Spending seven hours in a courthouse is seldom entertaining, but during the Robin Hood of Keene trial which occupied the entirety of Monday, the proceedings maintained general lighthearted hilarity. Attorney Jon Meyer represented five of the six accused of filling meters as part of a conspiracy theory hatched by Prince John and Jester Mullins. Despite fairly condemning affidavits filed by parking enforcement officers alleging harassment, the one full and one partial testimony from parking enforcers honestly relayed that Robin Hooders’ interactions with them are fairly innocuous. For example, all enforcer affidavits claim Robin Hooders invade the personal space of enforcers, yet when asked on the stand if anyone present in the courtroom had bumped into or initiated unprivileged physical contact, parking enforcer Linda affirmed one incident and identified a member of the courtroom audience who was not even named in the lawsuit. (more…)
In a ridiculous attempt to remove chalkings from an ostensibly public sidewalk a Cheshire county maintenance worker assaults Robin Hooders James Cleaveland and Graham Colson by spraying them with water from a hose as they sit on their artwork in an attempt to protect it from the hose-wielding man:
Attendees report the meeting room itself was maxxed out and there were at least 150 more people protesting outside. Thanks to all who came out to support freeom! Now the question is, will any city councilors change their vote and vote against this monstrosity? Apparently they put off the vote to a future meeting – a sneaky, cowardly, and all-too-common political move, likely in hopes of dampening turnout at the vote meeting.
Here are the tweets live from Day 1 of the Robin Hood “evidentiary hearing” that happened all day in Cheshire superior court, thanks to Darryl W. Perry and FPP.CC for the coverage: (They go from newest to oldest, so start at the bottom of the full article for the beginning of the day.)
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Darryl W. Perry @DWPerry78
Pete again motioned to be removed from the case #RobinHoodtrial
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Darryl W. Perry @DWPerry78
No preliminary relief, case is continued until a later date #RobinHoodtrial
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Darryl W. Perry @DWPerry78
Prosecution had 5 more witnesses, plus 5 witnesses for the defense #RobinHoodtrial (more…)
While Robin Hooders prepare to spend a full day in court, this evening Concord city bureaucrats will hold the public hearing on the now infamous BEARCAT grant sought by the police. At 7pm, the public meeting is slated to begin at the council chambers on Green Street. Check out the informative response from Occupy New Hampshire, reformed following the decision to label them a terrorist group by the local police, who gathered to express their opposition to militarism and corporate protectionism. Additional coverage has recently run in Mother Jones, The Washington Times, Common Dreams, and The Boston Liberal. As posted to the Concord-NH.patch.com:
Participants and sympathizers of what was the Occupy New Hampshire movement are shocked to learn that the city of Concord considers us a potential threat to public safety and that we “present daily challenges.” In fact, the city considers us such a threat that it filed a fraudulent grant request to purchase a quarter of a million dollar armored attack vehicle to protect the community from non violent activists in this state.
Occupy NH established an explicit nonviolent ethic at its onset. No ONH event has ever witnessed a single act of violence. Furthermore, while Chief Duval claims that this is for the protection of the citizens of Concord, and wonders about the concern of citizens outside of Concord, he made this process a statewide issue and invited non-Concord residents to participate in the discussion and decision making process by targeting statewide organizations such as Occupy New Hampshire, and the Free State Project. (more…)
