Gun-rights activist Adam Kokesh arrested in Herndon
Washington Post
By Trishula Patel
Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Police searched the Northern Virginia home of libertarian activist Adam Kokesh Tuesday evening and took him into custody, according to a news release posted on Kokesh’s Web site.
Kokesh, a former Marine, was being held at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, charged with possession of schedule I and II drugs while in possession of a firearm, said Lt. Steve Elbert, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office. No additional details were immediately available.
The search warrant was served by U.S. Park Police, a federal agency that is responsible for policing Freedom Plaza, the park on Pennsylvania Avenue NW where Kokesh was videotaped loading a shotgun, in violation of local gun laws, according to a YouTube video posted on July 4.
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Anti-war Iraq veteran Adam Kokesh protests with loaded shotgun
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Anti-war Iraq veteran Adam Kokesh protests with loaded shotgun
UPDATE
Gun-rights activist Adam Kokesh arrested in Herndon
Gun-rights activist Adam Kokesh arrested in Herndon
Watch: Gun rights libertarian loads shotgun, denounces D.C. laws
MSNBC
Emma Margolin
07/05/2013
Adam Kokesh–self-described “libertarian propagandist,” Iraq war veteran, and host of the online show Adam vs. The Man–seems to have carried out his promise to buck Washington D.C.’s gun laws and load a shotgun in the district’s Freedom Plaza during an apparent one-man July 4th protest against the government.
In a video titled, “Open Carry March on DC a Success,” posted on Kokesh’s YouTube account Thursday, the 31-year-old packs bullets into a shotgun while simultaneously reciting the last few lines of his “Final American Revolution Pledge of Resistance,” posted on his blog.
“We will not be silent, we will not obey, we will not allow our government to destroy our humanity,” says Kokesh.
“We are the final American Revolution. See you next Independence Day.”
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Harmful video masquerading as news on Military Suicides
Suicides w/Military Climb Far Higher Than Reported (Stunning Video) on Before Its News showed up this morning in my email. I figured it would be interesting, at least having something in it that I had not read any place else. Well I was right but not in a good way.
The video on it that was supposed to be "stunning" was nothing more than anti-military saying they should "refuse" to "pull the trigger, you don't have to go."
There was nothing in this video that even comes close to understanding the men and women serving in the military. Clearly the reason they serve cannot penetrate the brain of this man spouting off thoughts.
This is the comment I left.
You don't have to listen to this idiot and I would have ignored it but it just went on YouTube yesterday and already has over 200 views. After all with a title like this "Military Suicides Increase at Alrarming Rate -DON'T DO IT!" it gives the impression this moron gives a damn when it fact he is just one more of the "blame the veteran" gang of anti-military jerks spouting hate while telling veterans to not pull the trigger.
There is nothing new on this article or this video so unless you want to hear someone blame veterans for going and doing what was asked of them, don't watch it no matter how many times you get it in your email.
The video on it that was supposed to be "stunning" was nothing more than anti-military saying they should "refuse" to "pull the trigger, you don't have to go."
There was nothing in this video that even comes close to understanding the men and women serving in the military. Clearly the reason they serve cannot penetrate the brain of this man spouting off thoughts.
This is the comment I left.
Do you have a clue what the hell you're talking about? Do you have one single clue why they join the military? Do you know how harmful this is masquerading as something that is supposed to be helpful to them? Do you even acknowledge the fact that most suicides happen when they are all back home and how they have put the lives of others ahead of their own? Do you even know why they commit suicide? This is pathetic!Keep in mind that I have left very few comments on videos I've watched that are negative.
You don't have to listen to this idiot and I would have ignored it but it just went on YouTube yesterday and already has over 200 views. After all with a title like this "Military Suicides Increase at Alrarming Rate -DON'T DO IT!" it gives the impression this moron gives a damn when it fact he is just one more of the "blame the veteran" gang of anti-military jerks spouting hate while telling veterans to not pull the trigger.
There is nothing new on this article or this video so unless you want to hear someone blame veterans for going and doing what was asked of them, don't watch it no matter how many times you get it in your email.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Anti-war apartment owner won't rent to veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan
What makes this story worse is that Morgan is training to be a firefighter!
