Free Keene activists have done it, again!
EXCLUSIVE: “City of Manchester” Gives Man $15,000 After Illegal Arrest by Lying Cop at DUI Checkpoint
National talk show host, Linux entrepreneur, and Cop Block activist Christopher Waid knew there was a chance he could be arrested for holding the police accountable at a DUI checkpoint in Manchester, but he probably didn’t expect it to be as ridiculous as it was.
Moments after he and I had arrived on the scene in April of 2017, Waid walked across one half of Bridge St in order to reach the median to get a closer shot with his video camera.
Immediately, Manchester’s own badge #1, Robert Harrington charged over and yelled at Waid,“Get over on the sidewalk where you belong, NOW!”
Harrington then got up in Waid’s face and demanded ID to which Waid declined, correctly stating he has no obligation to provide the angry cop with ID.
Harrington then arrested Waid, and charged him with the police’s favorite catch-all of “disorderly conduct”.
I caught the entire thing on video, which you can see here.
The “disorderly conduct” charge was a “Class A”, which carries up to a year of jail time.
Later in the mail, the police sent an additional “violation” for crossing the street outside of a crosswalk.
Now, two years later, the people calling themselves the “City of Manchester” have cut a check to Waid for $15,000 of taxpayers’ money for Harrington’s obviously illegal arrest.
For the first time since his arrest, the video from Chris’ camera that was confiscated is now available for you to see.
I’ve augmented it with a little of my camera’s view for perspective:
If you get into the swing of things, you too can get paid for educating cops on the law.
They don't even have to know it.
Smdh.