Kate Blogs at CopBlock about Ademo’s Caging

by | Jul 13, 2012 | 5 comments

Kate has posted a piece at CopBlock about Ademo’s ridiculous caging:

At 10:00AM, July 11, 2012, Ademo Freeman and I, as well as about a dozen other individuals, left the Keene Activity Center and headed for Manchester. Ademo was scheduled to have a hearing at the Manchester District Court at 1:15PM.

For those unaware, Ademo recently received a letter stating that he had missed jury selection for an appeal on a resisting arrest charge stemming from the Chalking 8 incident, and that his case had been remanded back to the District Court. Ademo never received the letter notifying him of the date for jury selection. The letter itself had the correct address in the upper left corner, but the envelope displayed an address that according to the return stamp on the envelope, the USPS couldn’t even locate. (more…)

Grievance Panel Recommends Impeachment Investigation Against Judge John P. Arnold

by | Jul 12, 2012 | 2 comments

Judge John P. ArnoldAfter months of meetings, including one to which Judge John P. Arnold of “superior” court was invited and did not attend, the Grievance Panel has voted overwhelmingly, 9-1, to recommend the house proceed with an impeachment investigation against Arnold. The full house will now need to vote for said investigation. Once the full investigation opens, others who have grievances agains John P. Arnold (and there are plenty of his victims around) will be able to bring them forth.

School Board Denies Military Veterans Access to Keene High

by | Jul 12, 2012 | 18 comments

Despite appeals court decisions that make it clear that schools must allow counter-recruiters in if they allow military recruiters, the Keene school board decided not to allow veterans to set up a counter-recruiting table at Keene high school. Their excuse is that representatives from colleges and workplaces are able to also reach out to students and therefore they are exposed to other post-high-school options. Of course, none of those other people will be providing information specifically counter to the lies and misinformation given by the recruiters. Also, it’s worth noting that the recruiters are there several times per year, and other viewpoints either not allowed at all, or barely. See the entire interaction between me and the school board from the clip below, courtesy of Cheshire TV. After the video, you’ll find the Keene Sentinel’s report on the meeting which focused primarily on the counter-recruiting situation. Thanks to Sentinel reporter Kaitlin Mulhere for the excellent article.

The next step in this saga will be taken by NH Peace Action, as they will be reaching out to the NHCLU regarding suing the school board to allow veterans to be on-campus as often as the military recruiters. Stay tuned here for the latest.


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