[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help] 

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

Nicotine and Fish

Genocide Summer Camp, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

This Can Create Endless Green Energy WITHOUT Electricity

Geoengineering: Who’s Behind It and How We Stop It

Pam Bondi Ordered Prosecution of Dr. Kirk Moore After Refusing to Dismiss Case

California woman bombarded with Amazon packages for over a year

CVS ordered to pay $949 MILLION in Medicaid fraud case.

Starmer has signed up to the UNs agreement to raise taxes in the UK

Magic mushrooms may hold the secret to longevity: Psilocybin extends lifespan by 57% in groundbreaking study

Cops favorite AI tool automatically deletes evidence of when AI was used

Leftist Anti ICE Extremist OPENS FIRE On Cops, $50,000 REWARD For Shooter

With great power comes no accountability.

Auto loan debt hits $1.63T. 20% of buyers now pay $1,000+ monthly. Texas delinquency hits 7.92%.

Quotable Quotes from the Chosenites

Tokara Islands NOW crashing into the Ocean ! Mysterious Swarm continues with OVER 1700 Quakes !

Why Austria Is Suddenly Declaring War on Immigration

Rep. Greene Wants To Remove $500 Million in Military Aid for Nuclear-Armed Israel From NDAA

Netanyahu Lays Groundwork for Additional Strikes on Iran: 'We Didn't Deal With The Enriched Uranium'

Sweden Cracks Down On OnlyFans - Will U.S. Follow Suit?

Joe Rogan CALLS OUT Israel's Media CONTROL

Communist Billionaire Accused Of Funding Anti-ICE Riots Mysteriously Vanishes

6 Factors That Describe China's Current State

Trump Thteatens to Bomb Moscow and Beijing

Little Bitty

Vertiv Drops After Amazon Unveils In-House Liquid Cooling System, Marking Pivot To Liquid

17 Out-Of-Place Artifacts That Suggest High-Tech Civilizations Existed Thousands (Or Millions) Of Years Ago

Hamas Still Killing IDF Soldiers After 642 Days

Copper underpins every part of the economy. If you want to destroy the U.S. economy this is how you would do it.

Egyptian Pres. Gamal Abdel Nassers Chilling Decades-Old Prediction About Israel-Palstine Conflict.

Debt jumps $366B in one day.


Resistance
See other Resistance Articles

Title: Libertarian Talk Radio Activist Jailed For 100 Days For Having A Couch In His Yard
Source: http://www.pyrabang.com
URL Source: http://www.pyrabang.com/contentedit ... aving-a-couch-in-his-yard.html
Published: Nov 18, 2008
Author: Steve Watson
Post Date: 2008-11-18 13:31:17 by freepatriot32
Ping List: *libertarians*     Subscribe to *libertarians*
Keywords: libertarians, fascist judge, libertarian activist, Ian “Freeman” Bernard
Views: 483
Comments: 14

Judge uses host as an example of what happens when you defy the state

Steve Watson Infowars.net Monday, Nov 17, 2008

A Libertarian radio host and political activist has been sentenced to 100 days in prison for refusing to remove a couch from his back yard.

Furthermore, the trial was held behind closed doors after the judge ordered proceedings moved to a private room away from spectators. The reason? The defendant took a full six seconds to sit down.

Ian “Freeman” Bernard, presenter of the nationally syndicated libertarian show Free Talk Live, was taken into custody and received a thirty day jail term for contempt of court last Friday.

When details of the closed hearing later emerged, Freeman had received another two thirty day sentences and a further ten day term for refusing to pay a fine and remove the couch in his yard.

In the video below, note how Freeman begins to sit down along with everyone else in the room, but as the judge calls his name he pauses and seems confused about whether he is supposed to stand to attention or sit down.

The original charge came about earlier this year when a housing inspector visited Freeman’s property in Keene, New Hampshire, following up a complaint, and cited him for having a couch in the yard.

Freeman managed to capture the incident on camera:

Freeman questioned the charge and agreed to remove the offending piece of furniture as long as he could speak with the person that made the complaint. This request was refused and the matter went to trial.

The Lew Rockwell Blog notes that the trial was used as a showpiece to send a message to activists like Freeman and his supporters.

There is a backstory to all of this. The local despots have been keeping a close eye on the activists, no doubt reading the web forums and keeping informed of their plans for peaceful noncompliance and civil disobedience. Thus, this entire court appearance was planned and executed swiftly.

Local activists did recently make some headway into getting the court to allow the panning of video cameras in the court. As a listener of the show, I believe that another reason why Bernard was moved to an alternate courtroom was to prevent video of this from getting out.

Also note that in the video, when the courtroom is ordered to all rise, the bailiff takes a long look at everyone else to make sure they are complying with the order. This is because everyone in attendance was threatened with arrest beforehand should they defy the judge as a form of protest.

The Free Keene blog, which bills itself as an outlet for “liberty minded activists”, has more on this.

“It was oppressive,” said Dale Everett, 40, of Keene. “They had a notice posted obviously targeting us, liberty activists, saying that anyone who didn’t stand for the judge would be ’subject to sanction.’ So I left. I wasn’t prepared to get arrested today.”

Another resident commented that the courtroom at Freeman’s trial was crammed with police “to try and outnumber the liberty activists.”

Freeman has clearly been used as an example of the treatment you should expect should you stand up for your own personal liberty and attempt to publicly expose any possible violations made upon it by state authorities.

Freeman’s show runs on 43 states across the country and will continue to air while he serves jail time. Subscribe to *libertarians*

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest

Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.

#3. To: freepatriot32, all, EVERY LAST MOTHERFUCKER OUT THERE (#0) (Edited)

“It was oppressive,” said Dale Everett, 40, of Keene. “They had a notice posted obviously targeting us, liberty activists, saying that anyone who didn’t stand for the judge would be ’subject to sanction.’ So I left. I wasn’t prepared to get arrested today.”

That's it. It's official, I've had it. Something inside snapped today.

No more Mr Nice Guy. No more "live and let live". No more waiting for these worthless cocksuckers to wake up. You may was well stay asleep. Go back to bed.

You are now the enemy. Obamafucks, bushtards, statist/neocon/fascist/commie shit eating maggots, if you were bleeding out in front of me, I would literally stand there and watch. Then I would piss on your face. And need I say that this applies to ALL cops and anyone and I mean anyone in "authority" too?

Fuck you and the horses you rode in on. You are the enemy and I am going to start treating you like the enemy and I dont care who you are.

PSUSA  posted on  2008-11-18   14:10:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


Replies to Comment # 3.

#4. To: PSUSA (#3)

You need to change your attitude, the police are heroes who go to war every day to fight for your rights. Oh, wait, I was thinking of Iraq....

;-)

X-15  posted on  2008-11-18 14:20:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: PSUSA (#3)

ghostdogtxn  posted on  2008-11-18 17:14:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


End Trace Mode for Comment # 3.

TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest


[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]