Link: Police Shut Down Cub Scouts’ Cotton Candy Booth and Homeless Shelter’s Bake Sale

Talley.TV and Weeda Claus were on the scene but the people who were harassed by the City of Keene’s Police Department feared retribution if they agreed to speak with us on camera.

From OTN’s Sam Dodson in the comments:

I spoke with the with Corner News owners this morning. Apparently one of the cops lost his cool, was throwing things around on the table and at one point pushed Roberta in front of the kids.

I discussed various aspects of property rights, “the brotherhood”, and how tyranny grows if left unchecked. I found complete agreement on all of these issues, and most of the time I was listening to them make the points.

Unfortunately they were too afraid of retaliation to speak on camera. Hopefully they will change their mind at some point.

People need to see what the police are doing. This was a private corporation controlling police to violate the law in order to gain benefit, and the idiots in KPD are too indoctrinated to realize what they are even doing.

If nobody speaks out, how will this ever change?

From Talley.TV producer Bob Constantine also via Free Keene’s comments:

I was present when the bake sale volunteers for the homeless shelter were being harassed by the woman from Center Stage productions for selling on “her” street. She seemed oblivious to the fact that she and Center Stage productions, nor the town officials own anybody. She seemed intent on using force and followed through on her threat to call the cops to make them stop helping people.

After awhile the cops arrived (they probably had just been shaking down some cub scouts for selling cotton candy without paying the extortion money) they at least showed signs of being embarrassed for hassling people trying to help a homeless shelter. Naturally they sheepishly offered their standard excuse for their presence…Just doing their job? Why is that an excuse of any kind, that’s the one the Nazi used during the Nuremberg trials.

I offered to mediate a solution and asked the 7 or 8 cops to join me in donating $5 apiece to buy the remaining bake sale goods so that the “illegal table” would then be empty of its wares, could close down and the situation could be diffused. After an obligatory joke at their expense about the donuts they got serious and threatened to arrest people for not having paid the extortion fee for vending.

I guess after their threat of violence finally got them the desired result and the lady from Center Stage productions was “protected” they went back to more dangerous work like bothering disobedient Cub Scouts.

Don’t worry fellas, I didn’t eat all the donuts, but not one of you anted up the $5 for the homeless either did you?

GRAFTON COUNTY, NH – After interviewing Nurse Patricia, Talley.TV, Bob Constantine (aka Weeda Claus) and Anton Lee of Shire Photography met with her mother, Rita Richards. In this episode of Talley TV, Mrs. Richards shares the letter she wrote and sent to the Judge in the State vs Patricia Smith trial. Disappointed, she believes that the judge has never even read it.

Mrs. Richards provides an interesting perspective because she was a “corrections” officer for the State of New Hampshire for 15 years. She admits that while she was doing her job, many of the people in the cages she oversaw were there for victimless drug-related crimes. When asked how this made her feel knowing that her daughter faces the same punishment for harming no one, Rita admitted that she felt confused.

Mrs. Richards also provides insight into the type of person Nurse Patricia is: a good person who hasn’t harmed anyone. The same can not be said of the cops that raided Nurse Patricia’s home, stealing her money and property, or the prosecutor and judge who will ensure that a peaceful person remains a hostage of the State for years as part of their ongoing war on people who use drugs. Drugs like marijuana but not liquor which the State of New Hampshire sells exclusively at a rate of $500 million a year.

Free Grafton’s Bob Constantine (aka WeedaClaus.com) and Talley.TV have been meeting with Nurse Patricia Smith over the last few months. Our first meeting was at her trial where she was found guilty of growing illegal plants. Our next meeting was one week ago where we learned more about the State’s aggression against her.

The State now labels her a “felon” and she is currently “free” on bail during her appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

The United States also plans to steal her home. As Nurse Patricia states in this episode of Talley.TV, “it’s hard to keep hopeful” and doubts her appeal will keep her out of a New Hampshire State cage.

What stands out in this video is that the State somehow believes it knows what’s best for Nurse Patricia and her adult daughter. Patricia Smith is a medical professional. She tells us that smoking marijuana helped her and her daughter. The State disagrees with this so much that they will steal at least $70,000 from tax payers just to keep Patricia away from her family and friends.

This is the first episode from conversations that Talley TV and Bob Constantine (aka Weeda Claus) will have with other victims of government violence. Bob intends to meet with as many victims of the Drug War as possible before he is found guilty of growing plants in December 2010 and placed in a State of New Hampshire cage of his own.

If you or someone you know has been the victim of government threats or violence, http://Talley.TV andhttp://ShirePhotography.com would like to speak with you.

E-mail TalleyTV@gmail.com or call [678] TALLEYTV and leave a voicemail.

In the next episode of Talley.TV we speak with Patricia’s mother, a 15 year veteran “corrections officer” for the State of New Hampshire who has “lost faith” in what some still call a “justice” system.

Known by his Free Grafton neighbors as “Solar” Bob, today’s featured victim of the State’s War on Drugs makes it clear that he will not be silenced.

Bob was arrested for growing some plants the State of New Hampshire deems illegal. This is the same state that sells encourages the consumption of $500 million worth of alcohol every year.

Most victims of State aggression get a lawyer and keep their head down as they navigate what some still call a “justice” system. Not Bob. Instead, he is teaming up with Talley.TV and Shire Photography to talk to other victims of State violence.

He is also joining other Shire Activists to “redress grievances” at State Liquor Stores and elsewhere. He has two more months of freedom until the State puts him in one of their cages this December so Bob is going to do his part to finally end this war on peaceful people over drugs.

After much speculation, Bob Constantine has also finally decided to be public about the fact that yes he is in fact Weeda Claus who lives in Free Grafton.

The implications of the State attempting to cage a jolly and peaceful man who is a friend to many in Free Grafton remain unclear but Talley.TV will be following this story until there is justice.