Muscatine, Iowa USA aka Nazi Germany. “Show me your papers please”

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

 

I was recording police from across the street on a public sidewalk. Keep in mind I do nothing that is against the law. I have every right to film them in their duties. I in no way addressed the officer OR the guy the officer was talking too. The passenger, who is not engaged by the cop starts the conversation with me. It turns out that I knew the passenger. After the traffic stop was over I get stopped, detained, then threatened. The cops realize they have nothing to hold me on and let me go but not before threatening me that he will arrest me if I do this behavior again.

Afterwards I went looking to record them again but came up empty handed.

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CopBlock.org Represented at CivDis Panel at Free State Project’s Liberty Forum

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

I originally posted this at FreeKeene.com, just thought I’d update y’all here due to the relevancy of the topic to CopBlock.org’s mission.

The raw video of the Civil Disobedience Panel – a session held at the 2012 Liberty Forum, in which Jason Talley, Ian Freeman and I converse with those present about ideas, strategy and impact.

Recorded on Friday, Feb. 24th, 2012 at the Nashua, NH Crown Plaza.

I’ll get a sub-10min version up in the near future.

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l-r: Silver Dave, Ademo Freeman & Pete Eyre; Photo cred: Vanessa Finger

A personal thanks to FreeKeene.com, who covered Liberty Forum registration for Ademo and me and half a vendor table for CopBlock.org.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at PorcFest!

More:
http://freekeene.com
http://copblock.org
http://freetalklive.com
http://fr33agents.com
http://shiresociety.com
http://freestateproject.org
http://libertyontour.com
http://motorhomediaries.com

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Problem: Police, Solution: Agorism

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

On Saturday attendees at Houston’s End The Fed rally were exposed to the ideas of complete liberty, compliments of activist extraordinaire John Bush.

I have nothing but respect for John for reasons that should be obvious – he’s a doer and an effective and passionate speaker able to distill down a seemingly complex issue into one that’s clear and accessible.

It’s all about choice – when your ability to choose is restricted or denied entirely as is the case for “law enforcement” and the criminal [in]justice system today, accountability is non-existent and market signals are absent. But as John outlined, we need not be satisfied with the Statist Quo or live in fear; we can strengthen our communities and create institutions that serve our needs more efficiently and morally. As that happens, legitimacy granted to violence-based monopolistic institutions is eroded – eventually becoming just a relic of the past.

Thanks to TrinityTexas77 for recording!

More on the ideas:
Agorism.info
Voluntaryist.com

Private Defense Agencies

“Justice Without the State” video with Bruce Benson
Edward Forchion “NJ Weedman” Modern Day Hero
Anarchy & the Law: The Political Economy of Choice
edited by Ed Stringham
“Ed & Elaine Brown: Property Rights Advocates Jailed for Life”

More from John and his crew:
Liberty Bell

Lone Star SMART

Operation Defuse

Black & Yellow Pages

DEA & FBI Agree: Drug Prohibition is Futile

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Manchester Security Theater

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

free1 Manchester Security TheaterEvery aspect of the criminal injustice system is arbitrary.

This video details just one bit of that at Manchester District Court, where I went to support a friend accused of a non-violent, non-victim action and was ordered by strangers with guns to remove my wallet chain for “security” reasons.

Huh?? If that’s rationale enough to separate me from my wallet chain why stop there? Why not take everyone’s belts? Or shoelaces? What about rings – they can cause more damage. How about heavy purses or laptop satchels? Taken to its logical conclusion, if people who claim to “protect and serve” us wanted to keep us safe, why not just house everyone from cradle to grave in a padded isolated room?

The security measures that have proliferated inside and outside buildings paid for by stolen money (I shy away from saying “government” buildings as they’re paid for by you and I yet for some reason we lack the ability to have free roam in them as we would other property we pay for) are a joke.

