What Is the Keene PD Hiding?

by | Aug 7, 2012 | 2 comments

What do the Keene Police have to hide?

Today (Aug 7, 2012) I called the Keene Police Department to check the status of my Concealed Carry License application. I applied for the license on July 20. It’s my understanding that NH law requires that the local police department “shall-issue” all valid applicants within 14 days (10 business days) of applying. Applicants must call and ask for an answer–they will not call you. However, if a person has NOT been approved, they will mail that person with an explanation as to why they were denied, and they must do that within 14 days. The clerk (Pat) at the records department said that my application was not in the “approved” pile, and that the man in charge of applications (Michael Goodchild) was on vacation until Aug. 20. She gave me his voicemail, and I left a message. In his voicemail recording, he directs callers to contact Jim McLaughlin with any issues. When I phoned Jim McLaughlin and told him I was audio recording, he told me he did not consent to being recorded and redirected my call to Michael Goodchild’s voicemail again. The third time I called, I explained to the clerk what had happened and asked to speak with someone who would talk to me on the record. After waiting on hold for a few minutes, Pat returned and said that the “Chief of Police” Ken Meola told her that “Captain” Costa would call me back today regarding this issue. Very curious…

Video of the phone call here (pt1) and here (pt2 – the denial).

The law regarding Concealed Carry Licenses can be found here.

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See Dick (Foote) Testify on 9/17 at 10am!

by | Aug 3, 2012 | 0 comments

You may have heard that Cheshire county sheriff Richard “Dick” Foote is running for NH senate this year and leaving his role as sheriff. Now hear this:

Dick is going to be on-the-stand in Keene district court on September 17th at 10am for the trespassing trials for me and Kelly. If you attend, you’ll get to see him asked questions that he will probably not appreciate, particularly those regarding the clearly illegal no trespass orders he issued to several activists late in 2011, which prevented us from our right to access the court system.

In case you missed it, here’s where he threatened us initially and told us that singing is harassing!

WeAreChange Overview: From Anaheim to NH

by | Aug 3, 2012 | 0 comments

WeAreChange released on their youtube channel yesterday a video update of events around the nation which begins with an overview of the military police occupation in Anaheim, California. After a series of shootings of unarmed suspects, protests have swelled in the streets of the Los Angeles suburb whose local government is dominated by Disney’s commercial interests.

This unidentified man was surrounded and arrested seconds
after this photograph was taken. July 29, 2012. Anaheim, CA

The video then highlights happenings here in New Hampshire, featuring video from Ademo’s wiretapping pretrial hearing, and footage from the recently released Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree, a documentary composed of content created by many Shire activists. See the well-produced three minute video “Disney Wiretapping Crime Spree” attached below.

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