Radio host charged with "promoting" marijuana disobedience

[DjAlanBarratt]

the judge didnt have him arrested until he sat... meaning if he stayed stood up the judge would have had no jurisdiction and no authority over Ian and then you hav to remember that acts and statutes are not law until you consent to it being so

[mrsparex]

Wow ....he took 6 seconds to sit down.....hang him!

Hitler would have loved this judge.....

[libertarianjury]

Well, free staters, your strategy should include the likelhood of the state trying to eliminate free speech. Otherwise, if the state is willing to go further than you are (they are), then they will win.

"Once a country accepts censorship of the press and of speech, then nothing can be won without violence. Therefore, so long as you have free speech, protect it." Ayn Rand, Lecture, "Political Vacuum of Our Age," presented to a group of women in journalism (Indiana, 1961)

[aoxomoxoadead]

Ian's a know-it-all.

[LG15Fan]

You should really bring the civil disobedience to the supreme court. This is a violation of your constitutional rights. Simple because a city/state creates a law does not mean the law itself is legal. Or in your case, the law maybe legal but misinterpreted by the state and used incorrectly in your situation.

[murphyhurtme]

i would just like to take this time to say if the government tries to force me to take a vaccination, the only way this is going to happen is if they inject it into my lifeless corpse. call me crazy thats okay, enjoy your stay in camp fema i would rather die.

[happosai27]

getting in trouble for blogging about the wrong stuff sounds more like iran or saudi arabia lol

follow freeman! <- pc gamers know what i mean xD

[fireye2012]

I hope those court bastards rot in hell some day. I want to see them all tried for treason and crimes against humanity and then hung. To bad Americans are so apathetic and brain dead to the tyranny that rules them. To many think Jesus is going to come and save them.  Americans thrive on corruption and oppression because with all of their endless intoxicants and tv who cares how many lives they destroy. Life in this country is worthless to anyone.

[motonegros]

OK folks....

Its a non toxic plant.

[ISLAM4THICKONES]

If you talk someone into commiting a crime then they can find you partially responsible.

Like the people teaching suicide bombers to do their job are guilty also.

Or if you tell someone how to rb a bank.

It is a broad sort of law that has been taken to extreme in this case.

He should just get a warning I think as the crime he advises on is personal use of pot hurts no one but the user.

[MTGunNut]

does free speech mean nothing to you?

[str8razer007]

There is a difference between telling someone how to do something and funding/helping them do something. Freedom of Speech, bro.

[mindprism]

-- If you talk someone into commiting a crime then they can find you partially responsible.

To have a crime you need an injured party. Liberty lovers don't promote crime because crime is a violation of rights, something they uphold and protect.

[brizzlie]

Excellent caveat at 4:10

Keep up the good work!

[BarefootRadio]

so much for your super free NH

[captain0c]

haha f*ck the goverment seriously

[prozzak2006]

"land of the free" suck my dick yeah right this isnt the land of the free its the land of the free for the nazi police and politicians, do anything or expressing opinions they don like and dey take u down

[clthinkingman]

that judge should be fired!

[salemskc]

Words cannot even describe how retarded, unfair and unjust this is.

[napkin180]

That is so fucking stupid,were the fuck is your freedom .......I remmber I watchin familly guy and a simpson episode that had weed in it and thats a kid show.........I also hate judges and police that get mad when ever you say something its easyer if you just shut the fuck up .....we dont have rights

[moldycutter]

I wish MLK was still alive. He'd help, I know he would.

[Warmagus]

Free State Project! Fuck Ya!

[meak911]

whitey is and always will be evil by nature

[SuperNewf1]

No sir. Most of us have been taken in just like the rest of the world. There are black crooks, chinese crooks, and white crooks, indian crooks and all the rest of the rainbow. Unfortunately we elect these crooks to control our lives. All colours are to blame for their ignorance.

[dvmcgovern]

No the elected are a bunch of lying bastards who do just the opposite after they get into office. We have much more of this to look forward to now that a flaming Marxist is in office. Get ready people it's coming.

[s35wf]

this is ridiculous. for a plant and a report.

Save America; END the WARS; END the FED!!

that means BOTH the War on Terror & the War on Drugs!

[MarcScottEmery]

I love FREE TALK LIVE and we here at Cannabis Culture Magazine think Andrew Carroll and Ian Freeman are heroic freedom fighters!

