LEGALIZE MARIJUANA PARTY
PRESS RELEASE
NJWEEDMAN.COM 4 GOVERNOR
“Stop
bitchin and support a revolution!”
Yesterday
(1) On
(SEE: http://www.njweedman.com/attacked.html)
(2) On
(SEE: http://www.njweedman.com/seaside_heights.htm)
NJWEEDMAN’s goal is to obtain at least 100,000 votes
(5ooo from each county) and to air the commercials state-wide that the State of
Major Announcements
I’m angry now, I’ve stopped
bitching and I’m openly calling for a “REEFER REVOLUTION”. My campaign slogan
is “FUCK the Law, smoke it anyway”! In September I will hold a march thru the
streets of
A.
I don’t want
the state’s newspapers to call me Ed Forchion, I want to be called the name
I’ve chosen for myself and the state has refused to allow me to called: “NJWEEDMAN.COM”
B.
I’ve
temporarily stopped smoking marijuana because of the job I was just hired for
last week. I need a job to support my family, while I
100% wish to continue to smoke I’m doing this for the sake of my family. I’ll
quit my job in September just before my SMOKE-OUT.
C.
I will only
sporadically campaign because of the real threat of constant arrest at the
hands of state officials who dis-agree with my “POLITICAL EXPRESSION”. The
Justice Department should monitor and enforce my RIGHt
to speak and campaign freely but even
(SEE: http://www.njweedman.com/hypocrite.html
)
CONTACT INFO: CELL NUMBER
(609)509-0133
HOME NUMBER (609) 893-XXXX
WEBSITE: WWW.NJWEEDMAN.COM
and WWW.TLMP.ORG
THE COURIER POST
‘Weedman has
right to speak’
Pemberton Township resident
Robert Edward Forchion, a perennial New Jersey political candidate, has a
message many people might not want to hear. Forchion, who prefers the moniker
NJ Weedman, advocates legalizing marijuana use.
We do not endorse using illegal drugs, but we
do stand behind a person's right to say he does.
Forchion has an undeniable right to state his
claim as long as he doesn't break the law he's contesting. That right has been
upheld by the court, but it continues to lead to confrontations with
authorities.
On May 11, Forchion was arrested for
trespassing at the State House in
But when Forchion showed up wearing a campaign
T-shirt with a message about legalizing marijuana, a state police officer told
him the press area was off limits.
What happened next will likely be settled in a
court, where so many of Forchion's collisions with
authorities end. The only thing both sides agree on is that Forchion was
charged with defiant trespass, resisting arrest and other offenses.
It is unclear how a person can trespass in a
public building during a time when it is open to the public. It is equally
difficult to understand how Forchion can be denied access to an area in that
public building that is frequented by the public.
Forchion might not appear to be the kind of
person the First Amendment was written to protect. His in-your-face push for
legalizing marijuana juts out from the American mainstream. But he is just the
person for whom the amendment's free-speech rights were written - someone
expressing a view the majority dislikes.
Silencing people such as Forchion will, in the
end, make it harder for anyone to speak up. Silence, not the Forchions in
TIMES of
NJ
Weedman faces trespassing charges
TRENTON
- Edward Forchion, the Pemberton Township resident and marijuana proponent
better known by the self-ascribed moniker NJ Weedman, was arrested inside the
State House building yesterday afternoon on his way to tell news reporters
about his intention to run for governor, officials said. Forchion,
40, of Browns Mills, never got past the New Jersey State Police troopers who
guard the State House complex. Troopers arrested Forchion after he refused to
leave the building after being told press row was not open to the public,
state police spokesman Sgt. Gerald Lewis said. He
was charged with resisting, defiant trespass and improper behavior.
Although
the state police say press row is not a publicly accessible area, State
House-based reporters say that members of the public routinely visit the area
to pitch stories. Forchion's fight to legalize marijuana on Rastafarian religious
grounds has taken him to several arenas in the past decade, from running for
a number of political offices, including Congress, to firing up marijuana
joints in public. In
March 2000, Forchion smoked marijuana in the State House's Assembly chambers
during a session and was arrested by state troopers. Forchion was being held last night on $40,000 bail at the Trenton Police Department lockup |
TRENTONIAN NJ
Weedman arrested inside statehouse
Robert Edward “weedman” Forchion, 40, of Pemberton, was
arrested at “He actually came to the front entrance, signed in and
asked to be allowed to go to press row to handout fliers,” Lewis said, “Troopers told him that the public is not allowed to
access the area. The officers asked him if they could call someone to come
and meet him and he refused.” Forchion became boisterous and refused to leave, officials
said. Officers arrested him, took him to headquarters, and
processed him. He is presently being lockedup on
$40,000 bail, according to family members. Forchion a Rastafarian by faith,
is no stranger to run-ins with the law. In 1997 he was convicted of possessing more than 40 pounds
of marijuana and served 17 months of a 10 year prison sentence. Forchion did
not return several phone calls yesterday for comment. BY
ARTEMIS COUGHLAN |
Governor-hopeful arrested in
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By Chris Lundy
Staff Writer
Edward Forchion, who calls himself NJWEEDMAN, said he was
compiling signatures to run for Governor Monday on the Legalize Marijuana
Party.
He said he was wearing a shirt and had a sign promoting the
legalization of marijuana. Forchion said he collected about 300 signatures
Monday in
Forchion was handing out fliers and hanging signs on a
railing,
Forchion was issued a summons for soliciting. When he became
agitated and irate with the officers, he was placed under arrest at
Forchion said he stood on the boardwalk and let people come
to him, which is not soliciting. If people approached him, then he would ask
them for signatures and offer fliers.
Having signs and asking people to sign a petition is
protected under freedom of speech, Forchion said. He stated it was ironic his
first amendment rights were violated on a national holiday.
"I don't want to have a campaign on being arrested,
"Forchion said.
Forchion has been arrested several times and charged with
different offenses, including smoking marijuana in the
(Chris Lundy: (732) 557-5748