If you’ve been following Copblock closely, you know that Ademo has (ridiculously) been charged with felony wiretapping, while merely seeking to place pressure upon police for their lack of accountability. For more details, please read more here. He will require substantial funds for a defense, particularly if he chooses to seek counsel (which I have urged him to do).
I am selling Copblock T-shirts in women’s cuts for Ademo’s defense. $9 from each shirt will go to Ademo’s defense fund.
I see a lot of negativity and disdain directed at Ademo and Pete recently. These attitudes are egregious and misplaced. The military does not fight for your freedom. The police do not put their lives on the line for their freedom. The police and the military often create the very problems they claim to protect people from. The police and the military do what they do for a paycheck, like everyone else, and above all, they do what they do to protect the government, and the powers that be.
The only threat to your freedom is the government, and the only people fighting for your freedom are those who are speaking out, fighting back, and selflessly placing their own freedoms on the line to change the system. These are the people who have a vision, while the police and military are merely following the orders of powerful people who grow ever the more rich, and ever the more powerful off the status quo. Cohen went to jail so that you can wear a jacket that says “FUCK THE DRAFT” in a court house. Chaplinsky went to jail so that you can call organized religion a racket, and call the police “goddamn racketeers” and “damned fascists.” Johnson was charged with vandalism so that you can express your outrage at the American government by committing the utmost act of fury and disrespect – burning the American flag. O’Brien lost the battle, but he suffered severe legal consequences with the hopes that Americans could burn their draft cards in protest of the American government’s war-mongering, and in protest of the slavery entailed by the Vietnam War draft.
Ademo and Pete are not bums, slackers, or losers as you charge. They are the Cohens, Chaplinskys, Johnsons, and O’Briens of today who are literally fighting for your freedom. I believe that one day when, not if the American Police State has finally forcibly raped you of your final vestige of dignity and freedom, that you who berate them with such careless flippancy will feel great shame. Quite honestly, when that day comes, if you are rotting in prison, or dead from police brutality, I won’t feel a great deal of sympathy for you.
As for the rest of you saner, more rational people, please check the shirts out. Ladies, they are a great cut, great fit, and very comfortable. I have a green one and purple one for myself and wear them all the time. Guys, I’m sure there’s an awesome girl or two in your life who would love one of these. They are $18, which includes shipping.
They fit nicely, and promote police accountability. I have mediums and larges left of every color, but no smalls (sorry). I take Paypal. Please contact me if you want one – George.sand[at]copblock[dot]org.
“Ademo and Pete are not bums, slackers, or losers as you charge”
Let them pay for their own defense, remember the words they spoke several times as there mantra, “Accountability for your actions.” Well now is the time. They created a action now there is a reaction, BTW no I will not spend a dime on your shirts.
BTW,, I was waiting for you guys to ask for money, never fails, when someone is in jail you people (cop block) ask for money.
Yeah Dan, how awful to support the community. Of course it is super unreasonable to want to get non-violent people out of jail, right? Because jail is a totally legitimate way to separate those you don’t like. People are sacrificing their freedom for ours. You aren’t bitching about the millions we pay to the military and police state that causes this, but the fact that someone who is supporting a good cause needs some help? Dude, just, no.
@ Dan – Asking friends for help does not mean you lack accountability. If I ask a friend to help me carry a couch into my house, it does not mean that I lacked “accountability for my actions” by buying a couch I could not carry myself, just because I “created an action” and now there is the “reaction” of having a heavy couch I can’t carry. Similarly, asking to borrow money or collect donations is not an act involving lack of accountability. There is nothing wrong with merely asking for help. Do you think that taking out a mortgage to buy a house is “lacking accountability” too?
I’m here to thank everyone involved with copblock and all of there supporters for heightening awareness on where our country is headed! I’m a huge fan! I will buy a t-shirt its the least I can do!
Dan, you’re an idiot. That opinion is based solely on what you have to say and what you look like.
*not what you look like.
@Harpoontang – great points. Dan isn’t bitching about people being robbed to fund the military, the cops, and other useless, violent government programs, but he’s sitting here bitching about people soliciting voluntary donations. What the hell.
Must admit, really nice shirts.
But not gonna support either of these clowns. Hate to agre with Dan, but they demand accountability, they need to be accountable themselves.
I’m with t. I believe Copblock had a great precident, to film cops abusing their power. However, like a lot of good ideas, Copblock is morphing into something different. We now have idiots forcing the cops into situations and then complaining when they get arrested. A couple of recent idiots, I’ve read about on the site, the guy who “runs red lights on a regular basis” because it’s a victimless crime or the guy who believed “prohibition” caused his roomate to attempt suicide.
Bad cops should absolutely be shown for the bad decisions they make, but when anyone (cop or not) is pushed, a bad decision is going to be made. When that decision is made, don’t complain about the consequence, and by all means, DO NOT ask me to pay for your stupidity.
@George Sand–Such disrespect towards our Military is by far one of the most UN-American things you can do. If you don’t like this country and the Soldiers that protect it from those people that hate us then you should move to another place. It was the Soldiers that fought and died for those freedoms to begin with. You may not believe this because you haven’t seen it with your own eyes but there are people around the world that hate us because we are Americans. They hate our way of lives and will do things to kill innocent civilians to make their points known. Our Soldiers sacrifice so much to make sure our enemies both here and abroad do as little as possible to harm America and our way of living.
