The full story is at Liberty on Tour and reposted below the following videos, thanks to Ethan Lee Vita. Michele and I captured video of Pete’s arraignment and Ademo’s arrest and then the following “Right of alocution” hearing where Adam is sentenced to 60 days in jail for speaking. (Please stay tuned to Free Keene. The second video is forthcoming but YouTube is taking HOURS to process it, so I decided to just post the first one in this post.
First up, Pete’s video arraignment and Ademo’s arrest on a “contempt” charge for speaking:
This morning we had a video arraignment in Keene District Court for Pete Eyre, arrested yesterday for peacefully wearing a hat. We started the day at 8am and it wasn’t until around noon that Pete’s arraignment occurred. We spent the first hour from eight until nine passing out Don’t Plead Guilty flyers.
The video was set up in a way so that Pete could not see supporters in the audience. Earlier, people had asked a bailiff if Pete would be able to hear us and he paused, before informing us that he would, but that we should stay quiet. Michele Seven, filming the video and judge as an independent source, asked if she could say hi to Pete before the judge walked in, but was denied that privilege by the bailiff. (more…)
A man affiliated with the libertarian Free Keene movement is being held without bail because he refused to give his name after being arrested in Keene District Court Monday, according to Keene police.
The man was arrested after he refused to take off his hat in the courtroom and argued with a bailiff who asked him to leave court, according to Keene police Lt. Darryl W. Madden.
He faces charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and is being held at the Cheshire County jail without bail until he identifies himself, Madden said. (more…)
Here you can see Keene Police’s Matt Griffin putting his knee onto Pete’s head. Why? Pete did not threaten anyone or lash out in violence. Why the aggression, Matt?
Rick Foley, a member of the technology, design and safety department at Keene State College, has co-authored an article in the latest Vermont Commons (where he is also part of the editorial board). “Vermont Commons is a print journal and online forum for exploring the idea of Vermont independence – political, economic, social, and spiritual.”
In related news, due to prompting by Dave Ridley, I have updated my own secessionist website, NHBloom.org. If anyone is interested in contributing to the site, let me know!
Pete and Ademo aren’t the only liberty-loving activists in jail. Capuzzo still sits in a MA jail and writes us 
Thanks to the Keene Sentinel’s Casey Farrar for 