The constant fear and paranoia peddled by the government is good for business – it means Joe Sixpack is more likely to sit idly by as his rights are taken. Start questioning things! The world isn’t as scary as those with badges and those who claim to be your “leader” want you to believe. Once you realize that, all the bad stuff they’re doing suddenly becomes less ok. If you don’t do it today what will you put up with tomorrow? Or even more important – what kind of world will you leave for the next generation?

Think for yourself. Check out the awesome thought-provoking books, podcasts, videos and other content at: http://LibertyOnTour.com/Resources

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Drew Phillips Takes OWS Video Contest

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Occupy wall st vs tea party 300x178 Drew Phillips Takes OWS Video ContestThirty-one days ago individuals gathered in a lower Manhattan urban park to express their disillusionment with the Statist Quo. Initially ignored by the lamestream media, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has spread to over 1,000 cities worldwide and can no longer be ignored. And (at least for now) it’s decentralized, which means potential for the spread of new and better ideas.

A couple of weeks ago, Cop Block teamed-up with Strike The Root, Freedoms Phoenix and Liberty On Tour to share ideas through the “Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root!” video contest.

The goal was to communicate a consistent, rights-respecting and prosperity-maximizing framework to individuals on the ground with OWS so they could grasp how the “99%” was arrived at and positive next-steps. In other words, to replace the bad idea of looking to someone else as a leader (and thus granting them the “right” do engage in things wrong for me or you) with the good idea of self-ownership (and with it freedom and responsibility).

Thanks to the sponsoring organizations listed above and a donation by Blake Thessing $400 was up for grabs. I did my best to promote the video contest and had was told from some that they planned to submit videos but in the end, we got only one video submission, from Drew Phillips. So, congrats Drew, you took it all!

Drew’s video is damn solid so it’s likely he would have placed even were we to have gotten a lot of submissions, but the apparent lack of interest in this video contest is telling for me – I’ll try to figure out relevant take-aways from this attempt to incorporate into future such contests. If you have thoughts of your own on why only one video was submitted let me know. Was the time period between announcement and deadline too short? Were the guidelines unclear? Was the topic itself not worth pursuing here on Cop Block?

 

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Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! Video Contest

Friday, September 30th, 2011

This post is current as of 3PM EST Friday, Sept. 30th – updates (additional sponsors, prize money, judges added, etc.) will be added to this related page: Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
- Henry David Thoreau

Striking the root is a concept advocated by abolitionist, individualist anarchist and trancendetalist Henry David Thoreau. He believed that striking the cause (the “root”) was preferable to hacking at the effects (the “branches”).

The effects of corporatism and subsequent gaps in wealth that exist between the haves and have nots are obvious. Those active with Occupy Wall know this better than most. However, to not recognize that these are only things that stem from a root cause is to unfortunately miss the matter.

What is that root? It is the state, that group of individuals who claim a monopoly on the use of “legitimate” violence within a geographic location. Is it not the state that “permits” corporate class plunder? One must focus on the state and not just its allied corporate class.

OccupyWallSt.com describes Occupy Wall Street as a:

leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.

Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! aims to speak to these people. They are already disillusioned with the Statist Quo. They know things are messed-up. But many (- not all!) focus their attention on berating corporations and banks. Do people operating corporations and banks do fucked up shit? Yes. But that’s only due to the existence of the great fiction of the State. It’s just classic rent-seeking.

Can YOU make a video that communicates the ideas of
complete liberty to those at the Occupy Wall Street protests? Do it!

If you’re following the Occupy Wall Street developments you understand the protest and its potential. You know that almost without exception those on the ground are driven by noble intentions, to live in a freer, more prosperous world. Through video, communicate to them how that is best achieved.

Criteria:

  • The names of sponsors (listed below) must be included in the video for a minimum of ten seconds (all the organizational names can be put on the same screen)
  • Save for YouTube’s 15min-max, there are no other constraints, so be creative!

