Manchester, NH Police Dept. Confiscate Multiple Video Cameras and Arrest Peaceful Protestors
On Saturday, June 4th, 2011 activists gathered outside of the Manchester, NH police dept. in a concerted effort to hold them accountable for two separate incidents. The procedures used in the recent shooting death of local resident James Breton and four off duty police officers that assaulted Christopher Micklovich on March 3, 2010 in the alleyway outside of the Strange Brew Tavern in Manchester, NH. The Attorney General later absolved the four officers of any culpability.
Christopher Micklovich is shown a police booking photo after the incident at the Strange Brew.
“My conclusion is that the Manchester police officers' conduct was justified under the laws of self-defense, defense of others and use of physical force by law enforcement,” Delaney said.
The Protest
The days rally kicked off with sign waving, community outreach, and people writing with chalk on the sidewalks and the concrete wall surrounding the police department. We talked to pedestrians and motorists educating them on the reasons for our assembly and garnered support from every individual we spoke with. There was not one complaint to us from area residents regarding our presence.
On the contrary people were driving by honking their horns and cheering us on. Cars drove by us playing Immortal Technique and other pro revolutionary artists. We handed out literature. One bicyclist even stopped to share his message with the MPD via bullhorn. People coming out of the police dept. pumped their fists in support and shared their stories with us about the injustices they had experienced at the hands of the Manchester PD.
We were initially swarmed by multiple squad cars and a paddy wagon they decided to park directly across the street as a reminder of where we would end up for exercising our first amendment right to protest. When confronted, the police officers could not give us a valid reason or lawful justification for why we could not be there. They simple said, "You have to leave. You can't be here." Protesters argued that it is a public sidewalk and a public building paid for by taxpayers; we have every right to be here.
They systematically retreated back into the precinct between picking us off one at a time presumably to devise a course of action that would lead to more department revenue. And so they did. An unknown number of video cameras, and cellphones were confiscated as "evidence" and eight protesters were arrested and charged:
- Ademo Freeman – criminal mischief and resisting
- Charles Nachtrieb – disorderly
- Garret Ean – disorderly
- Kate Ager – disorderly and resisting
- Mike Segal – disorderly
- Neal Connor – criminal mischief
- Pete Eyre – disorderly
- Wes Gilreath – criminal mischief and false report
Inside the precinct under police custody Pete Eyre of copblock.org and myself debated all officers involved in the civil rights violations of the day. In the beginning we were laughed at and often ignored especially when a valid point was raised. Though we were never accosted directly or physically harmed one of the detectives remarked on how all of the shoes lined up, "looks like the holocaust". It was at this point that I told Pete Eyre how the lieutenant gave the order to arrest us after the local news crew left. The lieutenant stood on the corner of Chestnut and Merrimack with four other officers watching the news van pull away at which point he said, "when she leaves, arrest them."
It's ironic how we could be arrested for "blocking the sidewalk" according to "city ordnance." Yet the only people that were blocked from using the sidewalk were the protestors. The cops blocked us, pushed us back all the way down the street and made their final arrests. The only people blocking the sidewalk and impeding anyones movement were the police officers.
Upon my release from custody some of the more friendly officers commented on how the videos were already all over the internet and how they were getting calls from all across the country. "I told you we'd be famous" an officer said in jest. I replied, "Yep, and we'll be signing autographs outside." They all laughed as I collected my belongings.
I could say chalk it up as an aberration when I face the courts but, what justice would there be in that? If protesting on a sidewalk while police impede my movement is a crime that I am arrested for, then I guess I'm guilty.
Initial Arrests At Manchester, NH PD during CopBlock Protest
New Hampshire Sunday News -Eight arrested in protest of Manchester ...
Manchester Police Dept. telephone 603-668-8711
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Comment by Jay Dubs on June 7, 2011 at 2:39pm
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justin TV, these events live and tell the police this is a live feed to thousands of people and it's being archived.
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Man the police are really clueless to the laws they are put there to enforce. lol
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Comment by Nikki on June 7, 2011 at 2:21pm
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Thank you for putting yourself out there against these out of control cops.
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Comment by Refuge2012 on June 7, 2011 at 10:15am
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With all the problem with pigs/cops/revenue enhancement officers/donut eaters et all it's begining to look like afore mentioned pigs could be the spark that lights up a revolution.
Every day I read about cops doing unimaginable things and getting away with it and getting pissed off when someone noticed what they are doing.
Be careful out there
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Comment by TheLasersShadow on June 7, 2011 at 7:30am
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Guerrilla tactics? Hippies? Cop Block should be arrested? What planet are you visiting from? They were peacefully protesting using chalk on side walks and got arrested for it illegally as it was public land. Cop Block is a great organization, these type of mass call in's flat out work.
You sound like some crotchety old man waving his cane at the local kids for walking on his lawn LOL
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Comment by noblsht on June 7, 2011 at 4:42am
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TheLasersShadow, You can swear at a cop and be arrested for disorderly conduct I couldn't have said it any better do not ever trust a cop, and stream your video to the Internet were it can be recorded, so even if they do steal your camera the video will exist regardless
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It would be interesting to know if the cops involved in the shooting or the beating were also involved in violating your civil rights by illegally arresting you for disorderly.
Disorderly conduct is the police states favorite petty offense, it can really be anything the pigs want it to be. What worse is the corrupt judges will uphold the arrest no matter what to make sure he and his kangaroo court get a piece of the action.
The bright side of the story is every time something like this happens it underscores everything we have been telling people for years now. It shows the police themselves how corrupt they are, I'm sure many of the officers involved in that abuse of power exercise learned a little about the criminality of their fellow officers. I could tell a few of them didn't like what was going on but couldn't do anything to stop it least they lose their "job". The police are isolating themselves more and more, creating an us vs them mentality in the eyes of the public. This is really going to come back to bit them later on when things get worse and they try to reach out to the public and find out that the majority of people will have nothing to do with them.
Next time you guys have an action remember to bring hidden cameras, sew them into your jeans. This time you might have gotten off with the standard disorderly but as things get worse, cops are going to need to protect themselves more. They'll need to intimidate the public by issuing false charges, beating captives and STEALING RECORDING EQUIPMENT to get away with their crimes. This has become a trend, you can almost be guaranteed that officers will steal any equipment on your person, erase any footage that incriminates them and enter the rest into evidence against you.
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Comment by ArchAngel on June 6, 2011 at 6:57pm
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Are you the one in the black shirt being handcuffed on the ground?
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