Keene Police Shutdown Bake Sale for Homeless Shelter

by | Oct 18, 2010 | 90 comments

During the Keene NH 2010 Pumpkin Festival, a mix of local law enforcement forced a local Cub Scout group to shutdown their fundraiser. They were on private property exactly has they had done the previous 4 years.

After setting the cub scouts strait, they moved on to shut down a bake sale fundraiser for the local homeless shelter.

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BREAKING: Adam from Liberty on Tour Arrested in Vegas

by | Sep 19, 2010 | 36 comments

Here’s a lengthy qik.com video from Liberty on Tour‘s Pete Eyre of his partner Adam walking into a trap. Or so it seems. Details are sketchy at this moment. Approximately five cops are called out to deal with what appears to be a parking issue. The main cop opens with, “Can I talk to you for a second?”. What would have happened if Adam had said, “No thanks”, and closed the window? These cops were on a fishing expedition, based on what I can hear in the video. They use Adam’s answers to justify further prying into his private business.

Former cops like Barry Cooper recommend not even answering when the police are at your door. We don’t know what transpires before Adam comes to the window, but it may have been better to not acknowledge them at all. Of course, it’s easy to think about all this in hindsight, and a lot tougher on the ground with men standing around your motorhome with their hands on weapons. (more…)

OFFICIAL VIDEO: Liberty on Tour’s Arrests In Denver

by | Sep 2, 2010 | 5 comments

This is the video you have been waiting for. It’s Liberty on Tour‘s Adam and Pete’s perspective, from their cameras, of their arrests in Denver at the Broncos’ stadium. This is what happens when you refuse to show your masters “your papers” in this supposed “free” country:

The police state is getting worse – join the Free State Project, escape to New Hampshire (here are some reasons to move to Keene) and help us all get free from those who would control peaceful people.

NH’s Largest Newspaper Smacks Around Police For “Wiretapping” Arrests

by | Jul 13, 2010 | 3 comments

“No police scrutiny: Drop the camera and back away”

“Take care, New Hampshire, that you don’t let the police catch you using your cell phone or video camera to record their interactions with the public. You could be arrested and charged with a felony.”

“It shouldn’t be a crime to record public officials doing their jobs or to record public disturbances or other crimes. Doing so can be a public service. (Had someone taped the incident involving Christopher Micklovich and four off-duty Manchester police officers outside the Strange Brew Tavern earlier this year, that saga would not be dragging on and on.) But in New Hampshire it’s not only a crime, it’s a felony. This needs to change.”

Pretty easy editorial to agree with. What possible public benefit accrues from barring citizens from recording their interactions with governmental officials (particularly ones trained and authorized to use violence)? New Hampshire has some of the best and most professional police officers in the country, and as long as they stay that way they should have no reason to object to being recorded.

– Peter, Canterbury

Wow. Thank you Union Leader for such an awesome piece. The article is located here.