21 June,
2012 Jules Orkin, 201-566-8403
Joan Pleune, ![]()
718-855-2581
Beverly Rice, 646-335-2404
www.upstatedroneaction.org
Four Defendants Go On Trial 24 June
at DeWitt, NY Town Court
for Opposing Reaper Drone War Crimes at
Hancock Air Base
At 9am, Wednesday 24 June,
2015, Ellen Barfield of Baltimore, MD, Jules Orkin of Bergenfield,
NJ, Joan Pleune and Beverly
Rice of New York City, defended by Attorney Lewis B. Oliver
of Albany, NY, will begin
trial before a six-person jury in the DeWitt, NY Town Court of
Judge Zavaglia, charged with
2 counts of disorderly conduct, one count of trespass,
and one count of obstructing
government administration.
Over 2 years ago, on 28
April, 2013, the four were arrested with 27 others for allegedly
blocking the driveway leading
to the main gate of the Hancock Reaper drone base on
East Molloy Rd, town of
DeWitt.
The arrestees that day are
members and colleagues of Upstate Drone Action, a grass-
roots group which calls
public attention to the killing and terrorizing of Afghan civilians
by Hancock's 174th Attack
Wing of the NY National Guard, and urges drone operators
to examine their
consciences.
Upstate Drone Action, along
with colleague organizations Veterans For Peace and the
Granny Peace Brigade to which
the defendants belong, believe the killing is immoral
and illegal, violating the
United Nations Charter, and international treaty laws which
under Article 6 of the US
Constitution are part of the supreme law of the United States
and supercede local and
Federal law.
Since 2010 anti-drone
activists have experienced nearly 200 arrests and numerous jail
sentences at Hancock for scrupulously-nonviolent protests, as part of a national campaign
to resist drones at a number
of bases.sentences at Hancock for scrupulously-nonviolent protests, as part of a national campaign
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