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Thirty-One Anti-Drone Activists Found Guilty, Four Jailed
December 2, 2011 · 0 Comments
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Last night, December 1, Judge David Gideon delivered his ruling that the Hancock 38 drone resisters were guiltiy in their case involving a symbolic “die-in” at the main entrance of Hancock Air National Guard Base in Mattydale, NY. The Hancock 38 were protesting the piloting and maintenance of the hunter/killer Reaper drones at the Base. NYT eXaminer’s Chris Spannos spoke with defendant Ed Kinane about the Judges verdict and drones. Ed is one of the Hancock 38, and a long-time anti-war and anti-militarist activist. He is a member of the Syracuse Peace Council.
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Times articles referenced in this report are listed here by their online titles:
- “After Duty, Dogs Suffer Like Soldiers” by James Dao
- “Drone Journalism Arrives” by Robert Mackey
- “For Our Allies, Death From Above” by Clive Stafford Smith
- “Obama Refrains From a Formal ‘I’m Sorry’ to Pakistan” by Helen Cooper and Mark Mazzetti
- And from outside the Times and published by Syracuse.com, “Thirty-one drone protesters found guilty in DeWitt Town Court; four jailed” By Charles Ellis
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