It always makes me feel good to know that a bunch of AARP Peacenick commandos can breach security at one of our nuclear facilities.
The Kitsap Sun reports they carried a banner that said, “Disarm Now Plowshares: Trident: Illegal and Immoral.”
Navy spokesman Chris Haley says an alarm went off when the group entered at 6:30 a.m. today, and they were arrested on suspicion of trespass and destruction of government property, cited and released.
The five are identified as 81-year-old Catholic priest Bill Bischel of Tacoma, 83-year-old nun Anne Montgomery of New York City, 65-year-old Susan Crane of Baltimore, 60-year-old Lynne Greenwald of Bremerton and 60-year-old Steve Kelly of Oakland.
And from another article…
“So it was with hammers like this and our own blood that had been drawn by a medical professional that we went into the base in the hope of beginning that disarmament process, symbolically,” Crane said.
The hammers were to bang on the bunkers holding the weapons. And the blood?
The protesters, who range in age from 60 to 83, cut their way through a perimeter fence. They said they walked 4 hours and cut their way through two more fences before they got caught.
So considering they were bringing in hammers and blood in baby bottles, is this simply a trespassing charge or can they be charged with something much more serious? Let’s hope it’s the latter.
