Editing Keene, New Hampshire (section)

===Free Keene activism===
The city has become home to an active [[voluntaryist]] protest group known as Free Keene, which is associated with the [[Free State Project]].<ref name=Morales/><ref>[http://www.freekeene.com/ Free Keene website]</ref> Some Free Keene activists have been arrested for video recording in courtrooms as an act of [[civil disobedience]], in violation of the state's wiretapping law. In 2009, Keene's Central Square Park had become the center of daily 4:20&nbsp;pm smoke-ins which advocated the legalization of marijuana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pot Smokers in Keene Protest Drug Laws |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/pot-smokers-in-keene-protest-drug-laws/5159320 |publisher=WMUR-TV News 9 |access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=4:20 Cannabis Celebration Makes Sentinel Front Page Again!|date=September 26, 2009 |url=http://freekeene.com/2009/09/26/420-cannabis-celebration-makes-sentinel-front-page-again/|publisher=Free Keene|access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Schlessinger |first=James B. |title=The Growth Operation for Freedom |date=April 10, 2010 |url=http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/04/09/Growth-Operation-Freedom |publisher=Cannabis Culture |access-date=April 8, 2011}}</ref>

Free Keene has encountered opposition from other Keene residents.<ref name=Morales>{{cite news |last=Morales |first=Andrea |title=Libertarians Trail Meter Readers, Telling Town: Live Free or Else |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/us/politics/libertarians-trail-meter-readers-telling-town-live-free-or-else.html?_r=0 |access-date=May 5, 2014 |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Is Keene Turning Into a Battleground for Activists, Police? |url=http://www.wmur.com/r/26937744/detail.html |publisher=WMUR-TV News 9 |date=February 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223073903/http://www.wmur.com/r/26937744/detail.html |archive-date=December 23, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> While some of the activists' techniques can be relatively confrontational, and the WMUR report mentioned a tongue-in-cheek drinking party at a government building to protest open-container laws, others are significantly less so. For example, a common act by some Free Keene activists involves paying money into expired parking meters to help other citizens avoid parking tickets, which has created conflict between the meter pluggers and the parking enforcement officers. The close encounters with the "Robin Hooders" resulted in one PEO resigning his position and a lawsuit filed by the City of Keene citing harassment of their employees.<ref>{{cite web |title='Robin Hooders' face lawsuit for plugging parking meters |url=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/new-hampshire/10010628202022/robin-hooders-face-lawsuit-for-plugging-parking-meters/ |publisher=WHDH-TV News 7 |date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060329/http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/new-hampshire/10010628202022/robin-hooders-face-lawsuit-for-plugging-parking-meters/ |archive-date=October 23, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In December 2013, the judge overseeing the case dismissed the city's arguments against the "Robin Hooders" on first amendment grounds, citing the public sidewalks' role as a traditional public forum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/judge-cites-first-amendment-in-dismissing-keene-case-against-robin-hooders/article_40e36444-6dcb-5cc6-b6e2-a0bfa3e96930.html|title=Judge cites First Amendment in dismissing Keene case against Robin Hooders|first=Kyle Jarvis Sentinel|last=Staff|website=SentinelSource.com|accessdate=March 18, 2023}}</ref>