Copblock Radio’s Eric Freerock on Trial for “Disobeying an Officer” 2014-01-30

by | Jan 31, 2014 | 2 comments

During a DUI checkpoint in 2013, Cop Block Radio‘s Eric Freerock was arrested for “Disobeying an Officer”, which translates to not showing his ID fast enough. It was his first arrest and this was his first trial. Unfortunately he doesn’t challenge the main claim against him, that he “refused” to show ID, which he did not, he simply returned the officer’s request with some questions, and was promptly arrested. Sadly, there is no video of their interaction, though I’ll link to other video of the checkpoint below. Here’s the full trial video from Keene district court – it’s also the first activist trial in the fancy new courthouse:

At the end, I confront a confused state trooper, “Jerome” over his threatening of me during the same DUI checkpoint when I attempted to exit a vehicle as a passenger.

KSC’s Equinox Publishes Front Page Robin Hooding Story

by | Jan 29, 2014 | 7 comments

Wanted Robin HoodIn a follow up feature story, the Keene State College Equinox paper has published another story, front-page and above-the-fold, about Keene’s Robin Hooders, this time focusing on the appeal by “the City” to the Supreme Court in NH. Here’s the story, thanks to Karina Barriga Albring:

The tension between parking authorities and the free-staters continues as city officials await for a date to appeal the case against Robin Hood of Keene, this time in front of the state Supreme Court.

Keene officials are not happy with the decision Judge John C. Kissinger Jr. made when he dismissed the case the city had presented against six citizens known as “Robin Hooders.”

The city officials claimed the free-staters had allegedly harassed parking enforcement officers. (more…)

NH Jury Nullification Movement Covered in Wall Street Journal

by | Jan 23, 2014 | 10 comments

Free Keene blogger Rich Paul’s case and the movement for more awareness of jury nullification received a feature story on the Wall Street Journal site. NH is the only state in the country with a law enshrining the historic, but repressed right of jurors to vote based on their conscience rather than just the facts in a given court case. There’s still much that needs to be done, but here nullification is legal for defendants and attorneys to actually talk about in court. (Here’s a trifold with more information about jury nullification.) Here’s the story: (more…)