Sheriff Threatens Journalists with Arrest

Think you have freedom of the press? Think again. Watch as Sheriff Richard Foote emerges from the Cheshire superior court to threaten journalists with arrest if they come inside the ostensibly “public” building:

Hat-Wearers Threatened in Superior Court

ArnoldJohn P. Arnold, the robe-wearing man at Cheshire superior court announced a crackdown today and threatened everyone in the courtroom wearing a hat with arrest. Additionally, he attempted to suggest that liberty lovers were my “group”, and that I was their spokesman. Also he claimed that it was not a conflict of interest that both he and the prosecutor work for the same team called “the state”.

Cheshire county prosecutor John Webb also claimed that it wasn’t his fault that the court took over six months to bother to schedule a trial. Arnold will issue a ruling on the speedy trial issue by Monday morning’s jury selection. If his ruling on my motion to dismiss for lack of speedy trial is any indication, he’ll continue on with the aggression.

It was an interesting day in court, and video is to come. Tomorrow David Vandenberg is asking liberty-lovers to witness his hearing regarding the media ban in Keene superior courtat 1:30pm.

Multiple Hearings of Interest at Superior Court this Week

ArnoldBoth are on the calendar at http://calendar.freekeene.com , and here are Facebook events:

Ian’s “Speedy Trial” Hearing
Come and watch the people calling themselves “the state” claim that making someone wait for a year for a trial is “speedy”.
7/26 2pm
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225812080797641

Hearing about Media Ban at Superior Court
David Vandenberg is asking liberty-lovers to witness his hearing regarding the media ban in Keene superior court.
7/27 1:30p
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234088949956785

Also, the very boring pre-trial hearing for me is on 7/26 at 11am, the same day as the 2pm “speedy trial” hearing.

The jury selection for my trial for standing in front of a police car is 8/1 at 9a, and the trial will likely be 8/2 at 9a.

This is regarding the trial for when I stood in front of a police car last year as well as the drinking game arrest.