Mass. Veteran Sues Anti-War Apartment Owner, Alleges Discrimination
June 4, 2012
BOSTON (CBS) – A Massachusetts veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has filed a civil rights lawsuit against an anti-war activist who declined to rent him an apartment.
Sgt. Joel Morgan, 29, tried to rent a two-bedroom Dorchester apartment from 63-year-old Janice Roberts.
Morgan didn’t get the apartment. According to the lawsuit, Roberts told him his war service and her peace activism presented a “conflict of interests.”
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Chicago Giving $6.2 Million To Arrested Anti-War Protesters
Veterans should hire these lawyers so they get some justice too!
Chicago Iraq War Protester Settlement: City Giving $6.2 Million To Arrested Anti-War Protesters
After nearly nine years of litigation, lawyers for the city of Chicago on Thursday agreed to settle a lawsuit brought on by anti-war protesters for $6.2 million.
More than 800 plaintiffs were part of the class action suit against the city, which claimed that hundreds of people were arrested without being told by police to disperse during a protest against the Iraq war in 2003. Last year, federal appellate Justice Richard Posner ruled that police did not have the right to arrest peaceful protesters "merely because they do not have a permit," the People's Law Office said in a statement.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Parents of dead GI sue anti-war shirt maker
NOTE: I am not sure if this is the same T-shirt or not but it gives you some idea.
Parents of dead GI sue anti-war shirt maker
By Paul Davenport - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 24, 2008 9:24:11 EDT
PHOENIX — The parents of a Tennessee soldier killed in Iraq are suing an Arizona online merchant who included their son’s name on anti-war shirts that list names of troops killed in the war.
The lawsuit filed by Robin and Michael Read of Greeneville, Tenn., accuses Dan Frazier of Flagstaff of intentionally inflicting emotional harm by including Spc. Brandon Michael Read’s name on casualty lists printed on “Bush lied — They died” T-shirts without permission and by ignoring a demand to remove their son’s name.
The suit seeks $10 million in compensatory and punitive damages. It also asks that Frazier be permanently barred from using Brandon Read’s name.
Frazier’s free-speech rights ended when he used Brandon Read’s name for profit and any reasonable person would consider Frazier’s actions outrageous, said the lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tennessee.
Read, a 21-year-old member of the Army Reserve, was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq on Sept. 6, 2004.
The family’s attorney, Francis X. Santore Jr. of Greeneville, said local court rules prohibited him and his clients from discussing the case beyond a statement in which the parents discussed their son and asked to be left alone while they let the courts “resolve this highly personal situation.”
Frazier did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
However, his company’s Web site says it continues to sell the shirts despite laws passed by Arizona and other states “because we believe the message is important.”
The Arizona law was enacted last year, making it a misdemeanor to use dead soldiers’ names for commercial purposes without permission.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_antiwar_shirt_042408/
I have to agree with the parents on this one. Sorry but I really don't think anyone should be making money off any of this. If the parents do not support the view of the T-shirt, it's their right to also enjoy free speech and have the name of their son removed for the sale of the T-shirts. It would be equally wrong for someone on the other side to do this. No matter which side, making money off this no matter what the family thinks, is wrong. Given the size of the print, how big of a deal can it be to the maker of the T-shirt to fight to keep the name on?
Parents of dead GI sue anti-war shirt maker
By Paul Davenport - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 24, 2008 9:24:11 EDT
PHOENIX — The parents of a Tennessee soldier killed in Iraq are suing an Arizona online merchant who included their son’s name on anti-war shirts that list names of troops killed in the war.
The lawsuit filed by Robin and Michael Read of Greeneville, Tenn., accuses Dan Frazier of Flagstaff of intentionally inflicting emotional harm by including Spc. Brandon Michael Read’s name on casualty lists printed on “Bush lied — They died” T-shirts without permission and by ignoring a demand to remove their son’s name.
The suit seeks $10 million in compensatory and punitive damages. It also asks that Frazier be permanently barred from using Brandon Read’s name.
