by Ian | Dec 24, 2012 | Articles
Keene Cop Block has begun the Victimless Crime Outreach project. Each week, all who were arrested by Keene police will be sent an envelope containing useful information regarding dealing with a victimless crime:
- Letter with text reminding the victim of state aggression that they are not alone, didn’t do anything wrong, and that help and options are available.
- “Don’t Take the Plea Deal” informational trifold and insert.
- Cop Block “Know Your Rights” flier
by Pete Eyre | Dec 19, 2012 | Articles, Videos
Many folks who reside in Keene are aware of the petty harassment doled out by Fred Parsells.
A former Keene police employee, Parsells now claims a “legitimate” right to be a nosy bother to his neighbors due to his occupation as a code enforcer.
Fortunately a lot of thinking individuals have concluded that when the initiation of force or its threat is utilized, whether “officially” sanctioned or not, the person initiating is in the wrong.
There’s much I love about Keene. Yet I could do without the countless iterations of force threatened or initiated by Fred Parsells.
Fred Parsells
11 Mckinley St.
Keene, NH 03431
603.352.4345
Let’s grow up and treat others how we’d like to be treated.
If you have a Parsells sighting or visit, please do document and share with Keene Cop Block. The sooner we can work together to put a spotlight on the actions of this individual who unfortunately has taken it upon himself to act as a creepy petty tyrant, the more-likely we are to live free from his harassment.
http://KeeneCopBlock.org
http://Twitter.com/KeeneCopBlock
http://YouTube.com/KeeneCopBlock
http://Facebook.com/KeeneCopBlock
KeeneCopBlock@gmail.com
by Pete Eyre | Dec 11, 2012 | Articles, Musings, Videos
Keene now has a Bearcat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck).
Does the world you want to live in include this militaristic vehicle?
Check out this stellar overview video put-together by YouTube.com/LightspeedLiberty, which compares the Bearcat to Keene’s Fire Truck #1 [*note, only slight alterations were made for this version].
The lie peddled over and over to try to assuage the vocal widespread opposition, was that the Bearcat was as a “rescue” vehicle. Seems as though Ken Meola and his cronies read a bit too much from Vladimir Lenin, who stated, “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”
Unlike our “protectors”, I think most of us are too smart to buy-into that misinformation.
Do you really think Keene residents would choose to pay-up to bring such a monstrosity to town??
Remind yourself, as the double-speak surrounding this issue and these institutions is prevalent – the folks who brought the Bearcat to town claim to protect you. That “protection” is done at the barrel of a gun. All Keene residents, whether they like it or not, are told “pay up” or else.
What if you’re not happy with the services rendered? How do you feel if you see a Keene police cruiser in your rearview mirror? Nervous? Anxious? Doesn’t that seem odd?
As well-intentioned as some employed at the Keene police department genuinely are, there’s no way the current policing structure can ever realize its very worthwhile goal (for a safe community). They simply lack the proper incentives.
To put it plainly, the lack of competition means there’s an oversupply of policing. And a lack of accountability.
We don’t turn to a centralized, top-down hierarchy to provide goods arguably more important than policing, such as food (without which, you’d sooner be in peril), so why believe a force-backed structure is necessary in this case?
If you think a move towards a more-militarized Keene isn’t ideal, expose yourself to some alternatives: http://CopBlock.org/Knowledge
Keene Bearcat Grant
Hopefully individual Keene police employees will think about this seriously and act aligned with their conscience, which I hope means that they’ll refuse to operate the Bearcat. That’d be a significant step. And admittedly it’d be a tough step to take, when in that “thin blue line” culture, but what does it same about ones character if opt to act according to the dictates of another rather than themselves.
As the saying goes – create the world in which you want to see. The Bearcat is here. But that doesn’t mean it has to get used. It’d be a powerful action that’d resonate with others if individuals in that environment choose not to unthinking comply, but to side with those they claim to serve and, I’d hope, with their own conscience.
That seems to me the best choice for us now, and for future generations.
Background
Keene Cop Block
If you’re outside of Keene connect your local offshoot: http://CopBlock.org/Groups
Keene Police Department
Playlist from Bearcat Unveiling
[footage from multiple individuals]
by Pete Eyre | Dec 8, 2012 | Musings, Updates, Videos
The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression.
– Alexander Berkman
As more raw, relevant videos are uploaded to YouTube.com/Fr33manTVraw they will be added to the playlist embedded here.
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Keene, NH – a college town of 25K – now has a Bearcat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck).
Despite much community opposition, the so-claimed “authorities” brought to town a militaristic vehicle. On an early, rainy Saturday morning (2012.12.08) it was unveiled.
Keene Copblockers were on the scene.
Keene Cop Block
Background
Can the acquisition of an armored vehicle by a group of folks who claim to have a “legitimate” right to initiate force a good thing?
Perhaps the key question to ask yourself – is the trend seen here in Keene and elsewhere, toward a more paramilitary police – conducive to the type of community in which you want to live?
We all want to live in a safe, prosperous, dynamic society. Perhaps the current top-down monopoly isn’t the best means.
The purpose of capturing and posting this content is ultimately to share ideas. For more: http://copblock.org/knowledge
Not in Keene? connect with a group in your area: http://copblock.org/groups
by Pete Eyre | Nov 11, 2012 | Articles, Videos
Ian Freeman spoke with Abby Martin on Breaking the Set, a new show on RT.com, about filming police and individual rights.
Breaking the Set on Facebook
Abby Martin on Twitter
In late Oct. Freeman drove from his Keene, NH home an hour south to support friend Jay Noone, who’s house was scheduled to be sold at a tax auction. Freeman questioned those who facilitated the theft and the sale of the property. Rather than have a civil conversation, Ray Tenczar put Freeman in handcuffs and claimed he was being “disorderly.”
Watch the video below. And if you want, watch the raw video.
Freeman, host of the nationally-syndicated Free Talk Live, is active with FreeKeene.com, the Shire Society, the Free State Project, CopBlock.org and Keene Cop Block.
More of Ian from 2009 via Motorhome Diaries:
