Free Radio Austin gets raided by the FCC
Channel: jerkeyjerky
Date: 2012-05-07

On November 5th, 2000, the day before polls closed in the presidential "election", the unlicensed Free Radio Austin was raided by Governor George W Bush.  If this had not happened, listeners would have learned about mile-long "safety checkpoints" on roads leading from black (democrat) neighborhoods to polling (voting) places, because Bush was a favorite topic of the radio station at that time.

The transmitter was encased in an aluminum pressure cooker, which had been buried six feet underground behind the studio.  It took FCC agent Loyd Perry three hours to dig up the transmitter, in soil which had been used as the station bathroom for over a year.

This video was taken by Roger Baker, who had been arrested while protesting in front of the governor's mansion on direct orders of George W Bush.  Roger and others sued the DPS and Bush, and won because Bush had violated their rights.  Listen to his reaction when the U.S. Marshall tells him he's not allowed to record video.