First, grab this Friday’s episode of Free Talk Live and listen as Sam describes his situation for the first hour of the show. He is fasting but in relatively good shape after being injured by the court security bureaucrats on Monday. He has given up some info and is now in population with the other nonviolent inmates though still listed as “John Sam Doe”. Sam reports success in reaching his fellow inmates about liberty, relates a tale of compassion on the part of the jail’s violent offenders, and more. Also, today activists we able to visit Sam and nine of them came to the Cheshire County jail on just a few hours notice. Afterwards, the visitors walked around the outside of the jail’s perimeter holding signs, eliciting smiles, positive hand signals, and window banging from the inmates. Tomorrow, there is another protest scheduled at 2:45p for shift change at the jail as well as a candlelight vigil at Keene’s Central Sq. at 9pm.
Finally, here is some video of Sam, originally streamed live:
This morning I had a nice conversation with Superintendent (and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speaker) Rick Van Wickler of the Cheshire County Jail. According to him, Sam is eating but apparently wasn’t until just recently, and that he is still not cooperating so therefore has not been classified. That means he can’t be in population, therefore he is likely in solitary confinement until he decides to submit to some of their questions and a TB test.
I asked Rick what level of control he has over releasing inmates and he explained that he answers to the judges with one exception. (more…)
Here’s the article. Thanks to reporter Anika Clark and photojournalist Michael Moore for covering yesterday’s oppression:
A bit of commotion is nothing new in the courtroom.
But on Monday, the action was in the Keene District Court lobby, where five people were arrested and two were handed summonses on charges of disorderly conduct.
The hubbub started shortly before the arraignment of Dave Ridley, who was arrested in March, accused of refusing to turn off his video camera in the court lobby before attending the arraignment of a marijuana activist. (more…)
Sam has asked that you focus your calls on NH senator Molly Kelly and politely ask her these questions:
This morning I had a nice conversation with Superintendent (and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speaker) Rick Van Wickler of the Cheshire County Jail. According to him, Sam is eating but apparently wasn’t until just recently, and that he is still not cooperating so therefore has not been classified. That means he can’t be in population, therefore he is likely in solitary confinement until he decides to submit to some of their questions and a TB test.
First, Keene Police prosecutor Eli Rivera 
