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 Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand 
#14143909 - 03/18/11 05:45 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4777366/Protest-backs-Timaru-cannabis-user
Supporters of a Timaru man facing jail over cannabis charges have staged a peaceful protest for him outside the Timaru Courthouse.
Peter John Frances Davy, 51, is threatening to go on a hunger strike if he is jailed for possession of cannabis, cultivating cannabis, importing cannabis seed and unlicensed possession of a rifle.
Dakta Green, who founded The Daktory, which promotes the medical use of cannabis, said NORML (National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Law) supporters left Auckland last Friday and arrived in Timaru to stage a peaceful overnight protest outside the Timaru Courthouse.
Supporters had come from as far afield as Auckland, Waihi, Wellington and Dunedin.
"When we heard of Pete's plight, it wasn't too hard to say `let's go down and support him'," Mr Green said.
"We find it obnoxious and obscene for a medical user of cannabis to be treated as a criminal."
Davy admitted the charges in February and was due to be sentenced yesterday in Timaru District Court but the case was adjourned to April 20 so that his newly appointed counsel could receive disclosure.
Davy, who has cancer, said the cannabis was for medicinal purposes. He also said he was the 24-hour carer for his partner who had advanced multiple sclerosis.
"She is dying and will die without me."
In a protest against "the persecution of New Zealand's medical cannabis users", Davy told The Herald he would go on a hunger strike and would not take his cancer medicines.
Mr Green said the group hoped a judge would see reason and not incarcerate Davy.
About 15 people camped outside the courthouse on Tuesday night. The group, which grew during the day yesterday, held up placards, blew bubbles and trumpets, and elicited toots from motorists until about 2pm.
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 Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#14143925 - 03/18/11 05:49 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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A little funny the date has been moved to 420...
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: Mushie23]
#14144058 - 03/18/11 06:18 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Why would he have an unlicensed rifle? That kind of reduces the sympathy factor.
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: doses]
#14144192 - 03/18/11 06:41 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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you're right. how screwed up is it he didn't register his rifle, he deserves cancer and prison now 
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: bigmike7104]
#14144245 - 03/18/11 06:49 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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bigmike7104 said:
you're right. how screwed up is it he didn't register his rifle, he deserves cancer and prison now
Just saying it makes it look like he was a bulk dealer, which he may have been. Which would make the story a little less sympathy-invoking.
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: doses]
#14144270 - 03/18/11 06:54 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Free Peter Davy | Cannabis Prohibition Kills
www.freepeterdavy.com
Edited by wre (03/18/11 06:54 PM)
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#14145538 - 03/18/11 11:00 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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I miss the NORML NZ meetings and activism.
I wish him all the best but the way the climate is over there I don't see this working out too well.
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: doses]
#14145731 - 03/18/11 11:33 PM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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doses said:
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you're right. how screwed up is it he didn't register his rifle, he deserves cancer and prison now
Just saying it makes it look like he was a bulk dealer, which he may have been. Which would make the story a little less sympathy-invoking.
Possessing a firearm doesn't mean anything relative to his being a criminal. It shouldn't be a crime based on self-ownership, not to mention the constitution of the U.S. but that doesn't mean a damn thing and hasn't for centuries.
Whether or not he's a bulk dealer; if he hasn't hurt anyone he's deserving of as much sympathy as anyone else in this situation. Yet again the state has initiated violence against a peaceful person.
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Re: Protest backs Timaru cannabis user - New Zealand [Re: Humility]
#14153121 - 03/20/11 12:48 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mushie23 said:
A little funny the date has been moved to 420...
hehehe....also, its a little funny that 420 is Adolf Hitlers birthday 
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Humility said:
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doses said:
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bigmike7104 said:
you're right. how screwed up is it he didn't register his rifle, he deserves cancer and prison now
Just saying it makes it look like he was a bulk dealer, which he may have been. Which would make the story a little less sympathy-invoking.
Possessing a firearm doesn't mean anything relative to his being a criminal. It shouldn't be a crime based on self-ownership, not to mention the constitution of the U.S. but that doesn't mean a damn thing and hasn't for centuries.
Whether or not he's a bulk dealer; if he hasn't hurt anyone he's deserving of as much sympathy as anyone else in this situation. Yet again the state has initiated violence against a peaceful person.
This is New Zealand, not America, they do not care about the constitution hehehehe  ....
But, I bet I know why he had a rifle, and it is not shady at all. Who the fuck is going to protect his very valuable crop from thieves? The fucking police? HA! He has a rifle because he lives in the REAL world, it should not take away from the pity factor at all, in fact, it makes his situation more pitiable, if you ask me. Too bad he can't be protected by organized society, cause he is such a "criminal"
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