Keene Police’s prosecutor Jean Kilham is out to get me for being “resident” and not getting a NH driver license, however she knows her case is junk and dropped the criminal charge that was originally filed. Kilham admitted to me that she has now brought her case to the DMV where the burden of proof is lower, since it’s not a court, but an administrative tribunal. Ultimately her goal is the suspension of my so-called “privileges” to drive in the land known as New Hampshire. Her argument for this is not that I am a dangerous driver (never had an accident or conviction for any manner of dangerous operation), but that I’ve been disobedient. In her terminology, I’ve “misused and abused” the roads and system, by choosing to not be a “resident” and therefore not be liable for getting a license or registering cars in NH. Here’s the video of the full hearing:
After a nearly 45 minute verbal throwdown regarding the applicability of the constitution and statutes between Marc Stevens and the DMV hearings administrator, Michael King, King disconnects Marc (more…)
Two days ago we saw the first photographs hit the internet of Joseph T. DiRusso, a secret state police sergeant responsible for stealing Garret’s property one month ago without so much as an explanation why. Now, the edited video of Garret’s brief encounter with the evasive DiRusso — which provided the clear images — is live at FreeConcordTV. All of the raw videos from the day are organized into a playlist at Fr33manTVraw.
Today outside of the Cheshire county superior court, I spotted the work vehicle of New Hampshire secret police sergeant Joseph T. DiRusso, who conspired with other bureaucrats to deprive me of my property exactly one month ago. DiRusso is a secret police officer in that himself and the judge granted themselves a veil of secrecy by ‘sealing’ portions of the search warrant, including the affidavit which explains the reasons and grounds for which my property was seized. The revised release date has been recently revealed to be August 6. After waiting several minutes for him to emerge, I eventually captured images of Joseph exiting the courthouse. These are the first images available online of DiRusso with the exception of a discrete photograph of him previously published by the Keene Sentinel.(more…)
Yesterday while Robin Hooding in Keene, I stopped into the district court while another person held a camera. Asking the receptionist about when information will be released relative to my case, I was told that the original ‘return date’ of unsealing was scheduled for July 26. For some reason, the unsealing was delayed until August 6. Are the authorities buying themselves more time to avoid the inevitable accountability check? It is also unclear whether the information release will be accompanied by the release of my Canon Vixia camera. Video from the day continues to upload to a playlist at Fr33manTVraw (see the court update from yesterday embedded below). For more info from this incident, check out Pete Eyre’s original post NH Bureaucrats Conspire to Censor Garret Ean at CopBlock, as well as the ninth episode of AKPF #1, which was largely dedicated to this topic.
For starters, patients can’t grow their own cannabis, there will only be 4 dispensaries in the entire State, and patients will be forced to pay a yearly fee to have a “therapeutic cannabis” ID card, not to mention that such dispensaries will not be open for quite some time.
Some people are making a big deal over the fact that PTSD was specifically removed, however better terminology (“traumatic brain injury, or one or more injuries that significantly interferes with daily activities as documented by the patient’s provider”) was added.
The legislation does not allow for anyone in NH who is not a “resident” to be treated as a “Visiting qualifying patient” (The law defines a “Visiting qualifying patient” as a patient with a qualifying medical condition who is not a resident of New Hampshire or who has been a resident of New Hampshire for fewer than 30 days and is not eligible to purchase therapeutic cannabis in New Hampshire or receive cannabis from a qualifying New Hampshire patient.)
One can only hope that this bill is improved in the next session!
Despite the bill not being optimal, it’s still a step in the direction of more personal freedom and choice. It took much effort on the part of liberty-oriented state reps as well as volunteers at groups like MPP.org and the NH Coalition for Common Sense, founded by Free State Project participant Matt Simon. Kudos to everyone who worked to make this happen. The next step will hopefully be more legislation that eases up the ridiculous restrictions that Hassan put in this legislation, so patients can access legal cannabis sooner. This current statute forces them to wait until the state’s dispensaries are ready to distribute, which could be years.
