[A] Trial Management Hearing is on 4/15/2021 at 12:30 pm which will determine if the State of NH plans to dismiss the disorderly conduct charges or schedule 9 trial dates at a cost to the NH taxpayers.
On October 13, 2021, NH State Police converged on members of the public attending a public hearing organized by Governor Sununu and arrested nine citizens for “disorderly conduct” and disrupting a governmental proceeding.
This occurred even though the proceeding was paused at the time and despite the fact that in virtually every instance nothing remotely resembling a disturbance had taken place before the arrests began.
This fact is supported by abundant video evidence and the testimony of third-party witnesses.
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Video evidence also strongly suggests that the police moved in on cue from the Governor who was incensed that the crowd had turned its back on the proceedings and chose to face the wall instead of him.
The nine citizens, all of whom are critics of the Governor and other public figures, did not in most instances know one another prior to being charged with the offenses but have found common ground in defending against the questionable charges and have become known as the “New Hampshire 9.”
One was arrested only for allegedly saying the word “amen,” Terese Grinnell a Registered Nurse and foster mom, others for a “loud noise” to which no noise is heard.
The NH9 were of course released once they were booked, but the bail commissioner engaged in prior restraint and political muzzling by setting a condition of release of staying 1000 feet (over three football fields) away from the Governor and all members of the Governor’s Council. It took over 3 months of litigating – and of exclusion from the political process – before their rights as citizens were somewhat restored by a judge of the Concord District Court.
Since then, the Concord Court has ordered the prosecution to provide a Bill of Particulars for the charges and to provide complete discovery to the defense, both of which the District Attorney’s Office has been unable or unwilling to do.
The District Attorney nevertheless does not appear to be willing to dismiss or divert the charges, including against at least one of the nine who, under any analysis, was placed under arrest mistakenly as the police had targeted another attendee at the event and apprehended her instead.
Below is the video evidence from the state:
Arrests begin at 1:18:18