[RussLBarth]

ha ha

you yanks live in nazi germany.....

[Charagrin]

This is BS. He broke a law, He had pot ON HIM. that is different then talking about it. Now if he was arrested for talking then I would be behind him, But he was guilty of possession.

[shmutzo]

Ian wasn't the one in possession.

[Charagrin]

It said he was. he had a very small amount, Just to make a statement. the problem is that no matter how small the amount is, It is illegal. Don't get me wrong, I do not have any problems with people who like pot. I think it is as harmless as alcohol. And that it would make more sense if they just regulated and taxed it. the reason they can't tax it is because any joe could and likely does grow their own. I think prostitution should be legalized to and controlled like in Nevada.

[shmutzo]

Ian Freeman was not in possession, he was in attendance and reported on an act of civil disobedience by another. Now Ian risks jail time. One person being arrested for protesting prohibition (isn't a smoker himself)and another possibly going to jail for reporting on it.

[SuperNewf1]

Alcohol is a thousand times more harmful. Marijuana is a medicine, alcohol is a poson. Literally.

[sabelch]

actually alcohol saves lives, too, when used as a medicine. It can be used as a disinfectant on a wound and can help reduce the chances of food poisoning by killing bacteria in your gut.

[bman170]

Alchohol is harmful any way you look at it. It is one of the few drugs that kills brain cells. Marijuana doesn't kill brain cells, however, it blocks communinication between cells affecting motor skills and perception. Alchohol abuse over extended time causes pyserosis of the liver. Drinking makes you do things you regret the next day, feel like shit mentally and physically. Hangovers are a bitch. All you alcies should just light one up and chill.

[sabelch]

Yes it is harmful any way you look at it but when you pour it over a wound it is harmful to the bacteria that would be harmful to you. One could categorize this as healthful. The same goes for killing bugs in your food.

Obviously, abuse of alcohol is by definition harmful but not all use is abuse.

[SuperNewf1]

He was guilty of nothing as a human. Crimes are committed againstthe population by enacting laws that go against their wishes. All marijuana prohibition is corporate controlled. Politicians only do the corporations business for them. Law is only for rich and greedy.

[Charagrin]

Not all law is for the rich and greedy. Some laws are good. Theft, Raper, Murder, Assault, And other things SHOULD be against the law.

[SuperNewf1]

There are laws made common to all humnkind. Some being the ones you mentioned. most built on common sense. The others are manipulated to provide for the wealth and comfort of a few at the expense of the many.

[goodbyegoodhair]

Please be courteous yet firm when contacting the court.

[goodbyegoodhair]

Justice: Hon. Edward J. Burke

Special Justice: Hon. Howard B. Lane

Clerk : Larry S. Kane, Esq.

Phone : (603) 352-2559

Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm

[Clyaton]

Who do we contact directly about this? I'll bitch someone out

[operationnorthwoodz]

Exercise your Constitutional right to Free Speech under the First amendment in the appeal. This is why every person must fight every traffic ticket in court, to learn how to win the easiest of all cases to win, as practice in survival tactics in case of REAL legal battles in the War On Freedom. Legal tips at DealsGapDragon *com

[itsteebs]

lol...Police State Live, public servants getting a high on harassing innocent citizens....

[agzer0]

the cops will cuff anyone, as long as some suit orders them to do it. mindless fucks.

[rbolo29]

Democracy will ALWAYS turn into communism given enough time and chance.

[Jem2Jerica]

It will not get any better in the next 4 years.

[anythinggoesfirst]

I gues then, that when we would really like to promote something, we need to promote like this... I really cannot advise you to do such a thing,as that would be against the law, (all the while you are telling the audience what this thing is that you cannot promote)

[econogate]

Only a tryanny would argue for the restraint of thinking and talking, only a tyranny, we are under a tyranny that has lost control and will behave like a wounded wild beast possibly for years to come.

[trukkaman]

yo selff richuss spoylt litell whitey hipee fuks Free speech?? cum doun to tha hood n try that free speech shit or tork to yo boss lyke that youl get that free speech nokked outta yo mowth reel qwick

[TheSketchedOne]

Prima facie judicial harassment. When you're dealing with kind of chain-of-command complicity, redress within that system's structure is probably pointless. The best tactic would be videos like this: expose this outrageously unjustified and disproportionate waste of resources and tax dollars: That will appeal to a broader public's interests, especially in the current fiscal melieu. Might get some needed torque that way.