I am a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army and receive the same treatment from police that you, Ademo and Pete do. I have even voiced my concerns to the governor of New Hampshire regarding the unjust treatment of Ademo. All Soldiers are taught to obey lawful orders and disobey unlawful orders from those commanders appointed over them. Soldiers are punished more severely for committing crimes than the average person because we not only get punished by regular courts we also get punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
I can sleep soundly at night knowing that I have supported and defended the constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic for the past 10 years. What can you say you have done to protect those you love besides sell a few shirts.
KAZ
Cops are corrupt trash, they will try to find anything to frame you for with their brainless laws. These clowns break the law more then anybody.
They get away with thousands of assaults, shootings, murders, burglaries, thefts Ive seen it with my own eyes.
In chicago cops shot 43 black people and killed 14 including kids, they wll falsify records and get their KKK clan buddys to lie to get them out of trouble again.
Ademo sue the crap out of them if you can after this, expose that corrupt shit
@KAZ – no need to take thing so personally. I don’t get my panties up in a bunch when people berate, criticize, or bash lawyers. This is because I know that I am not one of those lawyers, and I also acknowledge that many lawyers do shitty things. If you are intellectually honest, you must acknowledge that the military does go overseas, fights in aggressive wars, and kills innocent people for absolutely no reason. You must acknowledge many of those same soldiers come back here, join the police force, and kill Americans. You must admit the military is essentially a socialist welfare program that recruits brainwashed youth to act as violent mercenaries at the government’s behest, and for shit pay. This is not to say that all people in the military are bad, but it is the truth. You must admit the military is really just protecting people from the terrorists the military and the government helped create (gee, thanks guys! Super, super grateful that you are trying to clean up your own mess, and that you risked my life, security, safety, and international reputation in the process!) If you do not acknowledge these truths, you are not really a proponent of the freedom you claim to protect, and you are not being honest, and that is why you are offended by my comment.
I’ll throw you this bone – soldiers do seem far less sociopathic and psychotic than police. They do seem to be held accountable more frequently than police. But I’m not about to be grateful that they are off fighting unnecessary wars and murdering innocent people because the government they serve created these disasters, fomented hatred, and created the problems to begin with.
@ George Sand-I read the below statement several years ago and if it doesn’t make you understand what Soldiers do for you then you truly are a lost cause? I believe all people have Constitutional rights and will continue to serve my country so people like you can enjoy them.
“It is the Soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
serves the flag, and whose coffin is draped
by the flag who gives the protester,
the right to burn the flag.”
I may not agree with everything our government does but I do believe in the American way of life and know first hand we got it pretty good here in the U.S.A. There will alway be bad people in this world and I believe Edmund Burke said it best…
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”-Edmund Burke
A Hero is someone who stands up when everyone else backs down and standing up for others is what our troops do when the choose to enlist in the Military.
@ George
“Asking friends for help does not mean you lack accountability.”
Of course not,,,,Asking people to move a couch and asking people for money are two totally different topics, I would be more than happy to move a couch into your home George, now if you asked me for a donation for your “chalk defense” because you think that chalking the local police department is a good idea, I would have to say no. I guess what you are missing is that the people who are involved with “copblock” talk a lot about government and how distorted it is, but yet you have these “yahoos” chalking the side of a public building or standing in a parking spot arguing about who has ownership of the area , does not make a lot of sense. It’s a waste of time. Nobody is listening ,the organization is turning into a nuisance.
“robbed to fund the military, the cops, and other useless, violent government programs,” Oh ya,, and chalking the side of a public building is going to solve all these problems, Section 8 housing is funded through the government, do you think that it’s a violent program?
@ Harpoontang.
“how awful to support the community.” When I think of supporting (monetarily)the community it evolves park benches, playgrounds, city swimming pools, Recreational departments for kids..ect..ect not two dysfunctional “yahoos” chalking the side of a public building, that’s ridicules.
“ You aren’t bitching about the millions we pay to the military and police state that causes this” caused what???,,,chalk on a public building, seriously
I was referring to this police state in general, not this individual action, but rather the fact that citizens need to fear their freedom for victimless crimes. What is really ridiculous is getting arrested for chalking. Fucking chalk. I wonder if my kids will get arrested this summer? I know they COULD get tazed in school, for disobeying, and handcuffed for pretending a chicken nugget is a gun (because that happened).
I’m not saying YOU need to support them, but declining support and actively speaking out against fundraising are two different things.
Also, the monetary support you are in favor of is what our tax dollars should be going to, not billions of dollars in unnecessary war expenses.
And no, I do not “support the military” but I have the utmost respect for respectable people. Some soldiers deserve my respect, and some do not, and none deserve it simply for being in the military. In addition, I’ve known several actual heroes (some of them military heroes) and none of them claim they are heroes, they claim they were doing what was simply the right thing, even by defying military orders to save the lives of 18 people.
@harpoontang- So do all copblockers deserve your respect, or just the respectable ones. I respect people that stand up and do something, more than I respect someone that does nothing at all. When people join the military they swear an oath to uphold the constitution of the united states, the president and the orders of those appointed over them. I can tell you that no one in the military will demand respect from the country they swore an oath to protect. I don’t consider myself a hero for doing my job but I do believe that what our military does is for the greater good and am proud to be a part of an organization that has men and women willing to put their lives on the line for others.
It’s impressive to see you, George, support our friend Ademo, who lives across the country, by donating half your shirt sales to his defense. Look for my order in e-mail. I wish my sales tax proceeds could go to Cop Block, Free Keene or the other independent media in New Hampshire rather than to fund dreaded goobermint to continue our demise. BTW, since it’s income tax season I just want to boast that I have not filed a return in 7 years!