As is their habit, the people calling themselves the “City of Keene” have threatened Beau Davis with caging if he sets foot on Central Square. This is the same thing they have done to FK blogger Derrick J and other activists arrested there since this summer. It’s a desperate attempt at control. Here’s Beau, interviewed across the street by Fr33 Agents:
Will they apologize for wrongfully arresting peaceful, silent protestors at their meeting last August? Seems doubtful. Here’s the latest on the situation thanks to Talley.TV and Fr33 Agents:
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.
You can download the edition for this week here. Topics covered include Derrick J’s charges for video recording being dropped, Derrick J being assaulted by court security over a hat, and a three-year retrospective by Keene activist Will May.
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Free Keene TV‘s Michele Seven reports in from Occupy Wall St. and asks why you aren’t there. I support what Michele is doing, but I have enough on my plate here in Keene. The real question, is where are all the supposed New York liberty people? Are they there? If not, why not? I’ll be at Occupy Keene tomorrow. Here’s her blog from facebook:
Well I am sitting in a coffee shop in Brooklyn with a freestate friend who has generously put me up while I am here in NY for the OWS outreach that I have committed to doing since first hearing about this occupation. (more…)
Keene’s occupiers started with just a facebook group that expanded to two and now have an event calendar, email list, and central website where it’s all linked together, with the calendar embedded on the front page: OccupyKeene.com
Daily events include lunchtime and afternoon drive protests and a weekly General Assembly at 5:30pm in Central Sq. Other upcoming events include one before Ron Paul’s speech Monday afternoon at Keene State, and a visit from the Occupy Manch folks this Sunday at 1pm in Central Sq.
Attendance at general assemblies have been increasing each week recently with more college kids this week than I’ve ever seen doing any activism in Keene, ever!
I’m not sure about Sam’s charges, as he missed his first court date due to his move back to Texas, but my charges for the 2010 Drinking Game arrest, “disorderly conduct” and “contempt of court”, were both dropped or by the prosecutor. Here’s the video from the original arrests.
As you may recall, liberty activists including myself had engaged in a drinking game in protest of the “open container” ordinance. “Mayor” Dale Pregent interrupted his own meeting to threaten us over it, then had Keene police chief Ken Meola threaten and arrest us. He demanded I either hand over the brown bottle for inspection or leave the meeting. Considering I am not obligated to either consent to a search of my property or leave a public meeting simply because I was engaging in silent protest, I stayed right there and was arrested. The “contempt” charge was levied because I was arrested while on bail for the prior arrests for “trespass” at the jail and for standing in front of a police car, or “obstructing government administration”.
It’s also worth noting that at the 2nd drinking game, Dale Pregent and police ignored the dozen-or-so activists who re-played the game.
Will Dale Pregent and Ken Meola apologize for the illegal arrests? Will the city council issue a proclamation that silent protests will go unmolested in the future? Stay tuned to find out, because I plan to ask via a letter I am dropping off today at city hall.
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