees Fahrenheit at around 6am on March 16th, 2021 when dozens of armed agents from the FBI, IRS, USPS, ATF, and Keene Police swarmed onto the duplex containing the Free Talk Live studio. They smashed in windows and a front door, set off explosions, flew in drones, and held multiple peaceful bitcoin activists at gunpoint. Simultaneous raids were being conducted in multiple other locations, with six people arrested in total. They were since dubbed “the Crypto Six” by supporters.
One had her charges dropped and three have taken plea deals despite never harming another human being. Two remain, facing hundreds of years in prison for completely victimless, made-up financial “crimes” regarding bitcoin.
Now, more than a year later, the FBI has returned the surveillance DVRs they took from the property. This is some of the footage taken at the scene of the Free Talk Live studio in Keene, NH:
Well sheeeiit.
I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
find out where THEY live.
This video is too depressing to watch.
Idk if I’ll bother
Ian should book it
Another finely crafted BS video by Ian. Give it up Ian. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck it is a duck. You are a criminal This nonsense of “not hurting anyone” is more BS. You don’t have to physically hurt someone not to create victims. The good people of Keene are victims because of you and that circus you call freekeene. You being arrested for your part in this bitcoin scam is your own fault. You chose to do the crime. Playing ignorance and trying to paint a Disney like story for your behaviors. The minimum… Read more »
Your BS is stupidly crafted
Ian will have to join a gang huh? Oh Jacks you and your hilariously juvenile overactive imagination.
The only gang to note would be the one that broke into Ian’s home, and he isn’t joining them. Besides, it seems you already hold the position of their bottom bitch and you won’t be giving that up easily, now will you Jacks?
My favorite charge is the recently added tax evasion, and you just know they have the multiple FTL episodes line up where Ian has publicly stated that he has refuses to pay federal taxes. Good job creating a history of willful misconduct! lol what a moron.
Mmhmm about half of households don’t pay federal taxes.
Over half last year actually, 57%. The thing is, if you make enough money you need to pay federal taxes. Glad I could clarify that for you.
Okay. And Ian made enough money?
lol Is that where you are going with this? Pretending Ian is too poor to meet the federal tax threshold? Come on now. Of all the arguments you could make, you’ve picked the flimsiest one. Don’t insult your own intelligence now. He owns a nationally syndicated talk show program, and he was an early bitcoin investor. Where did he get the money for his scam charity ATM? Or money for his house? Radio equipment also isn’t cheap. How were the feds able to seize hundreds of thousands of dollars from his property? Did he inherit that money? Then where did… Read more »
I have no idea, but I fail to see how Ian incriminated himself on his radio show. I haven’t listened to the episodes you’re referring to, but if its just admitting to not paying income taxes, all they would have to do is look up his records with the IRS to see that, right?
It was years ago (when I actively listened), but he was proud of the fact he wasn’t paying.
It’s trivial to prove that he didn’t file, but for it to be criminal, the IRS has to prove that he willfully intended to not pay taxes. Him broadcasting on air that he does not and will not pay taxes is evidence that he is aware of this obligation.
Otherwise his attorney could probably make an argument that he didn’t know any better, and he could possibly get off with just having to pay back taxes and interest.
“Him broadcasting on air that he does not and will not pay taxes is evidence that he is aware of this obligation.”
That’s a bit of a stretch.
That isn’t necessarily criminal. Ian’s taken a vow of poverty and does not have much in terms of worldly possessions. One need only look at how he lives his life to realize that he’s not swimming in money. You don’t pay income taxes on entities you take part in controlling the assets of where said entities are religious institutions. Most of the assets of which you speak were donated to the Shire Free Church a decade ago long before any income tax would have been owed so it would be both accurate to say Ian neither pays nor legally owes… Read more »
Did he pay taxes on those assets prior to donating them to his sham church?
How so?
Well, it doesn’t hold up logically. If I state that I do not and will not quack like a duck, is that evidence that I am aware of my obligation to?
If the conversation is in the context of the government requiring you to quack like a duck, and wondering if you quack like a duck for the government then yes, it is evidence.
Ian incriminated himself just by showing up for porcfest and making this ridiculous video.
