Jim Johnson arrested for disorderly conduct at Nashua 4:20

When

4:20 PM on April 20, 2013

Where

The State House
Concord, New Hampshire

Why

Marijuana prohibition has gone on long enough. The United States jails more people than any other nation—both in absolute numbers and as a proportion of the population—and the vast majority of those people are in jail for the victimless, consensual “crime” of consuming a substance that the government doesn’t approve of. Numerous attempts to pass legislation relaxing marijuana prohibition have failed. An additional tactic is clearly called for.

Some people attend the rallies to protest the current state of affairs. Some people smoke at the rallies as an act of civil disobedience. And some people have simply given up caring what the government’s “laws” say they must not do.

Jim Johnson arrested for disorderly conduct at Nashua 4:20

Fri, 2010-04-16 20:42 -0400 — jraxis

Around 20:00 on 2010-04-16, Jim Johnson was arrested in Winchester on a warrant for disorderly conduct at one of the Nashua 4:20 rallies. They are holding him in the Cheshire County Jail, presumably pending an arraignment on Monday. That he was arrested late on Friday is probably no coincidence.

Apparently Lauren Canario was also on the warrant but she has not been arrested.

The jail can be contacted at +1.603.399.7794, and the police department that arrested him is State Police Troop C, who can be reached at +1.603.358.3333.

As of Saturday, Jim was being held in the “bubble” room for refusing to process completely. Currently he can see but is unable to speak to visitors. They have told him nothing about how long he will be there or why they are holding him.

UPDATE: As of 2010-04-19, Jim has been released from jail.

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