Prizes:

  • Best video – 2/3 the total raised for the Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! video contest
  • Runner-up video – 1/3 the total raised for the Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! video contest

Judges:

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  • 11:55PM EST on Sunday, Oct. 16th
  • Post your video on your own outlet & email us a link with “Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root” in the subject line
  • Questions? We’re here: OperationStrikeTheRoot [at] gmail.com (replace the “[at]” with “@”)

Money:

CURRENT POT: $300

  • Each of the sponsors below have already contributed $100 toward the Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! video contest (CopBlock & LibertyOnTour donated $100 together)
  • If YOU think this is a worthwhile investment, a good bang-for-your-buck, please considering donating as well. All funds will go to the winners. Think of this as an X Prize or crowdsourcing at its finest – we’re a community after all!
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Video Posting:

  • Winners will be announced by 3PM EST on Tuesday, Oct. 18th
  • The videos chosen as “best” or “runner-up” will be posted on the respective YouTube channels of all the sponsors
  • Attribution will be given in each video description and the announcement post (if your video is selected we’ll contact you – you can choose to share whatever you like – remain anonymous, provide your full name and a paragraph overview about yourself, your aims, your projects, or anything in-between

Resources:

More resources:

 

Sponsors:

  • Cop Block 140x100 Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! Video ContestCop Block
    Cop Block is a decentralized project supported by a diverse group of individuals united by their shared goals of police accountability, education of individual rights and the dissemination of effective tactics to utilize while filming police. We seek to highlight the double standard that some grant to those with badges. By documenting police actions whether they are illegal, immoral or just a waste of time and resources then calling the police stations involved (ideally while recording and then later sharing your conversation), we can work together to bring about transparency and have a real impact.
  • FreedomsPhoenix 140x100 Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! Video ContestFreedom’s Phoenix
    Freedoms Phoenix is the premier Freedom, Liberty, Peace and Love R3volution website in the world. Our network is re-igniting the flames of freedom one mind at a time. Today’s governmental structure is imploding under its own weight, and its death rattles aren’t going to be pretty. At Freedom’s Phoenix we observe, comment and try to stay out of the way. We know Freedom will rise from the ashes, and we want to make sure that everyone’s Freedom is never signed away again by those who believe they have the power to do so.
  • LOT Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! Video ContestLiberty On Tour
    Liberty on Tour couples on-the-road activism with new media to advance the voluntary society. Through in-person interactions, online networking and constantly-varying content, LOT advocates for self-government, personal responsibility and consensual interactions.
  • Strike The Root
    Strike The Root 140x100 Occupy Wall Street: Strike The Root! Video ContestStrike The Root is a daily journal of current events and commentary from a libertarian/market anarchist perspective. The mission of STR is to advance the cause of liberty, primarily by de-mystifying and de-legitimizing the State. STR seeks a world where people are free to live their lives as they see fit, as long as they don’t use force or fraud against peaceful people.

Want to get on-board as a supporter?
Email us at: OperationStrikeTheRoot [at] gmail.com (replace the “[at]” with “@”)

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Live Updates From Pete and Ademo’s Greenfield, MA Trial

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

We’re still working on the footage from our trial, hopefully we’ll be able to publish it later today, but we wanted to give folks a sneak peak. Below is a playlist created by Jason Talley, of Talley.tv, consisting of live updates  taken from the trial.

Thanks again to Talley.TV, NeverTakeAPlea.org and FreeKeene.com for teaming up with us to highlight this injustice.

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Two Charges in Greenfield Nolle Prosequi

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Today, with the stroke of a pen, the threat of up to eight years in a cage that had been hanging over my head evaporated.

I had a motion to suppress hearing in Greenfield, MA, where last July Ademo Freeman and I were unjustly kidnapped, caged overnight, and stolen from, before being threatened with a total of eight charges.

The hearing today was aimed at two charges in particular – a misdemeanor VIN manipulation (266-139-A-0) and a felony ammo charge (269-10-H-2). Even before the hearing started I was approached by DA Jeffrey Bengston, who informed me that he was going to “nolle prosequi” the charges as well as return our property that had been stolen over a year before during our kidnapping.