[vtcpdx]

This is just the beginning. State bureaucrats everywhere are working to criminalize freedom because it pays to put YOU through the criminal system and in jail.

[fczwartek]

This is pretty bizarre. I really hope he doesn't go to jail for 90 days for exercising his first amendment rights.

What I don't get is why wouldn't this law apply to anyone who discussed the marijuana civil disobedience event in a public forum, such as all of us here on the Ridley Report.

[Grumblingone]

Napoleon said it best...

"Religion is what keeps the poor from killing the rich."

Religion is an ideology, not to be confused with a philosophy.

Most Ideologies are designed to hide the truth from you and/or confuse the issues.

[starzine]

interesting.

[dabdoub420]

How can this not be against freedom of speech, it clearly is

[IloveJesusYesId0]

The drug war is an unconstitutional terrorist entity attacking the free peoples of the United States based on class and ethnic origin.

We have a right to defend ourselves from Tyranny.

[trukkaman]

allso mr ilovemuthafukkinjesuswhogivsaf­uk wot abowt wen jesus tirnd wartar intoo bud???? yes u mutha fukin hippykrit gudd nuff fo jesus but not 4 u jesus got no branes now?? wot bout wen jesus says not to jujj peeps. yo on heer callin peeps morons but u says u love jesus. wtf whitey u dont no wot love meens?? drink yoself a bud and get the fuk ovre yoself yo goin to hell now anyways

[BURNINLUV4US]

This retard cant spell. This is what you get from the 'hood' these days?

'Gansta' my ass...roflol...

[jiggakilla666]

I was going to troll some hippys but "budman" beat me to it.

[deathdoomndstruction]

unless what he is saying is presenting a "clear and present danger" he can say whatever he wants. (1st amendment). that new hampshire statute violates federal law.

The charge they presented at the end was more realistic though, if you plan an armed robbery, you're liable for taking part in it even if you didn't actually do it. they're saying something similar for this, but it was a misdemeanor. he never possesed the marijuana or assisted in the sale or buying of it, so he should be clean

[goesupnup]

Keep singing "...the land of the free...", your hand on the heart, a tear in the eye, cause it's ALL GONE.

Ho! ...and keep on surfing, while everything is taken care of, for your own good, lazy coach potatoes.

[anothervanmeter]

I guess all of us that blogged, promoted, shared the stories and bulletins on the internet about Ed and Elaine Brown will soon all be rounded up. they still havent went to trial for the stand off.

[annie46664]

US law enforcement is obviously restricted to employing only the INSANE!

Go to change . org/ideas and note the 10 TOP VOTED CHANGES Americans would like to see Obama implement ASAP! hahaha :)

Fight for your deserved & most worthy FREEDOM AMERICA!

South Africa

[boneppo]

Fascism is alive and well in America.

[trukkaman]

That mutha fukker had marrawanna in his poseshin fukkin hipys. Marrawanna corzes domestik vilenss rode deths and vilenss on streats. why dont u fukkin whitey hipees jus drinck bud. its cheepr legel harmlus and u get waistid withowt haveing to tak drugs

[annie46664]

trukkaman: hahaha :) Too funny. :)

[IloveJesusYesId0]

Because it makes you a moron..

Your brain cells go bye bye and you can be thrown in the oven easier..

This country is too corrupt, these guys will need a revolution to get them out of the system...

[trukkaman]

hay u fukkin whitey hippy commee mutha fukker marrawanna is a drug and it makes wimen horrs and men vilent all killin peepel n shit u no how manee deths r corzd evrey yeer coz of mtha fukkin hipees useing marrawanna fukin shitlodes thats how manee. bud akshally makes u smartr aneeways so stfu gro a pare stop brakin the law n drink shitlodes of bud YEEEEEAAAAH BUDDDDDYYYY

[dabdoub420]

What an articulate post. I bet the spell checker would have blew his brains out before even attempting reading your post

[Grumblingone]

If this is what drinking "bud" does to you, I'll pass thanks.

