WTF??
oh also the judge is a democrat appointee...inflicted on the hapless citizens of Keene by NH governor John Lynch.
Must be an ole Carter or Clinton appointee....
UnFREAKINbelievable.
There has got to be more to the story than what is in this video. It looks kinda like a set up/stunt.
Still, I see judges all the time and there are those douchebag/ego-maniacs out there.
They were going to have him arrested either way. His name was called as he was in the process of sitting - if he failed to stand at the prompt of his name, he would have been arrested as well. The purest form of setup. Straight out of a third-world kangaroo court.
Every person involved, from the judge to those making the arrest, should be fired and forever banned from serving in government in any capacity.
Well that was interesting.
I can already see Barack Obama thinking of appointing him to Supreme court. God help us all.
Arbitrary “contempt of court” charges are BS.
Mustn’t you be duly convicted of such a charge?
Bump for later.
I’m guessing that the judge didn’t realize he was being recorded at the time.
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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/
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.