By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org

Legal action against outspoken Libertarian Jeremy Kauffman has concluded, aligning with the termination of his link to the national Libertarian Party.

The Manchester City Solicitor’s Office recently dismissed misdemeanor charges against the 41-year-old Kauffman that arose from a reported racist episode at a Market Basket location. City Solicitor Emily Gray Rice offered no remarks on the matter when contacted recently.

Kauffman faced arrest in April on counts of disorderly conduct and obstructing government administration following what police described as a racist outburst, per official reports.

After a minor collision in the store parking lot, Kauffman allegedly attempted to confront multiple individuals while directing racist remarks their way, according to Manchester Police documentation.

Officers responded to the Elm Street Market Basket lot near 2 p.m. on April 4 after reports of a vehicle striking another, followed by confrontations and continued shouting inside the store. A witness indicated that Kauffman began issuing racist comments right after the collision and sought to engage others physically. When a Black bystander from Jamaica passed by, Kauffman reportedly focused his anger on him.

“[He] told him to ‘go back to Africa’ and began spouting racist slang and terms at him,” the police report noted.

Kauffman persisted in yelling racist remarks at bystanders in the lot, according to accounts. Witnesses stated that Kauffman’s two young sons eventually intervened, pulling their father inside the store.

Officers located Kauffman within the store, where he declined to provide identification and resisted attempts at detention, per the report.

When reached about the event, Kauffman reiterated his stance, attributing fault to law enforcement and certain groups.

“Free Staters want to end qualified immunity so that police who perform illegitimare [sic] kidnappings suffer criminal consequences,” Kauffman stated in a text message. “Low IQ schizophrenic Africans who scream at kids in parking lots should be deported from New Hampshire. We shouldn’t punish decent men who stand up to them.”

Reports indicate the children’s mother arrived at the scene to collect the boys. She received notice that a report would be forwarded to the Division for Children, Youth and Families regarding the situation.

Kauffman pursued ambitious goals this year, seeking the national chair position for the Libertarian National Committee at the May convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His proposal centered on dismantling the Libertarian National Committee, which he characterized as ineffective and poorly led.

“You are so congenitally anti-everything, that when you see someone with something, who can do anything, you melt down. And I am here to cleanse the party of you losers,” Kauffman declared in his convention address. “I go to the mat every day, all of the time, for what’s right and what’s true. And you guys, you freaks, see someone who can do things that you can’t, and it makes you so angry and so bitter, you are loser apes who can’t stand to see someone with abilities that you don’t have.”

The approach failed to resonate with party members. Kauffman not only lost the chair election but also saw the new National Committee vote to sever ties with his New Hampshire Libertarian Party from the national body.

Kauffman’s online posts, filled with racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic material, prompted the disaffiliation decision. These included a tweet attributing the 9/11 attacks to Jewish individuals and using homophobic language against Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver. Kauffman further aligned the NHLP with President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, further distancing him from core Libertarian principles.

This follows a similar pattern for Kauffman. He was removed from the Free State Project in 2023 for continuing to share racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-LGBTQ material via the group’s social media channels.