Posted on 04/06/2018 8:47:24 PM PDT by BBell
Kings Bay Plowshares protested nuclear weapons on submarine base
ST. MARYS, Ga. - Seven members of a group called Kings Bay Plowshares were arrested Thursday after they slipped onto the Kings Bay Submarine Base and vandalized some signs, according to a base spokesman.
A news release on the Kings Bay Plowshares Facebook page said the seven Catholic activists got onto the St. Marys base Wednesday night, carrying hammers and "baby bottles of their own blood."
More Headlines 2 sailors die 4 days apart in same Kingsland home Retirement ceremony held for Coast Guard K-9 Navy sailor charged with sexual exploitation of children The base's gates are staffed with security at all times, so it’s uncertain how the protesters gained access to the base, but Kings Bay public affairs office spokesman Scott Bassett said no personnel or facilities were ever threatened.
It's possible the seven activists were there for hours before they were caught, and Bassett confirmed security measures at the base are being reviewed.
"I believe they walked on," Plowshares supporter Jessica Stewart said. "They went through a fence and walked on. Surprisingly, considering it’s a nuclear installation, I don’t think it was difficult for them to gain access."
The group, which is opposed to nuclear weapons and advocates active resistance to war, tried to "convert weapons of mass destruction," the release said.
"They were seeking through their actions to disarm those weapons symbolically and move us toward a world where we have economic justice, where racism has been dismantled and where we can live in peace," Stewart said. "I don’t think they feel they were breaking the law. I think they feel they were following international law, which calls on citizens to prevent unjust war and the proliferation of nuclear weapons and crimes against humanity."
King's Bay is the Navy's Atlantic Ocean Trident port with six ballistic missile subs and two guided missile subs.
The activists said they chose to enter the base on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The group's Facebook post said the men and women divided up and went to the administration building, the D5 Missile monument installation and the nuclear weapons storage bunkers with crime scene tape, hammers and banners reading:
"The ultimate logic of racism is genocide" -- Dr. Martin Luther King (Jr.)
"The ultimate logic of Trident is omnicide"
"Nuclear weapons: illegal -- immoral."
The activists, who are being held without bond in the Camden County Jail on charges of trespassing and defacing government property, are:
Clare Grady, 59, Ithaca, New York
Martha Hennessey, 62, Perkinsville, Vermont
Carmen Trotta, 55, New York City
Elizabeth McAlister, 78, Baltimore Patrick O’Neil, 61, Garner, North Carolina
Mark Corville, 55, New Haven, Connecticut
Stephen Kelly, 69, Los Gatos, California
The seven will appear Friday morning at a bond hearing.
Well, that's perfectly sane right there. Who doesn't carry baby bottles full of their own blood ?
Cool. Held without bond
5 will get you 10 these folks have never protested an abortion clinic in their lives.
“I believe they walked on,” Plowshares supporter Jessica Stewart said. “They went through a fence and walked on. Surprisingly, considering it’s a nuclear installation, I don’t think it was difficult for them to gain access.”
The base’s gates are staffed with security at all times, so it’s uncertain how the protesters gained access to the base, but Kings Bay public affairs office spokesman Scott Bassett said no personnel or facilities were ever threatened.
It’s possible the seven activists were there for hours before they were caught, and Bassett confirmed security measures at the base are being reviewed.
Lock them up and throw aqay the key.
I bet some heads are rolling. Do they staff bases with civilian security details? There was a time when they used jarheads.
I wonder if it ever dawned on them that the submarine base is doing more to avoid war than anything they could possibly do?
Marine Corps Security Force Battalion U.S. Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment Kings Bay, GA
Marine Corps Security Force Battalion Kings Bay secures strategic assets within Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic area of responsibility in order to prevent unauthorized access or loss of control. Be prepared to conduct recapture or recovery operations in order to regain control of compromised strategic assets.
Jarheads are slackin.
Re: “Reviewed. I feel so much safer now.”
I was thinking the same thing. How in the WORLD did these people get on a nuclear sub base. Someone needs to be busted to latrine duty for the rest of their lives. Good grief!
Where were these “anti-war” “activists” from 2009-2016?
Back in the day we used to run penetration tests on NIKE bases. We got onto one base and into the missile assembly area which was distinct from the admin area. It was a highly restricted area. The CO was relieved on the spot. The weaponry at that base was puny compared to that on Kings Bay. I would not be surprised to see a complete changing of the personnel there. BTW, this was the second security problem involving base personnel recently. Two Navy personnel ODed just off the base. Given the mission there, I am concerned about the state of our military.
Re: “Reviewed. I feel so much safer now.”
I was thinking the same thing. How in the WORLD did these people get on a nuclear sub base. Someone needs to be busted to latrine duty for the rest of their lives. Good grief!
Could be they are “anti-war” and are in fact anti-American.
Beat the sh*t out of these libtards
Ugh! Sorry for the double post.
These are the same pu$$ys who would trash Christians but extol muzzies.
They are lucky that they are not dead.
We won’t get the guillotine out this time.
There is going to be hell to pay over this.
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