Ouch, now that’s using your noggin Jumping Jacks! Guilty as charged 😀
That is a lie
Prove it
How can you type with the gooberments cock planted so deeply down your throat?
I think you’ve spent to much time watching movies. Federal Prisons for Min. Custody offenders is Club Fed., but like you Ian ain’t going to have to find out first hand.
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I’m not sure I understand the logic for the unnecessary destruction here, but other than that the raid looked fine.
I’m really surprised they gave the video footage back.
There’s nothing particularly egregious here that will get the public riled up. I’m pretty annoyed that they wasted so many men on this raid. It’s a really inefficient use of public resources.
Right, Karl. There’s nothing egregious at all about the FBI using a fucking tank to smash into someone’s house – you know, especially after the guy they’re after’s already surrendered and walked out of the house and stuff.
Anyway, how’s the leather on those assholes’ jackboots, Karl? I’ll bet it tastes amazing, you being a pussy and all. 😉
You stupid fuck.
If what you saw in the video didn’t meet your requirements for being egregious.
Then something tells me that what they did *after they smashed the cameras* isn’t going to meet your requirements for egregiousness either.
You fucking imbecile
I mean, maybe what they did off camera was egregious? I can only judge what is in front of me, bub.
Hey David, it’s been over a week since Ian made this post and the public isn’t riled up, just like I said. I guess the raid wasn’t particularly egregious after all, wouldn’t you say? Don’t worry, you don’t have to tell me I’m right. I already know I am.
So you’re saying that the majority of the public don’t object to government infringements?
Not that the posts on FK reach very far.
No knock warrants are disturbing… what are you insane? There have been significant efforts to fight back against illegal no-knock warrants by major civil liberties groups.
While no-knock raids are definitely abused, it makes sense here. If they knocked it would have given Ian time to hide a large portion of his crypto assets (which the idiot should have had secured anyway.)
Uh huh. Total sense. Mostly cuz of all the capitalism going on and stuff, am I right Karl?
Gorillas don’t have logic.
Just muscle.
At some point muscle beat up logic and took over.
This is the whole point of the freedom movement and ftl and fsp
Boy, the leather on those jackboots must taste absolutely amazing, huh Karl? I’ll bet ya can’t wait to go back for seconds.
How were you ever able to come up with this witty riposte? So creative. lol
I know, right? Say, remember when you were telling everybody how awesome the world would be if private property were only allowed to exist at the pleasure of the state? Geez, you libtard weirdos really, really hate property rights, don’tcha? And the right to self-defense too as it turns out. Didja hear what happened in NYC last week? Seems a bodega employee, 62-year-old Jose Alba, had to defend his life from some gang-banger and ended up killing said shit-bag with a knife. Naturally, the hero of this story has been charged with murder and is being held in Riker’s on… Read more »
Private property only exists because of the state, this much is true. In the absence of the state, things are owned by the guy or group with the most guns.
As to the rest, I don’t care. I have too few minutes in the day to follow up on whatever bullshit story you are telling me from some knockoff “news” site.
Gee whiz, Karl. So the guys with the most guns own everything, huh? Say, how do ya figure that’s unique to the ABSENCE of the state? I mean isn’t the state usually the organization that owns the most guns? Inquiring minds want to know. Speaking of bullshit, didja hear the latest skinny on Elon Musk’s buyout of Twitter? Well it turns out it’s in jeopardy and stuff and the Muskinator’s suspended discussions with investors while his team reviews their options. Apparently the main issue is how many fake Twitter accounts there are out there and how many real people are… Read more »
True, the state holds the most guns. The difference is that in a democracy I have an input in how the state operates, whereas the anarchocapitalist vision is just a recreation of feudalism, where the people that don’t own land must follow the whims and desires of the owner class in order to survive. It was a bad system then, and it’s a bad system now.
Yowsers, Karl. That’s really funny. No really. I mean that. Not funny ha ha, of course. More like funny sad.
Anyway, I’ve got news for ya – in the real world, your vote places you exactly last on your favorite politician’s list of favors he needs to pay back. That’s cuz he only needs you to get him across the finish line. He knows that it’s the guys who’re forking over millions of dollars into his campaign who he really owes his job to.
