by Kager | Aug 16, 2012 |
Originally posted at LadiesInKeene.com
August 13, 2012, Ademo Freeman, founder of CopBlock.org, was found guilty on three counts of felony wiretapping after recording his conversations with public officials in an attempt to bring accountability to a situation where it was noticeably absent – an incident where excessive force was used against 17-year-old Frank Harrington, a student at Manchester’s West High School, by Darren Murphy, school resource officer and an employee of the Manchester Police Department.
If you are not familiar with Ademo’s situation, learn more.
Ademo was sentenced to one year in Valley Street Jail, all but 90 days suspended, as well as 1-3 years in NH State Prison suspended for 5 years of good behavior.
In a letter from jail, Ademo wrote: “By the time this is posted, we’ll already know the outcome and hopefully the jury is understanding of my position. I don’t, or won’t, blame them if they find me guilty.”
Ademo may not blame them, but I do. (more…)
by Ian | Aug 16, 2012 |
Got a few minutes? Willing to make a call to get Ademo a pardon? Here’s a facebook event.
Please call today or tomorrow:
Contact NH “governor” John Lynch and ask him if and when he will be pardoning Adam Mueller.
(603)271-2121
(603)271-7640 (fax)
by Garret Ean | Aug 15, 2012 |
From freeconcord.org:
On Monday, Ademo Freeman was convicted of three counts of felony wiretapping after a three hour trial in Hillsborough county superior court, Manchester.
Full trial video from Free Keene
Extensive writeup by Pete Eyre at Cop Block
Preparing for his trial from the Valley Street jail, and spending his lunch break in a cell at the courthouse, Ademo did an excellent job explaining his actions and opening himself to responsibility for them. Unfortunately, he did not present the defense necessary to win over the twelve (likely television-watching) everypersons to understand why his was such a case as jury nullification was intended for. Press and supporters filled the gallery. The judge presented a very relaxed demeanor, a respect for the audience and (some) of their rights, which Cheshire county magistrates have caged individuals over in the past. There were limitations on the press, as only two individuals were permitted to video or audio record despite several requests. Judge Kenneth Brown (more…)
by Ian | Aug 15, 2012 |
Liberty-oriented representative Mark Warden appeared on Girard at Large on WLMW near Manchester. He discussed the trial of Ademo and the issue of “wiretapping” Here’s the archive.
Warden also headed up a subcommittee hearing in Concord today that heard from the public regarding changing the wiretapping law. Here’s a summary from Aahz on the Shire Society Forum:
The dozen or so “general public” who attended expressed their opinions (essentially: NH should be a 1 party state, Ademo should be pardoned, the way the current law stands we’re all wiretapping everyday).
The sub-committee members seemed very attentive and appreciative of input. (more…)
by Ian | Aug 15, 2012 |
Tom Knapp at the Center for a Stateless Society has this to say about the Ademo conviction:
“Autoimmune diseases,” per the Wikipedia article on same, “arise from an inappropriate immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen and attacks its own cells.”
Analogizing from autoimmune disease to political government has its dangers — foremost among them the fact that any such analogy requires us to think of society as a sort of super-organism with its own interests separate from and superseding those of its constituent parts, people — but I don’t think the analogy is a poor one. If there really is such a thing as “the body politic,” the nation-state is to that body as lupus or multiple sclerosis is to an individual human body.
The most advanced stages of the disease are easily identifiable: Mussolini’s “everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state” sums them up rather neatly. (more…)
If you are not familiar with Ademo’s situation, learn more.
