Despite being outside the event itself interviewing attendees, Iraq War veteran and Manchester activist “Liberty Carrots” was ejected from a Republican political event by the Manchester police. Here’s the video, courtesy the brand new “We Are Change NH”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSHbqZl14U
What does state rep Janice Wall have to hide and why is she so unfriendly? Dave Ridley of the Ridley Report returns to the state house to attempt to hold members of the judicial committee accountable on what, if anything, they are doing about Thomas Ball’s self-immolation nearly three years ago. They mostly ignore him, but one of them is even more ridiculous and rude than the rest, Janice Wall. She attempts to hide her face with papers (which she accidentally drops), then attempts to tell on Dave to the building’s security staff. Enjoy these videos of this ridiculous person. What does she have to hide? I sure hope I recognize her next time I’m in the state house, because I’ll be sure to grab my camera and ambush interview her as well. In fact, any activists living in the Madbury area should also try to interview her about why she’s so unfriendly to independent media. She should be on video more often! Here are Ridley’s two videos where he confronts her multiple times:
Someone at the NH State Police did me a big favor and sent out a press release about my arrest. As a result, WMUR has published a quick blurb and tweeted and is working on a larger story, a Union Leader reporter has called for an interview (UPDATE: Here’s the UL report.), and the Concord Patch has already scooped the mainstream news with some good coverage!
Thanks for the free press, NH State Police! You’ve managed to make yourselves look really petty and this also seems to be highly political. Or, do you treat everyone like this over paperwork errors?
Here’s the release, which wrongfully misinforms readers that I had obtained multiple identifications from the DMV. At no point did I have more than one ID from New Hampshire: (more…)
If you’ve been reading the Free Keene blog for the last year, you know that in Summer of 2013, the NH DMV suspended my driving “privileges” indefinitely, until I got a NH driver’s license. You also know that for many years I have been using the name Ian Freeman without going through the probate process to change my name legally. In my interactions with the state and city, this name-change-in-fact has had mixed results. I was able to successfully register to vote as Ian Freeman and run for office under that name, but most courts would not recognize my name change. Though, there were a couple exceptions, including Concord district and MA’s Palmer district courts. However, most robed men would refuse to recognize it, even though I would cite NH supreme court decision Moskowitz vs Moskowitz that makes it pretty clear that one can change one’s name in NH without probate court, simply by using the new name. They just ignored the decision.
Since I had been ordered to get a drivers’ license under threat of violence, I decided that would be a good time to do a legal name change. (I’d actually tried this a couple of years ago but was stopped when I was arrested for going to court. That no trespass order for which I was arrested was eventually thrown out and the case against me dismissed.)
The DMV had told me my “privileges” would be suspended as of Nov 5th. After that, there was a short window of time where if I got their license, the $100 re-instatement fee would not apply, so I was in a hurry to get it done. The probate court process was simple and relatively quick for government work, but of course, I was paying them $105, and they tend to be more efficient when getting paid. I got the official name change document from the probate court on November 7th and went down to the DMV to get the NH drivers’ license.
I figured I had everything required – old license, voter ID under the name Ian Freeman and name change document from probate, but no – turns out there was an unwritten requirement: (more…)
Dave Ridley of the Ridley Report is again roaming the halls of the state house asking the politicians the questions they don’t want to hear:
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