Cardinal Kanning Arrested for Chalking

by | Oct 10, 2010 | 22 comments

Below is Kat Kanning’s facebook post regarding her husband Russell’s arrest. Russell is the publisher of the NH Free Press:

Therrien decided he had to protect the fed building from chalk so wanted to give Russell a ticket for chalking ‘free bradley manning’. Russell kept walking away so Therrien had to grab Russell and cuff him while they wrote out the ticket. So then the one thug tried hand Russell the ticket while his hands were cuffed behind his back, so Russell couldn’t take it. Then they let him go.

Keene Police Accept Shire ID

by | Oct 1, 2010 | 22 comments

Back in February, as I was walking to a job interview, I found a gold bracelet on the sidewalk. Not being a jeweler,  I took it to a nearby pawn shop to be evaluated. I assumed it to be a relatively cheap piece, as it had clearly broken off of somebody’s wrist. I was quite surprised to find out that I had a valuable piece of jewelry on my hands and, at the recommendation of the pawnbroker, I took the bracelet to KPD to turn in as lost property. Not my first choice of organizations to use, but currently the one that the original owner is most likely to talk to. I received a receipt for the property and was told I would be contacted.

Thursday I received a postcard informing me that the property was unclaimed, and that I should make an appointment to pick it up. Friday, I did so, and was informed that I would need “an ID we can make a copy of”. Having become involved with several media organizations, including Free Keene, and Free Talk Live, over the last several months, I had made a Press ID card, similar to the one pictured. I decided to try to use that as my ID in my dealings with KPD today. I was shocked when the Evidence secretary took the ID card as valid without even a question as to its origin. I have previously used this card when ID’d to enter a local bar without incident. These are high quality cards that may be useful in a variety of situations where you don’t wish to use state ID. It should be clearly stated that the ID I presented contained valid identifying and contact information.

If you would like a similar ID card you can make your own at EasyIDCARD.com.

Corruption Rises to the Top

by | Oct 1, 2010 | 316 comments

On April 14th 2009, I was filming in the second floor lobby of Keene City hall. According to an unsigned document on the wall filming is prohibited. I was arrested and cuffed over a silver bracelet seen in the background of the video.

I dropped to the floor and as they dragged me around the bracelet was cutting into my wrist causing excruciating pain. Eli Rivera, now running for sheriff, found this rather amusing. This video depicts the events that happened before my camera was turned off. (more…)