Ademo Freeman of CopBlock.org faces 21 years in prison for recording conversations with government bureaucrats. This is raw video of his jury selection (minus any portions that might identify potential jurors). More on this case at http://copblock.org/freeademo
The trial starts Monday morning, 8/13, 10am at Manchester “superior” court.
Thanks to the Union Leader’s Pat Grossmith for the report on yesterday’s jury outreach:
About two dozen protesters were outside Hillsborough County Superior Court North Monday morning, greeting potential jurors in next week’s trial of Adam Mueller, 30, who is accused of recording telephone conversations with a police officer, high school principal and school secretary without their consent.
“Good Jurors Nullify Bad Laws” read one homemade sign.
Others carried bright yellow signs, with wording in bold black saying: “Jury Duty? NHJury.com 1-800-TEL-JURY.”
The website advocates jury nullification, whereby a juror would vote his conscience and vote not guilty, even in cases where there is evidence of guilt. (more…)
Ademo Freeman continues to attract more eyes to his case. Yesterday a letter from him transcribed at nevertakeaplea.org was published. He affirmed that he would not be accepting a plea deal to safely avoid jail or prison time, and that he will trust a jury of his peers not to convict him for his victimless attempt to create transparency.
…by the time this is published to CopBlock.org and other blogs, I’ll have refused Michael’s offer and here’s why. First, I can’t go against my principles and sign a deal that says I acknowledge my actions as wrong or illegal. Second, I’m not a hypocrite. How can I advocate refusing plea deals and sign one myself? I don’t judge anyone who has taken pleas because each case/charge is different. Third, I am confident I can show a jury, with facts and logic, that I shouldn’t be caged for my actions.
Appearing today on CNN’s iReport blog is an entry about Ademo’s upcoming trial, which is scheduled to take place in Manchester in just over a week. (more…)
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!
540 days in jail for dancing, smoking, going to court, and riding a bike. “Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree“, is a feature-length documentary chronicling liberty activist Derrick J Freeman’s exciting first year of activism in The Shire.
The waiting is over. It’s now available free in HD on Youtube:
Ademo was in front of a robed man in Manchester “superior” court yesterday for a pretrial hearing prior to the upcoming trial for “wiretapping” (details). Here’s the video
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