Tilting at Fed Windmills in Concord

[KBCraig]

Joe Haas came   Guess what he chalked on the sidewalk?

A sidewalk o' text? 

[Kat Kanning]

LOL, no he was brief.  It was an RSA that he said would terrify the feds.

[KBCraig]

Somehow, quoting the law never seems to have the desired effect on those who decide what the law means and to whom it applies.

[Dave Ridley]

First ridleo from the event

Cop: "You can't audio record"

Cop: "You can't record audio" (Concord, New Hampshire cops)

[AntonLee]

that's a great video!  I didn't see the officer take Kat's chalk.  She was obviously doing nothing wrong and it was wrong of him to steal her possessions.

and then he jaywalked, and then told us not to jaywalk (as if my intention was to be hit by an automobile) and then he jaywalked again.

[KBCraig]

Brilliant, Dave: "I'm going to back away then so that I can't hear you."

I would have been stuck on, "I am audio recording, and if you don't give consent, you have the right to remain silent." By backing away, you put the ball in his court: if he wants to engage you, he must consent to audio recording.

[Kat Kanning]

Oh, now that I've seen the video....he didn't take the chalk, he just rubbed out a little of the writing to see if it would come off.

[Kat Kanning]

The guy who was also filming, Ridley said I don't know who that is...people were saying it was the property manager.

[AntonLee]

Oh, now that I've seen the video....he didn't take the chalk, he just rubbed out a little of the writing to see if it would come off.

my bad, I saw the video from across the room and that's what it looked like.

[Kat Kanning]

It did look like that's what happened in the video....Ridley also said it.

[Tom Sawyer]

Well done ya'll... and funny to boot. 

I can't imagine how this was accomplished without a bullhorn, without calling the cops Nazis, without alienating passersbys...

As an aside, I don't think the Concord cops have jurisdiction over the granite blocks.

[Russell Kanning]

yea it didn't seem like the cops wanted to do anything
they would probably wait for the homeland security people

[FreelanceFreedomFighter]

yea it didn't seem like the cops wanted to do anything
they would probably wait for the homeland security people

Gawd, I just had to smack myself! My first thought (sometimes too much conditioning just creeps through and you have to slap that schit back down!) was "well THAT'S a good use for homeland security..." all sarcastic in my head and then... and then... I realized that was actually TRUE... without sarcasm!  It really IS the best use for Faterlund ... ummmmm... homeland security!

[Tom Sawyer]

Come out and meet the guys...

I bumped into Mike Therien the other day... small world. 

[Kat Kanning]

We saw Federal Protective Services coming up the highway as we left.