Ken J. Meola Fails: The Bearcat is Clearly NOT a Rescue Vehicle

by | 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

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Keene Police Department

Playlist from Bearcat Unveiling

[footage from multiple individuals]

Playlist from Keene PD Bearcat Unveiling – Dec. 8th, 2012

by | 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