[SuperNewf1]

Smoking marijuana cigarettes at the rate of five a day for 20 years your brain will shrink a bit. This is new research. The other research is that alcohol will shrink your brain the first time used. YUP! Marijuana wins again. Alcohol is physically addictive, kills because it is a poison, and lowers the inibitions of people. That's why they drive drunk and kill people or in fits of rage. Marijuana, alleviates depressive and violent tendencies and does not warp the mind like alcohol.

[MikeyGonebad]

It's official folks: America is dead.

Killed at the hands of flouridated, apathetic proletariat.

[youcomeon9]

This is scary! This is not the America I fell in love with! We need a revolution!

[DemonDik]

The police state is almost complete! The shit is going to hit the fan in this country soon. Fucking PIGS!

[goesupnup]

What do you mean "almost" ?!

Wake the f*** up.

[DemonDik]

You're absolutely right! It's here and now!

[matrixm777]

What happened to America?

[finefilth]

New Hampshires logo... Live free or die... All citizens please report to the gas chambers.

[profnasty]

Domestic violence arrests based only on accusation. False rape charges result in long prison sentences. Mexican peasants crawl across the border and take $20/hr construction jobs with Wallstreet blessing. Millions of searches and midnight break-ins over paltry self-medication by marijuana. DWI arrests based on unreliable tests and no recklessness in operation of vehicle. And, take away your house sukkah! God Bless america, not.

[diogeneslaertius666]

1.5 million dead in iraq on DELIBERATELY FALSIFIED INTELLIGENCE, thats not a war crime though?

FDA taking payola to rubber stamp drugs that cause MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO DIE, thats not a crime.

Monsanto proliferating GMO'd throughout the food supply which may have untold consequences for THE ENTIRE HUMAN SPECIES, thats not a crime.

but don't you dare criticize unjust laws.

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." Thoreau

[cdimmm]

Lets not forget the military CHEMTRAIL operations that are slowly killing all life on this planet. People of New England are seeing it 1st hand by the lack of colors during fall foliage season which draws much money to these states through tourism drying up literally. Aluminum one of the many components of these chemical aerosols that is attacking the root systems of trees not to mention the brains of many forms of wildlife and humans.

[infodisinfo]

'Live Free Or Die'...lol... Screw these pigs. This country is all done, stick a fork in it.

Oh, one more thing... next time try speaking Spanish and they will let you off.

[GentlemanVillain]

DON'T TREAD ON ME!!!!

[mammyunpleasant]

Wow-it is getting really interesting to see WHO gets away with certain crimes of corruption vs. who gets the book thrown at them for excerising civil rights.

[GRANDWORLDDRAMA]

CAN

WE

HAVE

OUR

CIVIL WAR

NOW

[caldude]

LOL...you may not have to wait too long.

[RidleyReport]

No, we can't. Don't wish for such a thing.

[PhilippeDeChampaigne]

The land of the free.  LOFL.

[LumpyRevolution]

State Constitution - Bill of Rights

Established October 31, 1783 Effective June 2, 1784 As Subsequently Amended and in Force January 2007

[LumpyRevolution]

[Art.] 10. [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government.

[SuperNewf1]

This is what "WE" need. Worldwide. Just stop cooperating with the elite. Non- Compliance. If you believe the U.S. is the only oppressed peoples because of the elite then think again people. Worldwide global resistance to the NWO begins on Nov 5, 2009 at the stroke of Midnight. Prepare. Thanks for posting that section of the bill of rights. Unless politicians step up to the plate they are all guilty of allowing every manner of crime to be perpetrated against the people by the so called elite..

[LumpyRevolution]

The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

June 2, 1784

[diogeneslaertius666]

excellent

[mbeharry]

what free speech, thats only a pipe dream

[CometStardust1975]

I Dugg this story and rated it five stars -- I wonder what laws I've broken.

[katkanning]

most excellent video Dave

[darkreign16]

Someone write a story up with a more accurate headline that mentions him being charged for supporting marijuana legalization and the internets will be fully on his side.

[somecomputergeek]

seconded. Add the word "Marijuana" to the title and this could go viral.

[somecomputergeek]

HA HA! See that shit?

Before the word "marijuana" was added to the title: about 1,000 views.

ONE DAY After: > 6,000.

I should get a complimentary plug for my business for that one. heh heh.

[RidleyReport]

GOOD work geek! :)

yes i took your advice. what is your biz?