See how things really work, Karl? Lol. Just kidding. I know ya don’t.
In feudalism, the owner owes you no favors and won’t pretend to act like they do. Eventually, people will be sick of being subject to a guy that was simply lucky enough to inherit his wealth, and that guy will be overthrown in a revolution, or at least made to sign something like the Magna Carta at the threat of violence. Historically, we’ve been over this before. Your system sucks worse than democracy.
Wow. So inheriting wealth and overthrowing tyrants are bad things then, huh Karl? Gosh. I didn’t know that. I’ll have to make sure to bring that shit up with the other vassals during our next meeting and stuff. Boy, they’re gonna so furious when they find out about all this. Anyway, guess what, Karl? Looks like all you libtard weirdo buttholes are totally gonna get your abortions back. Get this – the White House intends to let democracy do its thing by turning a blind eye to all the rabid commie goons intimidating Supreme Court justices in restaurants and stuff.… Read more »
Heh, reminds me of when Ian and company intimidated meter maids and court employees. I guess the free keeners were the rabid goons then, wouldn’t you say?
Ha ha. Good one, Karl. It’s always so funny to watch you resorting to making things up every time you need to make yourself sound credible and stuff. Anyway, guess what? Not a single meter maid or court employee has ever had their life threatened by Free Keene. Not even once. Turns out the same thing can’t be said about your side’s rabid commie goons, now can it? Oh, speaking of rabid commies, didja hear the latest about Seattle? The skinny is that six Starbucks are being closed down by the end of the month cuz of – get this… Read more »
People who violate consent because an “authority” told them it was okay, are living their lives in a kind of obedient sychophantic fog. Literally ignorant and cognitively disabled.
Almost like their ability to reason has been turned off and replaced with a “must obey” mindset.
That obedience to imagined authority is how holocausts happen, how smaller everday tyrannical things happen too.
I think the violent intruders owe Ian an apology and should quit their jobs and ask for forgiveness. Maybe find jobs that protect liberty rather than violate it?
Ok I watched the video.
Why did they have to smash or otherwise disable the cameras?
Why?
If they are upstanding agents of “we they people”, why then, do they smash cameras.
Maybe one of the government cocksuckers here can reply to that.
Like that dimwit Karl Marx
They didn’t have to destroy equipment, the structural integrity of the building, or take out entire windows and doors, and one need only look at the 2016 FBI raid as evidence of this as no resistence was put in the first FBI raid. In fact this was a gross abuse of federal powers and no warrant should have been issued authorizing a no-knock raid in the first place. There was no evidence of violence on the part of the targeted individuals. Ian & other tenants of the Shire Free Church cooperated in the 2016 FBI raid and peacefully left the… Read more »
If you didn’t know: it was reported that there was a cache of firearms this time.
One of the residents had that.
So that’s why.
Now you are up to speed.
So don’t muddy the waters of a good point.
This video, along with Ian’s talk at PorcFest 2022 are witness to the Stones Ian and crew have when faced with even overwhelming odds to fight simply for theirs and by extension, our individual human rights. We have shared them already across various social media including https://joinflote.com where absolute free speech lives, and we are very proud simply to do what nearly 200 other radio stations have done- be affiliates carrying the full “leave us alone” line-up of libertarian programming of LRN.FM, 24/7 including their flagship Free Talk Live, now for over 2 years since 2019. I challenge every radio… Read more »
Whatever..
I don’t think you read the post. If you had, you would not have used the 70s show schoolgirl response. So read it thoroughly and reply thoughtfully. Otherwise, you are not adding value.
What you said was a bunch of bloviating blowhard nonsense.
And it’s your fault if you are insulted by that, because you wanted me to elaborate.
The bible is shit
btw
I read your post..
It was fanboy stuff
I’m sure it will comfort monsieur Freeman when he’s rotting in prison.
Idky u aren’t going to prison too
Maybe you are too chicken and too plied by the comforts of statism
Also… Ian disgards lots of “principles”
And ones he purports to have.
