Manchester PD Mass Arrests, Camera Seizures
Channel: freeconcordtv
Date: 2011-06-05

6/4/2011 - Manchester New Hampshire police makes a series of arrests throughout the day at a police accountability rally on a variety of victimless charges. This events which transpired would come to be known as the Chalking 8 incident. 

8 in total were arrested, including myself for 'not maintaining constant motion' on the sidewalk. Police found my camera in my pocket during booking and told me that they were going to seize it as evidence, but when I was released it was included with my property. Other activists were not so lucky, and had their cameras and cell phones seized, even live streaming phones which were not even storing the footage on a hard drive.

More coverage available at:

http://freeconcord.org/2011/06/05/mass-arrests-at-manchester-pd-demonstration/

UPDATE: Oct 3 2011 - According to Greg Muller, Manchester police allowed their own video recordings from the day to be destroyed, all while they were stealing cameras from private individuals. See:

http://freeconcord.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/manchester-police-destroy-key-evidence-in-chalking-8-case/

On Dec 27, I was found Not Guilty of two disorderly conduct charges.

http://freeconcord.org/2011/12/29/state-vs-garret-ean-not-guilty/