Free Staters and Free Keene Bloggers went to Milford this morning for the arraignment of recently arrested Mike Barskey. Mike was mentioned in a posting earlier this week, but his arrest is unrelated to the Keene Freedom Festival, but is for non-appearance on another non-violent driving offense. While at the arraignment, it is reported that Jesse Maloney, best known for his Keene flag burning, and Charlie, a new Keene mover, were arrested for disorderly conduct.

Jesse was inside the courtroom when he was asked to remove a cap on his head. He refused to do so, and was arrested.

Meanwhile, Charlie, not in the courtroom yet, was asking court officials about the hat rule. The following is from FreeKeene’s Dale:

Apparently he was asking them about the hat rule, was not even walking into the courtroom, was simply asking about it, then someone said “that’s assault!” out of the blue, which he was never charged with btw, so it was obvious flakey. He was ordered to take his hat off, and didn’t immediately comply but instead merely asked what the law was about hats and whether it was an order or a request, and again I remind that he has as of yet made no motion at all to enter the courtroom where the “hat rule” applies. Suddenly Charlie is being thrown up against a wall and cuffed for disorderly conduct.

Jesse and Charlie have been released with a court date set for February 25th.

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