Sorry to burst your fanboy Bible
Since you made several replies, I decided to reply to your last post. The reason I suggested you had not read my comments thoughtfully, is because you did not make any real effort to answer them. Instead you were juvenile and dismissive, very unbecoming an adult. First, I have never been to NH. I might in the future. Never met Ian personally, but I respect his efforts. It is not like an American Idol “Ian Nation” as you suggest. Now that you know that, it is dismissed. The reason I made my own personal decision to operate a repeater, is… Read more »
I’m glad you got a repeater. That’s a good contribution. Idk where you are I actually AM in NH. And in the town FTL is in. You are probably in Russia or something. Ian should take a plea. Maybe. That’s on him. He’s got like 26 charges and lots of them serious felonies. Well, what the state would call serious felonies. And it’s their game. All I’m saying is, that, Ian rotting in jail is not going to forward anyone’s liberty. Especially his own. And I don’t think it’s going to be the quote “spiritual retreat” jail . So… All… Read more »
Not sure why I would be in Russia… I have given no info to suggest it, but the Smoky Mountains of the land currently under dominion of a gang called Tennessee is where I call home. By repeater, while I hope to one day run a Pirate Radio OTA, I currently stream (called Flotecasting) the channel on Flote.app so you can bluetooth in your car to listen or wherever you have internet. Sitting on a social network gives my channel worldwide exposure. As for Ian taking a plea, I am not a lawyer but as we have seen from the… Read more »
Stfu
@David
SB here
@David
Are you ready for the relaod of the scamdemic plademic this fall?
still pushin’ daisies here babie. Lovin’ it Love “science!”
Blocked by both the NH Free State Project and the NH Libertarian Party Twitter accounts. #FREEDUMB
@David
SB here still pushing daisies
I come in peace, I believed in the “science!” I took the clot shot
it produces mental instability
I’m honoring my Bro savage truth 603 by speaking out.
I wish Ian the best
Blocked by both the NH Free State Project and the NH Libertarian Party Twitter accounts. #FREEDUMB her daisies pushing clot shot recipient clot shot mandate happy authoritarian libtard sb
The FBI goons had no need or business doing a violent criminal no knock raid like that against peaceful non-violent people like this “crypto group.” Thank God nobody was killed that day as sometimes happens when the crazy FBI goons pull off one of these violent and dangerous no knock raids. Hopefully Ian and Aria will have some intelligent people on the juries for their jury trials as if the jury isn’t completely brain dead, then I would expect that they will be found NOT guilty on all the charges.
@David SB here i come in peace i want to honor my bro savage truth 603 by speaking out i’m pusing daisies from the convid-19 and i’m cheering hard for the Moneypox Moneypox is supposed to infest over 3 billion people and causing 270M fatalities according to doctor sam bailey who here among the true believe in “science!” wouldn’t be enthusiastic about Moneypox? it was supposed to start May 2022 so we’re already in it. Blocked by both the NH Free State Project and the NH Libertarian Party Twitter accounts. #FREEDUMB her daisies pushing clot shot recipient clot shot mandate… Read more »
So Melanie did a post
trashing Ian, then Ian deleted it.
Last I checked, this was Ian’s blog. I suppose if anyone wanted to write their thoughts on their own blog, critical or not, they could link to the post, here. Of course Ian could still remove a link but maybe he would not.
No one is perfect. Maybe less stone-throwing and more support is needed in whatever way you or anyone else would like to help.
You are talking out of your ass.
Go fuck off.
Where is the block button for this dimwitted sycophant?
@david
sb here hangin out with my boi Technoblade from yt
we’re pusing diasies and surving comment section of thecovidblog
@david
my boi Technoblade is dumb he pushin diasies and had 11 M subs
i’m smarter lib i believe in “science!” and the clot shot
Blocked by both the NH Free State Project and the NH Libertarian Party Twitter accounts. #FREEDUMB her daisies pushing clot shot recipient clot shot mandate happy authoritarian libtard sb
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Leticia James in NYC is prosecuting him there for his corrupt real estate dealings and other offences.
And finally, Bennie Thompson The chair of the January 6th commission.
Here that!
All y’all, traitorous, dumb asses
ALL BLACK FOLKS.
BRINGING THAT TRAITOROUS RACIST TO JUSTICE.
Black people will save the soul of this nation.
It’s happening.