A bill before the NH state house would, if passed, restrict police in NH from acquiring any equipment that average people cannot acquire, thereby preventing further issuance of any BEARCATS and other military-grade equipment, and stopping the further militarization of the police. This week, Keene liberty activists went to the state house to speak on the bill and the issue of ending police militarization. Here’s video:
Also, we dropped in on a hearing to increase the minimum wage and explained to the legislators why the minimum wage only hurts those it intends to help and how it’s economically destructive: (more…)
NH Bitcoiners converged on the state house legislative office building yesterday to testify on a bill that would make NH the first state to allow tax and fee payments in bitcoin. The video below is day one of two – day two will be coming next week, as the hearings were postponed due to time.
As reported here at Free Keene yesterday, buses for the Gilford school district have been illegally equipped with video cameras that capture audio. Now, much better, longer video has been posted where drivers admit that the cameras have been present for months and without any posted notice until Tuesday of this week. This is a clear violation of the awful NH “wiretapping” statute. There is a section of the statute exempting school districts, but only if notice is posted. It wasn’t, as the drivers make clear. Though the police in NH have arrested countless average folk and activists for violating the statute, the school board will avoid any consequence – just watch.
Congrats to whatever brave teens who produced this VERY entertaining video. It’s particularly entertaining thanks to the ridiculous third bus driver who gets on her two-way radio to report the dastardly students who are conducting an investigation. Thanks also to Josh Youssef for posting the hilarious video:
The satirical Owl Pellet has once again reported on their fictional version of “Free Keene”! The first time they focused their Onion-like publication on Free Keene, it was a funny article about how Keene liberty activists were looking for something related to Pumpkin Fest to protest. This time, they claim liberty activists are protesting and even blocking snow plows!
Like the Onion frequently does, the Owl Pellet has managed to fool some people into thinking Keene liberty activists actually oppose snow plowing, so just to be clear, my view (and I don’t speak for anyone else) is that plowing and other road maintenance are services of value. Services that people value don’t need to be funded by coercion, which is how government is currently funded. Voluntarists don’t want to dismantle these services – we just want them funded by consent. I consent to road maintenance. I imagine you would too.
In a video captured by a student in Gilford, a school bus driver admits to a student that the camera on the bus is recording audio. By definition, this is “wiretapping”, according to a ridiculous, draconian NH statute that most other states do not have. In most places, you can record a conversation so long as one person knows it’s being recorded. In New Hampshire, the supposed “live free or die” state, every party to the recording must be aware, and depending on your interpretation, consent. What the school board in Gilford is doing is not legal, but it should be – for everyone. The wiretapping statute only protects bad bureaucrats and business people from accountability and needs to be heavily gutted or repealed entirely.
Here’s the brief student video where they announce they are recording and then the driver admits the permanently mounted camera at the front of the bus has been recording audio. Will the Gilford school superintendent be arrested? Don’t hold your breath. They save their “wiretapping” arrests for activists like Ademo Freeman of Cop Block.
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