Although the City of Keene has been known to drop several activists’ parking tickets when faced with a court date, such did not happen on Monday. Nick Ryder had a “Notice of Violation” placed on his car in October of 2010, and in March 2011, the matter was handled in Keene District Court. (Update 03-30-11) Judge Burke has found Ryder guilty, and enforced the fine of $15.
Click to view the court decision
Most everybody simply pays the low cost of a parking ticket in Keene. But not Ryder, and not many other activists such as Ian Freeman, Johnny Ray, Mark Edge, and Dale Everett, who have all resisted paying the parking fine, and were either found not guilty in court, or had the matter dropped before trial.
Here is the video from Monday’s trial:
During trial, the question came up of whether the owner of a vehicle is legally responsible for parking tickets placed on it, even if the owner was not the operator of the vehicle. According to the Keene City Code, the answer is yes:
Sec. 94-155. Owner responsibilities.
A person shall not allow, permit or suffer a vehicle registered in his name to stop, stand or park in violation of any section of this Code controlling the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles. The owner or person in whose name such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for such violations.
(Code 1970, § 2818.0)
Copies of this should be in every home! AND in your vehicle! TU Free Keene.com
This is targetting people already under duress from being subject to legal action with advice that absolutely no lawyer, or licensed practicing individual in the world would EVER suggest to their client. Thankfully you are offering them a golden handshake due to the tort of negligence through misstatement of fact, or possibly even malicious misinformation. I’m hoping the United States still has some semblance of a tort system in force and haven’t screwed up the laws too badly. But to any and all people receiving these flyers; if things turned out worse for wear for you you can sue FreeKeene… Read more »
I think it would fair to say that some people that choose the name Freeman do believe in conspiracies. Ian “Freetard” as you called him does not believe in conspiracies. The purpose of the don’t take a plea outreach is not to help people win their freedom through some trick learned from conspirators and in fact is not about “winning” in court at all. If you disagree with someone and think they are foolish you should attack them but when you do so with false information you look foolish. Ian has a lot of beliefs that are not mainstream that… Read more »
If you don’t agree with what their saying, why take the time out of your day to visit a site and commentthat doesn’t really get a lot of hits in a day?
And do you, yourself, practice law, Sir?
Yes don’t take the plea deal! And enjoy your many years in prison. I think the situation in this country is insane too, and that the police are tyrannical. But what good does it do to let yourself get screwed worse than you are? Unless you actually are totally innocent of the crime, what’s to be gained by going to prison? If I’m missing something, tell me. I’m open minded.
I think they are correct if the person is charged with petty traffic or smoking violation. However, you can get the same effect by hiring an attorney. Once your attorney mentions trial, many of these silly charges get dismissed. Serious charges are a totally different story. Plea bargains are a type of extortion. It goes like this: plead guilty (and wave all of your rights) OR go to trial and we will seek a prison sentence that is 10 times longer than the plea deal. Often with plea deals, charges are reduced and no jail time is required at all.… Read more »