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HILLSBOROUGH,SSTHESTATEOFNEWHAMPSHIRE9

CIRCUIT-DISTRICTDIVISION-MANCHESTERSTATEV.

CatherineBailey(456-2011-CR-07587)RhylanBruss(456-2011-CR-07268)BenjaminDizoglio(456-2011-CR-07274)ElizabethEdwards(456-2011-CR-07131,07339),ElizabethGrunewald(456-2011-CR-07152)CharleneHiggins(456-2011-CR-07545)WilliamHopkins(456-2011-CR-07341)MichaelJoseph(456-2011-CR-07273)BrianKelly(456-2011-CR-07127,07277)MatthewLawrence(456-2011-CR-07588)KeithMartin(456-011-CR-07551)ChristianPannapacker(456-2011-CR-07285)TaraPowell(456-2011-CR-07554)MatthewRichards(456-2011-CR-07128,07286)KatherynTalbert(456-2011-CR-07287)LeahWolezko(456-2011-CR-07555)

MOTIONTODISMISS

DefendantsElizabethEdwards,ElizabethGrunewald,BrianKellyandMatthewRichardsarechargedwithCriminalTrespassandViolationofManchesterCityOrdinance.AllotherdefendantsarechargedwithViolationofManchesterCityOrdinance.AlloftheDefendantsmovetodismissthechargesagainstthembecauseapplicationofthecriminallawtotheirprotectedrightstofreespeech,topeaceableassembly,toredressofwrongsdonetothembytheirgovernmentandtotherighttorevoltagainstarbitrarypowerandoppressionviolatestheNewHampshireConstitution.TotheextentthattheserightsarealsosecuredbytheFederalConstitution,thedefendantsalsoclaimtheprotectionofthatgreatdoctrine.

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OnSeptember17,2011,amovementnowknownas"OccupyWallStreet"beganinNewYorkCity.ThegoalofthemovementistoprotestandendwealthdisparityintheUnitedStates,thedisenfranchisementofthepoorandmiddleclass,corporatecontrolandinfluenceinpolitics,andtocombatsystemicdiscriminationbaseduponrace,sex,gender,class,nationality,andsexualorientation.OccupyWallStreetdeclaimsthatitisinvolvedinrevolutionaryactivitythatwillfundamentallychangethegovernmentoftheUnitedStates.2.OccupyManchesterisadirectoutgrowthoftheOccupyWallStreetmovementandadherestothesameprinciplesandpoliticalmessage.OccupyManchesteriscommittedtopeacefulandresponsiblerevolutionaryactivity.

doesnotcondoneortolerateanyformofviolence,discrimination,wasteorpublicnuisance.OccupyManchestermodelsthetypeofnewpoliticalparadigmthat

seekstheUnitedStatesgovernmenttobecome:itprovidestransportation,food,shelterandmedicalattention;decisionmakingisnon-hierarchical,basedonconsensusbuilding.TheDefendantsareparticipantsinOccupyManchesteranditwasinthatcapacitythatthecurfewandtrespasslawswereappliedagainstthem.3.Thegroupswithinthe"Occupy"movement,includingOccupyManchester,engageinrevolutionaryactivitybymaintaininga24-hourpresenceonpublicpropertyandbyengagingincontinuousanduninterruptedprotectedspeechandassembly.Thecontinuousaround-the-clock,sevendaysaweekphysicalpresenceinpublicspaceisauniqueandcriticalpartofthemethodandmessageoftheOccupyManchestermovement.Thedefendantsassertthatthispresenceisrequiredtodrawattentiontotheproblemsconcerningtheeconomicandpoliticalsystems'failuretoadequatelyaddresstheneedsofthe"99%"whodonotcontrolthemajorityofwealthandpower.

4.TheactivitiesforwhichtheDefendantshavebeencitedareactivitiesthatareprotectedbythefederal,andespecially,bytheNewHampshireConstitutions.TheyhaveassembledpeaceablytoprotestthecooptionofwealthandpowerintheUnitedStatesbythe1%ofthewealthiest.TheybelieveferventlyinthewordsofPart1,ArtlOaftheNewHampshireConstitutionthatgovernmentisinstitutedforthecommonbenefit,protection,andsecurityofthewholecommunity,andnotfortheprivateinterestofthewealthiestclassofmen.Theirphysicalpresenceintentsonpublicland,provid,ingfoodandsheltertothewholecommunityissymbolicofthegovernmentthattheyaspiretobringaboutforthiscountry.TheArrest5.OnNovember20,2011theManchesterPolicetoldthemembersofOccupyManchesterthattheywouldberequiredtoleaveVeteran'sParkinManchester,wherethegrouphadestablishedanencampment.ManyofthemembersofOccupyManchestervoluntarilyleftthepark.TheOccupymemberswhoremaineddividedthemselvesintotwogroups.OnegroupagreedtoleaveuponbeingissuedacitationforviolatingtheCityofManchester'scurfewordinance.Thesecondgrouppolitelyexplainedtothepolicethattheywouldrefusetoobeytheordertoleavetheparkandassertedtheirconstitutionalrighttoremainattheparktoassemble,protest,petitionthegovernment,andengageinactsofpeacefulrevolution,6.EachofthepresentDefendantsiscitedforviolatingManchesterOrdinance96.04PARKOPERATINGPOLICY,whichclosesthepublicparkseverydayoftheyearfrom11:00p.m.until7:00a.m.Aviolationofthisordinancecarriesamaximum$1000fine.7.DefendantsElizabethEdwards,ElizabethGrunewald,BrianKelly,andMatthewRichardswereadditionallyarrestedandchargedwithaviolationofCriminalTrespass(RSA635:2)becausetheyrefusedtheordertoleavethepark.ThisisaClassAMisdemeanor.Allof

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