Posted on 11/15/2008 1:50:09 PM PST by Dada Orwell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5TCnMnCwVY
A pool videographer from Candid-World.com shot this 11/14/08. The stunned Defendant is a syndicated radio host at FreeTalkLive.com and received 30 days for the "slow sitting" alone.
Given the video, I'm thinking that a civil case malpractice jury might have the judge providing the young man with a nice retirement package.
Bump for later.
I’m guessing that the judge didn’t realize he was being recorded at the time.
The guy arrested is a self described “civil disobedience activist.” Does that tell us anything?
“.....you will see these scenes....”
You will not see them.......Be scared.
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Keene radio host Ian Freeman jailed over couch
Michael Hampton at 6:42 pm on Friday, November 14, 2008
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Ian Freeman will spend 100 days in jail because he questioned the legitimacy of a system which would penalize him for having a couch in his yard and conduct his trial in secret.
Keene resident Nick Ryder wrote on the Free Keene blog that the courtroom at Freeman’s trial Friday afternoon at Keene District Court in Keene, N.H., was stacked with police “to try and outnumber the liberty activists.”
Judge Edward Burke had hardly arrived in the courtroom before ordering Freeman jailed for 30 days for contempt of court and the proceedings moved to another room where spectators would not be allowed to hear what happened.
When word finally filtered out of the closed proceeding, Freeman had somehow gotten two more 30-day sentences for contempt and 10 days for refusing to pay a fine for having an illegal couch. The official reasons for the contempt charges were not immediately clear.
“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.”
Freeman is the owner and host of the Free Talk Live radio show, which airs six nights a week on approximately 45 radio stations nationwide. Free Talk Live is an open format show, where callers can bring up any topic, with no caller refused. The hosts bring a libertarian perspective to the ensuing conversations.
The controversy began in August when Keene housing inspector Carl Patten visited Freeman’s duplex, half of which he rents out, and cited him for a couch on his tenants’ side of the yard.
Freeman said at the time he did not believe the city had a right to tell him whether he could have a couch on his yard. The couch was decorated for Halloween, complete with a pumpkin and lounging scarecrow.
After refusing to pay the fine and being threatened with arrest at his first hearing, Freeman attempted to negotiate with the city.
MORE AT LINK - http://freekeene.com/2008/11/14/keene-radio-host-ian-freeman-jailed-over-couch/
And so it begins....
Headline in today’s paper says John Sununu (former governor) says John Lynch is the worst governor we’ve ever had. Too bad it doesn’t translate into Lynch losing.
What do you say to a lawyer with an IQ of 40?
“Good morning, Your Honor.”
Most judges are worth of nothing but contempt.
He’s a libertarian who believes the Constitution nmeans what it says.
Many so-called conservatives just worship at the altar of authoritarian statism these days.
Assuming this is a district level court, all he has to do is appeal to the jury trial level court where he will get a trial de novo and his sentence will be suspended pending appeal. That is how it works in most states.
“Most LIBERAL judges are worth of nothing but contempt.”
don’t be so quick.
I have seen “little snots” do all sorts of little digs.
The obama middle finger.
YAWNING! while the being seated. (sir you look tired, just sit and rest and we will take your case at the end of the day’s docket. priceless)
poor attire for court
the list goes on.
This is not to say judges don’t have “black robe fever”, however the judicial caste and the criminal caste are cut from the same cloth of tyrany.
I suggest you reread the Constitution as well as the Federalist Papers.
One of the chief premises of federalism IS state’s rights. The states did not want an overly strong central government, this is why the Constitution limits what the federal government can do to nineteen specific powers and that’s it.
Now state’s rights have de facto been supplanted by a strong central government, contrary to what the Founders intended. But that began not at the signing of the Constitution, but when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. State’s rights were further eroded by Woodrow Wilson being president and what his thugocracy did, further weakened by the creation of the Federal Reserve, and dealt fatal blows by the FDR and LBJ administrations.
But if you look at where the Constitution gives most of the power, its to the states, not the federal government.
You’re a product of the American public school system, aren’t you?
Please accept my apologies for slurring duputies.
That thought went thorugh my mind upon seeing what appeared to be practiced deputy procedures in the video.
I remember one California traffic court judge that wouldn’t tolerate any irrevelant sounds or delays in his courtroom, not even a noisy baby; and — before the judge arrived — the deputy prepped everyone with those facts. (The numbers I give below are relatively accurate from 24 years ago)
When my 18 year old daughter was called up, the Judge read her speeding charge as she trotted forward. As she came to a skidding stop, the words “How do you plead?” were uttered, and she said: “Guilty, your honor; but i’d like to make a statement.”
The judge then said: “Your fine is $85. What would you like to say?”
Her repsonse: “ I work at Disneyland and make $4.50 an hour, so I think your fine is too high.”
His choked response was: “All right then, I’ll reduce your fine to $35 and give you two months to pay. Is that acceptable to you?”
Her answer was yes.
I was proud of her and like to call hers The Les Miserables Defense.
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