Ademo Freeman and Pete Eyre recently published their accounts and videos from the two day trial in Greenfield, MA. This ends a year long legal process that led to victory when a 6 person jury agreed that the activist duo were “NOT GUILTY.” Pete discusses their strategy to win in the court of public opinion in his post on CopBlock.org.

It worked. Despite all of the time and resources the State’s prosecutor, law enforcers and judge spent into putting Pete & Ademo into a cage for several years, the jury refused to go along. During the beginning of the deliberations two of the six jurors, including Darcy Merchant,  said that they were not guilty but before the end of the day, all six agreed that the State’s claims of wiretapping and resisting arrest were false. In an interview with Talley.TV, Mr. Merchant said that Pete & Ademo “Would Be In Jail If It Weren’t For The Video.”

The following is video of the trial that was recorded and edited by Beau Davis, starting with part 1:

and part 2:

Pete & Ademo had a lot of support, both on the internet and in person; from the hundreds watching the live stream to the over fifty individuals who traveled to Greenfield to witness their trial, and even supporters from the local community. But the most important supporter had never met Pete or Ademo before the State brought them together. Darcy Merchant essentially “Cop Blocked” from inside the jury room. This isn’t the last we’ve seen of Darcy. The weekend after the trial, Ademo had the random opportunity to meet up with Darcy in Keene, New Hampshire where they played cards.

Ademo shared the CD Evolution sponsored interview over at Cop Block and had this to say about Darcy Merchant’s role in keeping him and Pete out of a cage:

Pete and I owe Mr. Merchant for his heroic stance during the deliberations, at one point he told the other five juror’s, “I’m not sending these guys to jail, so we can sit here all day.” What Mr. Merchant did here was basically Jury Nullification, he heard the facts, examined the evidence and though he could have been confused on the actual law – thanks to the DA who did his best to cage us – he decided that no matter what he personally wasn’t going to cage us. I’m unsure what exactly made him come to that conclusion maybe he said it best, “Just because you have a badge, doesn’t mean I have to believe what you say.” Exactly and thank you Mr. Merchant.

You can read a full transcript of the interview with Juror Darcy here. The Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund was proud to support Pete and Ademo during their recent prosecution by the State of Massachusetts. From soliciting jurors to be interviewed to sponsoring live streamed updates from Pete, Ademo and others, we were able to support two good people who didn’t comply with the illegal orders of law enforcement. Thanks to our donors for providing the resources to be there to cover this historic event, live.