The U.S. Navy's Trident nuclear powered submarine USS Alaska at Banger Base in Washington
Posted on 03/29/2011 9:21:03 AM PDT by SmithL
Jesuit priest Stephen Kelly, 62, of Oakland, and Sister Anne Montgomery, 84, of Redwood City, were among a group of five senior peace demonstrators who were sentenced to federal prison in Tacoma, Washington, today. The group were all convicted of conspiracy, trespass, and destruction of government property in December and were facing up to ten years in prison for cutting through fences at Bangor Base on November 2, 2009, to get to an area containing ten Ohio-class submarines.
The protesters had put up banners near the bunkers, sprinkled blood on the ground, scattered sunflower seeds, and prayed until they were arrested. Father Kelly was sentenced to 15 months in prison and was ordered to be taken to prison immediately. The judge in the case, U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle, was going to allow the other defendants to report to prison next month, but they were also taken to prison immediately when they told him they might not show up. Sister Montgomery got two months in prison and four months home monitoring.
Settle praised the group's humanitarian work, but he had to "send a message" regarding the trespassing and property damage charges. The protesters were prohibited from using international law and the lethality of nuclear weapons as a defense.
A priest, a nun, and three peace demonstrators walk into a bar...
..and they all order vinegar and waters. You are what you drink.
So, if a carpenter, plumber or ‘regular’ person were arrested for doing the exact same thing - would they get the 1 yr sentence, or the 10 yr sentence?
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Hangem by the beads until they are “uglyfied”..
What were 10 boomers doing in port at 1 base, at one time ????
and what were three doing in the Med last week ??
They should have gotten 10 years.
They got what they wanted. The “Imperialist Oppressor” locked-up an 84-year old nun. She will become their new cause celebre. Their new Mumia.
They should be defrocked and excommunicated, too.
Welp...there you have it. Washington state is being “mean” to protesters. Time to launch the tomahawks on them.
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