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During the first eight and a half minutes the crosses/drones are set up and "drone victims" hung.
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Hancock Air Base is located on the backside of Syracuse International Airport. It hosts the 174th Attack Wing of the NY Air National Guard -- the MQ9 Reaper drone hub. It is also the national Reaper maintenance-training center. The MQ9 Reaper is a robotic, satellite-linked, remote assassin drone. Hancock is currently one of 20 U.S. drone-warfare bases across the U.S., Germany, Australia, Italy, the U.K. and elsewhere. The "Drone Papers"--based on a leak by an internal military whistleblower -- show that during a five-month period in 2015, 90% of all drone victims were bystanders, including children.
The civil resistance action marks the latest chapter in Upstate Drone Action's seven-year nonviolent campaign to expose the extrajudicial killings in which Hancock AFB plays a role. This resistance against drones is linked to the worldwide effort to ground killer drones and end all U.S. wars. Since 2010 there have been over 170 arrests at Hancock of those witnessing against the grim Reapers.
Those arrested and jailed briefly on Good Friday are: John Amidon (Veterans For Peace & Albany Friends Meeting); Mark Colville (Amistad Catholic Worker, New Haven, CT); Brian Hynes (Bronx Catholic Worker); Tom Joyce (Ithaca Catholic Worker); Ed Kinane (Upstate NY Drone Action); Ray McGovern (Veterans For Peace & ex-CIA analyst); Joan Pleune (Granny Peace Brigade); James Ricks (Ithaca, NY); and Jessica Stewart (Bath Harbor Maine Catholic Worker). They are summoned to appear in court on May 9 and 10.
See also: upstatedroneaction.org AND https://www.knowdrones.com/
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