On May 20th, 2012 I attended Social Sundays put on by the Free Keene folks and that was followed by a protest outside of the Cheshire County Jail in Keene, NH. Myself, Ian Freeman, Paul Hassler, Chris Cantwell, David Crawford and Julia all took up signs and took to opposite sides of Highway 101 to protest the prison system. We currently have two friends and civ dis fellows in the Cheshire Co Jail, sarcastically called the Keene Spiritual Retreat Center! Derrick J. Freeman is facing up to 105 days in jail for victimless crimes and Beau Davis is in for 31 days for possession of an illegal substance (another victim of the War on Drugs). We received a generally good response from folks driving by. Only one car yelled at us negatively. He called us “Fucking Commies”. That made me laugh! This person obviously knows nothing about what we or the communists stand for. His ignorance is not only contemptible but incredibly sad. I have had heated discussions with people over the War On Drugs because I find it to be a waste of money and it destroys the economy, the family and society as a whole. Decriminalize all drugs now! I also advocate for the nullification & peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience of bad laws. Every day each one of us breaks at least three laws with zero knowledge. How can a society live this way?
Radio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as a podcast and also will air at the top of some hours on LRN.FM.
Topics covered include the imprisoning of Derrick J and Beau and a man smoking cannabis legally in the state house. Here’s the archive:
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After serving a 75-105 day sentence in jail for his victimless crime spree, DerrickJ will be in self-imposed exile from the Shire and touring the continent in search of exciting activism.
Are you already getting active for the cause of liberty? Perhaps you’re part of a liberty community. I want to travel to you and report on the cool ideas and projects that you’re working on. I’ll be using agorist cabs whenever possible, but I’ll need some money for Greyhound busses, too.
While on the road, I’ll be producing one video per day covering the status of my trip. I’ll also be producing an episode of Fr33 Agents Radio News (more…)
Activist and videographer/editor Beau Davis was jailed today after a sentencing hearing at Cheshire “superior court”. He will be spending 30 days in the Keene spiritual retreat for the “crime” of distribution of cannabis. If he gets good time, he could be out in as little as 20 days.
Please write to Beau via Mail-to-Jail or at this address:
Beau Davis
825 Marlboro Rd.
Keene, NH 03431
You can put money into his commissary (so he can be a little more comfortable on the inside) via the info here.
My friend and co-blogger Derrick J checked in to the local spiritual retreat Monday at 5pm. His sentence could be as little as 75 days, and possibly over 100, depending on “good time”. Please write to Derrick via Mail-to-Jail or at this address:
Derrick Horton
825 Marlboro Rd.
Keene, NH 03431
You can put money into his commissary (so he can be a little more comfortable on the inside) via the info here.
Stay tuned to Free Keene as Derrick J is expected to blog from the inside. Plus, a feature-length documentary is in the works.
Your letters make a big difference – please send your thoughts to Derrick. Mail-to-Jail makes it easy.
Monadnock region liberty activist and newer mover Emberlea McCulligh blogs about one of our recent jail protests:
Radio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as 
