Russell Arrested at IRS office 7-27-06

[JonM]

If they arrested him before he even got near the IRS office, where is their case?  Intent to distribute flyers?  How can they be sure what he was going to do?  Use forum posts as evidence in court?  I can't see how this will ever come to trial, but then, I may not be as imaginative as the court system.

The feds suffered from pre-mature arrest.  It makes them look foolish to waste that much manpower on Russell.

[FTL_Ian]

Let us know when you guys start needing a legal or bail fund, and we'll help out.   

I would chip in some FRN's for a legal or bail fund.

From what I've read, signing their papers is a bad idea, Russell, did you sign anything?

[FTL_Ian]

No.  I want everything out in the open.

Well it was just a idea, I was thinking about some of the protests we might want to be in process of the protest. If there was some secrecy with this protest Russell probably would have been able to get in to the IRS office and hand out some information. Well I guess if there will be a demand for that type of privacy then someone will fill that demand. Got to love the "Free Market"

How about a different approach:

Find out who the IRS employees are and approach them with the flyer (and cameras) off of post office grounds.  Do a little PI/surveillance work, and approach them when they go out to eat or to the grocery store.   

[Dave Ridley]

Latest version of the release.  If any of you posted the old one you may want to replace it with this one, as the old one was a really rough draft.

From NHfree.com
Keene, New Hampshire
7/27/06

Keene resident Russell Kanning is on a mission. Wearing overalls, a straw had and carrying a pitchfork, the thirty-five year old libertarian activist is out to expel the Federal Government from his city. And, despite his lack of sophisticated weaponry, he has triggered quite a response from Washington.

Plain clothed officers and uniformed Department of Homeland security agents were present in force to meet him at noon today as he appeared at Keene's IRS office with several supporters. But it wasn't so much his pitchfork or his friends that had agents concerned; it was his handful of...flyers.

"I want them to quit their jobs," he said, referring to the one or two IRS agents who staff this part-time office on Keene's Main Street. His flyers contain a form which he is asking IRS agents to sign, pledging they will stop working for the agency because of what he considers the evil things it funds.

Kanning, who has openly refused to pay IRS taxes since the 90s, says he is most upset by the use of tax dollars to underwrite Iraqi occupation. He also says he was inspired to action by the arrest this May of Plainfield resident Ed Brown, a prominent Constitutionalist and tax resister.

When Kanning entered the building, authorites quickly interposed themselves.

"I think we could call it tilting at windmills," he joked.

While bantering with the perplexed agents, Kanning offered each of them a flyer, which each refused, then slowly walked toward the single flight of stairs leading to the IRS section of the building.

Officers then quickly, but carefully, placed his hands behind his back and cuffed him.

Activists from NHfree.com, including a professional videographer, crowded in to document the event but were elbowed back by agents. They then placed him, his straw had and his overalls into a DHS squad car minus the pitchfork but grinning at photographers.

He ended up being booked at Keene Police Department, then released around 3 p.m. Kanning then returned to the IRS office and walked straight toward the door, whereupon he was cuffed again, booked again, and released again, this time, as before, on charges of disorderly conduct.

He says either he or a mysterious person known as Shorty Dawkins will be returning to the "scene of the crime" tonight.

At a "post-arrest party" in Keene, the atmosphere was jubilant.

"I never got to talk with the IRS workers," Kanning says, still grinning "but I did get to ask some Homeland Security guys to quit."

For the latest details on this unfolding situation visit the NHfree.com forums at:

<http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=4584.

[Russell Kanning]

Let us know when you guys start needing a legal or bail fund, and we'll help out.   

I don't do either.

[Russell Kanning]

From what I've read, signing their papers is a bad idea, Russell, did you sign anything?

I signed my tickets they gave me. I had 5 of them.

[Russell Kanning]

How about a different approach:

Find out who the IRS employees are and approach them with the flyer (and cameras) off of post office grounds.  Do a little PI/surveillance work, and approach them when they go out to eat or to the grocery store.   

I like it better at their office.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Parking lot?

[Tom Sawyer]

Loaded the video and did a preliminary weeding down late last night... have some things I can't put off, but will get back to it very soon.

The irony of the sign 'Charters of Freedom'. Just don't try to excercise redress of grievances... These people will make sure you don't.


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[Tom Sawyer]

Russell sure makes friends everywhere he goes... it's hard to standby and watch this happen.


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[Tom Sawyer]

'I told'em... he just wouldn't listen.'


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[FTL_Ian]

Who's the bald dude with the tattoo?  A plainclothes?

[Follow]

Very nice, well done Russell.




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[aries]

Hmm I missed this last night

Good job trying I guess. Nice to know that the DHS is protecting the stressed out IRS workers from the most obvious and publicized threats.

I bet you could have sneaked in there with a suitcase bomb, left it there and walked out without ever being questioned.

But don't try and have a kind talk with the busy FEDERAL workers.

LOL I can just imagine those DHS police cars flying as fast as they can from concord with lights and sirens as everybody they pass frantically turns on the radio to listen for any info about terrorist attacks.

[NC2NH]

Who's the bald dude with the tattoo?  A plainclothes?

Yes. He had a badge on his belt covered by his shirt. This is the guy who "escorted" Roger back toward the entrance. He showed the badge when Roger asked who he was.