Dada in Federal Court 7/17 .... leads to 4 days in jail

[Kat Kanning]

John got a bunch of photos too.  These were taken by Kira and I.


This one wasn't clear, but I thought it was interesting anyway.

[Kat Kanning]

John's photos:

[Kat Kanning]

Oh one more:



I particularly liked this one.

[Dave Ridley]

Would someone be willing to write an article for the Keene Free Press this time... I have already written four articles about this i think.

[Russell Kanning]

I will put one up soon. You can let me know if it is inaccurate in any way or emphasizes something too much.

[Russell Kanning]

http://www.keenefreepress.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=468&Itemid=36

[slim]

Great pictures!!!! I am glad it was a nice sunny day and not raining/snowing

[Kat Kanning]

Me too.  I wasn't even cold.  The sun was really nice.

[Dave Ridley]

one sentence currently reads
"Judge Muirhead asked Dave Ridley to appear in Federal Court Monday to explain why he had not paid the $125 fine yet."

Probably it could benefit from some background and read instead:

"Judge Muirhead asked Dave Ridley to appear in Federal Court Monday to explain why he had not yet paid a $125 fine.   Washingon had charge Ridley with "Distribution of Handbills" after he handed anti-torture flyers to IRS workers last year."

i'd also change "related to the constitution"  to read "authorized in the Constitution"

you may want to throw in that total turnout for our bunch was 22, though not all at the same time.

thanks for writing this russell and for all the great pics!

[Russell Kanning]

how about now?

http://www.keenefreepress.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=468&Itemid=36

[Kat Kanning]

Concord monitor story:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703140393

[Kat Kanning]

Oops, that link doesn't seem to work.  I'll try and find it.

[Dreepa]

Oops, that link doesn't seem to work.  I'll try and find it.

Nope it works.
I liked the headlines in today's CM.

[Kat Kanning]

OK, here it is:

http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/REPOSITORY/703140393/1043/NEWS01

Offhand comparison stokes courtroom
Judge says Brown likely to spend life in jail

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
Monitor staff
March 14. 2007 8:00AM

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Ed & Elaine Brown


A federal magistrate has told supporters of Ed and Elaine Brown that Elaine would probably spend the rest of her life in prison.

According to four witnesses who attended a hearing Monday to support David Ridley, a libertarian activist in court defending an unrelated act of civil disobedience, Magistrate Judge James Muirhead grew frustrated with Ridley and told him that he was starting to sound like the Browns.

The dozen or so supporters, many wearing T-shirts labeled, "I support Ed and Elaine Brown," began cheering when Muirhead made the comparison.

"The judge said it was terrible that people would clap for somebody who was breaking the law," said Bernie Bastian, who attended the hearing. "(He said) it was a shame people were supporting people who were breaking the law and destroyed government property and that Elaine Brown, because of what they did, was likely to spend the rest of her life in jail."

Muirhead was not the judge who presided over the Browns' trial in January. Throughout the proceedings, they argued that they had no obligation to pay federal taxes. They have since holed up in their Plainfield home, threatening violence if federal officials try to arrest them. When Elaine Brown joined her husband there, she removed an electronic monitoring bracelet, likely the federal property that Muirhead referred to.
   
The Browns are scheduled for sentencing in April.

Through his clerk, Muirhead said he could not comment on the hearing, because of the rules governing judicial ethics.

After making the declaration, witnesses said, Muirhead quickly left the courtroom. So quickly that court staff did not have time to ask the gallery to rise for his exit.

Ridley didn't know if his hearing was over until a bailiff told him he'd hear from the court by mail. "I didn't think he really fully explained to me if I could leave," he said.

MARGOT SANGER-KATZ

[John]

 ???  judicial ethics"