It’s a good start. Trial on the rest of our charges happens next Monday, July 18th.

For more:
Pete & Ademo’s Trial in Greenfield, MA (Facebook event)
Motion to Suppress

The “State of MA” aka Todd M Dodge vs. Ademo & Pete Eyre

MARV’s Dash – See, No “Manipulated” VIN Number!
ATTN Jeff Bengston: MARV Left Factory with NO VIN on Dash
My Name is Pete Eyre – My Docket Number Is 10.41.CR.11.41

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News Style Cop Block

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Before MARV even rolled into the fourth stop on the Free State Friendship Tour, the local paper published a piece stating, “Cop Blockers Reportedly Coming to Portsmouth.” Since the reporter talked to the police and they knew we’d be filming, Pete decided to dress up and act like a reporter. I think this would have made a great video except that after this stop the police literally stopped driving around downtown. We didn’t see another person pulled over the entire night.

Hopefully, we’ll get a chance to do more of this in a bigger city and more activist like back in Manchester. I think the Portsmouth police are one of my favorite’s to visit. After a CopBlock.org video last year they gave officers their own parking spots downtown (or so I think) and this year after filming one stop they just stopped arresting/pulling people over. The camera is awesome, isn’t it!!

 

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My Response to an Email about the Outing of a NH Undercover Cop

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

I received this email on June 9th around 4 pm and the return email addy was fake. The person, who claims to be Edgar Winters, was upset about CopBlock’s post outing an Undercover New Hampshire Drug Task Force Agent Charles “Charlie” Newton.

what a bunch of assholes you are! have you no idea of the real world effects of drug trafficking? think about the children who witness and experience violence associated with drug use, abuse and trafficking. it isn’t the land of make believe you stoners think it is. in the real world, hopeless addiction leads to child neglect and abuse. have you ever been in a crack house? have you ever seen a mother so strung our on heroin that she would sell her daughter for the next high? get real, people. i’m all for ferreting out abusive police officers, but don’t get in the way of those who are doing the community a good service. the life they save may be yours. regrettably.

Here was my response to them, before getting the bounce back.

Edgar, if you’d like to have a conversation I’m all for that. If you want to attack and belittle be, get it over with and be on your way.

In hopes that you’re willing to do the first I’d like to respond to some of your comments and leave you with some material if you’re so inclined to read it.

“have you no idea of the real world effects of drug trafficking? think about the children who witness and experience violence associated with drug use, abuse and trafficking. it isn’t the land of make believe you stoners think it is.” 

Would there be such violence if the government didn’t have a war on the drugs? Would people prefer to get their drugs from places like Walgreens, a business that wouldn’t shoot at you, and other pharmacies that they already go to for drugs?

“in the real world, hopeless addiction leads to child neglect and abuse. have you ever been in a crack house? have you ever seen a mother so strung our on heroin that she would sell her daughter for the next high?” 

Have you ever seen someone over does from legal drugs? Has anyone sold their child for an Oxycontin or morphine hit? Those are legal but I don’t see you advocating doctors be jailed for giving them to people.

“get real, people. i’m all for ferreting out abusive police officers, but don’t get in the way of those who are doing the community a good service. the life they save may be yours. regrettably.

Sadly, officers take more lives than they save. Since that’s the case, me being more likely to be killed by a cop than a terrorist or drug dealer, I’ll take my chances with the latter.

If you’d like to learn more about how the governments prohibition on drugs creates such problems check out this article: http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/justice-and-civil-liberties/how-the-drug-war-created-crystal-meth/

Also, I’ll say this, would Al Capone had been such a mobster if alcohol wasn’t illegal during his rise to the top? This country tried to ban a substance, that people clearly want, before and it didn’t work. The definition of stupid is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to your response, though I’d appreciate it if you kept the attacks to a minimum.

In Liberty,

Ademo

I’m more than happy to discuss things civilly via email but you have to leave a valid email address for that to happen.

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