Thanks to Dave Ridley for putting together this package from other activists’ videos and experiences at the trial of Big Mike for having the courage to stand up to the Nashua thugs during their assault on the 420 celebration over a year ago.
Nearly a year after Jim Johnson was arrested with 11 others for the horrible crime of assembling for a protest on the supposedly public property of the local jail, he faced a jury trial. They found him guilty. Sentencing has yet to complete. Here’s the footage of this historic first-ever jury trial of a free stater and at the end you’ll see an interview with a juror. While the trial did not come out in Jim’s favor, it wasted an entire day of the court bureaucrats’ time and filled up 50% of their courtrooms. Any large amount of civil disobedience and refusing to plea-bargain will crush the system with a huge burden of cases. Please come join the activism in NH!
Here’s my presentation from the first Agora I/O unconference on Pirate Radio. Start your own station and use LRN.FM‘s content 24/7, free!
Ademo and Pete from CopBlock have released a detailed video chronicling their harassment and arrest for “wiretapping” for using video cameras in a public place in Greenfield, MA. More detail is at Copblock.org/Greenfield
Here’s a report on the return of the 4:20 celebrations appearing in today’s Keene Sentinel, featuring Free Keene’s Ademo!
While St. Patrick’s Day enthusiasts participated in the “wearing of the green” in downtown Keene Thursday afternoon, a small group of activists celebrated a different type of green at Central Square.
Smoking pipes and rolled blunts, activists used marijuana as a way to express “self-ownership,” according to one participant.
This group of nearly 20 was the first of this year to hold a rally supporting marijuana legalization, but similar demonstrations have been a fixture in Central Square since 2009.
“I wish the government would stay out of the issue forever and allow people the right to choose their own medication,” said Ademo M. Freeman, who moved to Keene in January.
Allowing medicinal marijuana, a measure that was passed by the N.H. House in a 221-96 vote Wednesday, is just one step, according to Freeman. (more…)
As was reported here last week, Jim Johnson’s jury selection was held as scheduled yesterday morning, but I was under the impression the case would go right to trial, and I apologize for that mistake. Turns out the trial has been scheduled for 3/17 at 9am. The courtroom only holds 63 people including court bureaucrats, so please arrive in good time to get in the room.
Even though the jury selection process is a public event, all activists were prevented from entering the court yesterday morning, including Jim’s wife, Lauren. The excuse for this was the fire code, in that there were already too many people in the room to allow anyone besides potential jurors in there. The bailiff refused to allow any media into the room, including preventing Jim from bringing in a handheld audio recorder. Being as that we had been prepared to do our own recording and had been prevented by court security, I motioned the robed man to waive the $25 fee for the official audio record, which was actually approved. I picked up the audio today and dubbed it from the proprietary court record format to .mp3. Download Jim’s jury selection audio here.
Here’s the trial event for Jim on Facebook.
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