Orlando Police Arrest 15 in Two Weeks for Feeding People

by | Jun 13, 2011 | 5 comments

Yes, it is a crime to feed people in public in Orlando. Heroic civil disobedients continue to return to a public park where each time they attempt to feed homeless people and other hungry folks, the local bicycle gang rides in and kidnaps the servers. Here are multiple videos of the various abductions over the last two weeks, courtesy Orlando Copwatch. Orlando’s John Kurtz will be at Porcfest next week along with other Orlando activists: (It’s also worth noting that I don’t agree with the chant heard in these videos of, “Food is a right, not a privilege”. Food is neither. It’s a product that should be able to be sold or given away in whatever non-fraudulent way the people who have it want. It would be more accurate to say that the ability to give away or sell food is a right, not a privilege. That said, one need not agree with the liberty viewpoint to do attention-worthy civil disobedience. These activists are courageous to continue going back and getting arrested again and again.)


Here’s raw footage:
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Seacoast Paper Reports on Copblock’s Impending Visit

by | Jun 10, 2011 | 3 comments

Thanks to Seacoast Online’s Elizabeth Dinan for this piece on Copblock:

PORTSMOUTH — Members of the group Cop Block, who say they organized to hold police officers accountable by filming them at work, announced plans to protest in the city today.

The group’s founder, who goes by the name Ademo Freeman, was arrested earlier this week in Manchester on charges alleging he defaced that city’s police headquarters with chalk and resisted arrest while “cop blocking.” According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, Cop Block members followed and filmed Manchester police officers on Friday night, then followed up by writing anti-police slogans on the police station during a protest the following day. (more…)