Frazier’s free-speech rights ended when he used Brandon Read’s name for profit and any reasonable person would consider Frazier’s actions outrageous, said the lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tennessee.
Read, a 21-year-old member of the Army Reserve, was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq on Sept. 6, 2004.
The family’s attorney, Francis X. Santore Jr. of Greeneville, said local court rules prohibited him and his clients from discussing the case beyond a statement in which the parents discussed their son and asked to be left alone while they let the courts “resolve this highly personal situation.”
Frazier did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
However, his company’s Web site says it continues to sell the shirts despite laws passed by Arizona and other states “because we believe the message is important.”
The Arizona law was enacted last year, making it a misdemeanor to use dead soldiers’ names for commercial purposes without permission.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_antiwar_shirt_042408/
I have to agree with the parents on this one. Sorry but I really don't think anyone should be making money off any of this. If the parents do not support the view of the T-shirt, it's their right to also enjoy free speech and have the name of their son removed for the sale of the T-shirts. It would be equally wrong for someone on the other side to do this. No matter which side, making money off this no matter what the family thinks, is wrong. Given the size of the print, how big of a deal can it be to the maker of the T-shirt to fight to keep the name on?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Pro-war, Anti-war, what happened to pro warriors?
Pro-war
Anti-war
This is what aggravates the hell out of me! They can come from all over the country to support their political side but they can't do it to support the wounded who need their help today! Both sides have made me ashamed of them. I can see the point of the "pro-war" people because they listened to and believed Bush all this time. I can see the point of the "anti-war" side because they paid attention to facts. What I cannot see is that neither side will show this much passion for the sake of the wounded needing help today, right this second.
Ralliers in D.C. Work To Build Counterweight To Antiwar Movement
By V. Dion Haynes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 16, 2008; Page A13
Chanting such slogans as "surrender is not an option" and waving American flags, a few hundred people from across the country rallied and paraded in downtown Washington yesterday to support the war.
The demonstration was sponsored by Eagles UP!, an organization founded by veterans in the wake of a war protest about a year ago that drew thousands to Washington. Although small in number, the demonstrators said yesterday that they represent many others from their home towns who believe there needs to be a more vocal counterweight to the antiwar movement.
"We cannot be the silent majority again," Lawrence B. Hoffa of Mequon, Wis., a retired Marine who serves as Southeast coordinator of Eagles UP!, said at the rally on the grounds of the Washington Monument. "We've got to get more people here. We've got to get people motivated."
Debbie Lee, whose Navy SEAL son Marc Alan Lee was killed in Iraq in August 2006, urged the demonstrators to stand up against antiwar organizations such as Code Pink, which she asserted are "trying to destroy our military."
"I've used my voice to speak out for the troops," she said. "I understand the sacrifice they've made and how they've blessed this nation."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502115.html?tid=informbox
Anti-war
Antiwar Protests Mark Iraq War Anniversary in D.C.
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 18, 2008; 2:29 PM
A flurry of tricorn hats in various shades of pink marched up and down Constitution Avenue today, kicking off two days of protests marking the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
About 60 Code Pink antiwar demonstrators held aloft a living room-size copy of the preamble to the Constitution, beat drums and held up peace signs as they marched from the National Archives to the Justice Department and to the Internal Revenue Service, occasionally disrupting traffic.
About 30 police officers on bicycles and motorcycles and in cars followed them.
"You're blocking traffic," a police officer yelled at the protesters as they veered off the sidewalk and into the street.
"We're well aware of that," one protester yelled back.
No arrests were made.
Families, school groups and other tourists snapped pictures and posed with the more flamboyantly dressed demonstrators as Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin rallied the group over a bullhorn.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/03/18/AR2008031801701.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
This is what aggravates the hell out of me! They can come from all over the country to support their political side but they can't do it to support the wounded who need their help today! Both sides have made me ashamed of them. I can see the point of the "pro-war" people because they listened to and believed Bush all this time. I can see the point of the "anti-war" side because they paid attention to facts. What I cannot see is that neither side will show this much passion for the sake of the wounded needing help today, right this second.
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