Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree (2012)

[PeaceRequiresAnarchy]

This is my review of the documentary Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree that I just posted to IMDb.com:

In a TED Talk titled “Pay attention to nonviolence” filmmaker Julia Bacha said:

If we don’t pay attention to these efforts [nonviolent protests], they are invisible, and it’s as if they never happened. But I have seen first hand that if we do, they will multiply. If they multiply their influence will grow…. These leaders have proven that nonviolence works in places like Budrus [in Palestine]…. Let’s give them attention so they can prove it works everywhere.

Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree shines a bright light on the activism that Free State Project participants are doing in New Hampshire to increase awareness of the many injustices perpetrated by government today.

In the film we get to meet many members of the growing liberty community in New Hampshire and get a sense that they are very kind and welcoming. Derrick J says in the film how surprised he was to find that he felt right at home only a few days after moving to New Hampshire.

This film was made on a very low budget using a lot of amateur footage, but is still an enjoyable watch and contains some very powerful scenes.

One memorable moment was Derrick J getting arrested for his act of civil disobedience in which he held a small amount of marijuana and sang John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance.”

In my view it is insane that people still let “government officials” get away with committing these crimes (arresting peaceful people) without facing any consequences whatsoever.

Let’s pay attention to the nonviolent activism being done in New Hampshire by watching this film and sharing it with others so we can create a more just and peaceful world.



Purchase the Director’s Cut DVD at AMAZON for $8.99

My blog post on this: http://wp.me/p2cdsV-hU

[BuddyRey]

Great movie. Highly recommended!

[FTL_Ian]

Hey,

Glad you guys liked the movie! Thank you for sharing it.

-Ian Freeman
Executive Producer
Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree

[BAllen]

Well, he was wrong when he was in the court building. He disrespected their space by following them around, and filming them. If they were at his house, or he was filming an officer that had pulled him over, that's different. It appears that he is the aggressor here.

[FTL_Ian]

Govt employees don't have a right not to be filmed.

[fr33]

Well, he was wrong when he was in the court building. He disrespected their space by following them around, and filming them. If they were at his house, or he was filming an officer that had pulled him over, that's different. It appears that he is the aggressor here.

If that's their space as you say then why do they steal my money to pay for both the space and their salaries? Derrick J is there to claim his rights.... right in the face of the thieves that take them. Check your premises if you think he's the bad guy.

[fr33]

great documentary btw. My favorite civil disobedience was when Derrick was holding the pipe with the cop next to him just waiting for him to take a hit. (singing a John Lennon song)

[BAllen]

If that's their space as you say then why do they steal my money to pay for both the space and their salaries? Derrick J is there to claim his rights.... right in the face of the thieves that take them. Check your premises if you think he's the bad guy.

1. He didn't have a dog in this fight. It was not his battle.
2. The man with the hat was being disrespectful. The court has a code of conduct that he was not following.
Now the street scene with a sign was a different story. He was on a public street excercizing his right of free speech.
The guy with the hat was being disrespectful. The court has dress and conduct codes.

[BuddyRey]

1. He didn't have a dog in this fight. It was not his battle.
2. The man with the hat was being disrespectful. The court has a code of conduct that he was not following.
Now the street scene with a sign was a different story. He was on a public street excercizing his right of free speech.
The guy with the hat was being disrespectful. The court has dress and conduct codes.

You say that a street is different from a courtroom, but how so? In both cases, he was on property that he helped pay for, doing nothing violent or aggressive toward anyone else.

I'll be damned if I'm going to be told what I'm "allowed" to wear on property financed by money stolen from me, by grown men wearing wigs and black dresses.

[BAllen]

You say that a street is different from a courtroom, but how so? In both cases, he was on property that he helped pay for, doing nothing violent or aggressive toward anyone else.

I'll be damned if I'm going to be told what I'm "allowed" to wear on property financed by money stolen from me, by grown men wearing wigs and black dresses.

Okay. Go ahead and get locked up. Your choice. Post in on youtube.