All Charges have been dropped against Christopher Micklovich who was arrested after being beat up by four off-duty Manchester police officers. Micklovich was charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, simple assault and resisting arrest.
As previously reported, three of the officers were suspended after an internal review found that they violated standard operating procedures. Jonathan Duchesne, Michael Buckley and Matt Jajuga were all suspended without pay for an undisclosed period of time. The fourth officers, Lt. Ernie Goodno faces no penalties as he retired from the force shortly after the incident.
Although an internal review found the officers did not act in a criminal manner, the Hillsborough County Attorney, Robert Walsh, has decided to review the matter himself. This has enraged two different police unions, who insist the public should be left in the dark as to what actually happened outside the Strange Brew Tavern on March 3, 2010. (more…)
If you’ve seen Sean before, you’ll remember him. Perhaps he came to your rescue in downtown Keene by dropping coins in your expired meter, thereby saving you from the aggression of the parking bureaucrats. Or, perhaps you’ve just seen him around town in his trademark FSP “Don’t Tread on Me” flag cape. Now he joins the bloggers here at Free Keene. Welcome, Sean! Here’s his bio from the Bloggers page:
A long time constitutionalist, Sean came to the ideas of a voluntary society through the works of Ayn Rand and Stephan Molyneux. Moving from North Carolina to Keene, NH in December of 2009, Sean has been active in the local liberty movement, and can often be found doing outreach in the community, Robin Hooding in downtown Keene, and laughing at the state wherever he can. These days Sean finds the idea of a coercive state to be a childish anachronism of humanity’s youth, worthy of laughter, not fear.
1. The Union Leader has an awesome article about the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance‘s annual dinner. In my opinion Mark Warden, the NHLA Chairman who is featured in the piece, is an amazingly outstanding liberty activist. He’s also running for NH state representative in Goffstown, NH. If you value your freedom and are a resident of Goffstown, this is the man who deserves your support.
“(NH Congressional candidate John) Stephen said he doesn’t agree with the NHLA’s support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana, but shares the belief in limited government and fewer taxes.”
I’d like to point out that medical marijuana isn’t even a “liberty” issue. It is a doctor/patient issue. If this tyrant wont even allow a doctor and patient to come to an agreement on a course of treatment for an illness… my question to you is why the hell you would want him having “power” to direct the violence of the government against you or anyone. If you were sick, dying, and in pain, and your doctor recommended that you use marijuana to ease your suffering and improve your quality of life, this political thug would have violence used against you and your doctor to have you thrown in a jail cell.
Petty street criminals are not the real threat to your safety… “politicians” such as this guy are.
Ahhh the use of dogs in forever failed government “War on Drugs.” It seems that in Concord, NH a state police K9 got loose from it’s handler, ran across the street, viciously attacked another dog, and then viciously attacked the 13-year old girl/owner who was trying to protect her dog from being attacked:
“The girl, attempting to protect her dog, was bitten several times on her left arm and hand. (A NH State Police official) said the incident is under investigation by the department and that State Police have been in touch with the victim’s family.”
Clearly the state police will conduct a full, fair, and evenhanded investigation of themselves. Had this dog attack had been completely reversed in sequence and involved a dog charging the state trooper… I think we’d probably have another dead dog.
The Queen of England uses up $57 million a year in tax dollars and does nothing, excess coffee may help protect against Alzheimer disease, a disabled man caught drinking on his wheel chair has been banned from using motorized wheel chairs for three years, and a mom and son are facing criminal charges for making dry ice bombs.
On March 3, 2010, Chris Micklovich was asked to leave a bar in Manchester because he had too much to drink. Once outside the bar, Chris was met by four off-duty police officers. The officers proceeded to cause 26 facial fractures to Chris’s face before arresting him, although they claim they did nothing wrong.
After an internal review, the officers were found to have “violated standard operating procedures,” although their actions were “were not criminal.”
If it takes four officers to beat a drunk guy half to death in order to take him into custody, the officers are either acting criminally, or they are so incompetent at their jobs that they should never be given a badge again.
Instead of going to jail, as anyone else who did this would, the officers are being suspended without pay for an undisclosed period of time.
What is particularly disturbing about this case is the fact that four officers participated in this. Michael Buckley, Jonathan Duchesne, Matt Jajuga and Lt. Ernie Goodno either participated in this act of aggression, or stood by and watched it happen. All but one of these officers, Goodno who recently retired, will be back on the beat in no time, “protecting us.” I know I feel safe.
In this “Live Free or Die” state if you idle your car longer than 5 minutes and the temperature is above 32 degrees you’re looking at the possibility of being caged like an animal for up to a year. If the temperature is above -10 degrees but below 32, you get another ten minutes of idling before said imprisonment could become a reality.
How compassionate of the legislature to allow you to stay warm in frigid temperatures for another ten minutes before authorizing your freedom be stripped away and you be branded a criminal.
All Charges have been dropped against Christopher Micklovich who was arrested after being beat up by four off-duty Manchester police officers. Micklovich was charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, simple assault and resisting arrest. 
If you’ve seen Sean before, you’ll remember him. Perhaps he 