[happosai21]

follow freeman! lol

[P3rf3ctStorm]

New Hampshire is the only state besides Kentucky and Maryland which provides for a "Right of Revolution" in its State Constitution. The Bill of Rights contained in the NH State Constitution also states "Among the natural rights, some are, in their very nature unalienable, because no equivalent can be given or received for them. Of this kind are the Rights of Conscience." It also contains an explicit & inviolable Right to Free Speech. So, constitutionally, it appears that the statute is void.

[mcgrawtim123]

I'm curious, what did Mr. Freeman say when he "Politely calls a local talk show host and angers a local bureaucrat."? That seems to be the start of all this...and how many overweight, overpaid NH detectives does it take to handcuff Mr. Freeman in court?

[odigity]

Excellent comprehensive, linear, concise investigative reporting, Dave! You put the corporate news to shame! They look like amateurs compared to this.

[Dreepa]

I can't wait for the Liberty Forum

freestateproject . org/libertyforum

to hear all about this in person.

[lastlady]

hahaha shameless promotion. But I too can't wait for the Liberty Forum it's the best liberty event of the year.

[NickyTheHeel]

What's with the sinister-looking badge on the bureaucrat's shirt?

[LumpyRevolution]

DEA, now get your ass up here bro! :P

[CurtHowland]

"Criminal Liability for the Conduct of Another."

[odigity]

I think Eminem captured this well in his song "Sing for the Moment":

They say music can alter moods and talk to you

Well can it load a gun up for you, and cock it too

Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude

Just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued

[P3rf3ctStorm]

Criminal Liability for the Conduct of Another."

Might apply to a child's parent. Two independent (legal) adults? Well, that's some reeeeeeally questionable verbiage there.

[USERAMG09]

Issues like these make me wonder if having one centralized location for freedom lovers is a good idea. The less centralized the better. I think Free Staters should consist of liberty lovers of every state unified by the liberty cause.

I think what Free Staters in NH should do is all come forward, as mentioned on your forum, but come forward at the hearing/trial saying you are all guilty of the supposed crime. The will have to treat you all equally otherwise its disparate enforcement.

[airborne373]

Wow, sound like your local government is filled with people of evil intent.

Keep exposing them the the light, evil hates that.

[AnarchyInYourHead]

They're getting desperate because we're growing and they know it. Our free speech is a threat to their house of cards.

[P3rf3ctStorm]

The fact that they're attempting to do this is proof positive that the Free-Staters are having an effect. Otherwise, why would they even bother?

Keep free speech free!

[Weapon01]

John Adam's "The Sedition Act" lives on.

So much for the interpretation of the 1st Amendment.

[intrepgun]

civil disobedience is a dangerous thing to engage in. but perhaps equally if not more dangerous would be NOT engaging in civil disobedience. it's been used- and used to great effect in some cases- all throughout history.

unions are huge as well for bringing about positive social change [and yes, i'd have to argue that working conditions are a social matter].

er, positive changes, that is, for those who don't have far too much 'power'.

[odigity]

If you think there's anything positive about unions, then you are simultaneously grossly ignorant about economics and grossly ignorant about the actual history of unions. They're as bad as the state (they're an extension of the state, so no surprise there).

[lordmetroid]

Just like corporations... I puke on both institutions as they exists today.

[intrepgun]

as they exist HERE today. but as with just about everything else in the rest of the world, somehow it goes through a filter when it hits the US and everything gets a new meaning. typically in many ways the exact opposite of what everyone else calls it. it's the simplest and most ingenious way we're oppressed.

[powerfull155]

Damn!!! Someone gets it!!!

[intrepgun]

bunk. they've been abused and all but destroyed, but unions have brought good things. and remain one of the most democratic platforms in our polyarchy people can risk stepping on.

[Grumblingone]

Yeah, unions were created so that workers wouldn't start an organization themselves and actually work for something worthwhile.

As the saying goes, "if the opposition didn't exist, it would be created."

[rataMacue22]

I'm curious as to when they will legislate the 'Live Free or Die' motto away. Or perhaps it is kept around for the same reasons as the Bill of Rights - to provide the illusion that things exist when in fact they don't.

[mariadamira]

is there a law where it says u can't blog? or is it some made up shit by the govn't so that people can't get to the truth?

[odigity]

"is there a law where it says u can't blog? or is it some made up shit by the govn't so that people can't get to the truth?"

I don't see those two statements as being mutually exclusive. :)