11— Don Muller, Max Obuszewski, Perry Reeve and Lynn Robinson are to file an appeals brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The activists were arrested on the White House sidewalk on Sept. 26, 2005, and later convicted of demonstrating without a permit in three separate trials. The convictions were affirmed by Chief Judge Thomas Hogan. So this appeal goes before the U.S. Court of Appeals. Working with a public defender, the appellants have requested a 60-day extension to file their brief.
5— Sue Gomez, Arnie Carter and Raphael Egger, who were part of a group of seven who sat in Sen. Ken Salazar's office on Feb. 21, are scheduled for trial facing charges of trespass and disturbing the peace. The others, William Watts, Nelson Bock, John Scott Foreman and Claire Ryder, pled guilty and were given time served or community service sentences.
4— Betsy Lamb, Mary Burton Riseley and Franciscan Fr. Jerry Zawada are to be arraigned in federal court, facing charges of criminal trespass on a military installation, conspiracy and failure to comply with a police officer. They were arrested outside the gate of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, AZ on Nov. 18 during a solidarity demonstration with the annual protest at Fort Benning,
4— Four antiwar activists are expected to be prosecuted. They were arrested with four others on Oct. 22 while sitting in Rep. Peter Welch's office. It seems recidivists will now be prosecuted in Burlington.
3— Seven nonviolent peace activists, Cassandra Dixon, Flo Evans, Joy First, Jamie Haack, Janet Parker, Karin Sandvik and Susan Spahn, are to go on trial after an arrest in front of Senator Kohl’s office on Sept. 7. They were charged with obstructing a sidewalk after putting up crime scene tape around the entrance to the office.
NOVEMBER
30— Thirteen demonstrators were arrested and cited for trespassing at a Army National Guard recruiting office. The protests grew from a campaign by students at Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho who object to military recruiters in their school and the requirement that high schools hand over student contact information to the recruiters.
29— Five activists, who occupied the office of Rep. Randy Kuhl on Aug. 6 and were found guilty of criminal trespass in September, were sentenced. Mark Scibilia-Carver was sent to jail for 30 days when he indicated he could not pay any fine nor perform community service. Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, Danny Burns and Chris Tate were ordered to perform 50 hours of community service and to pay $300. However, they informed the judge they would not pay fines or perform community service. He will re-visit the matter after four months. The five plan to appeal their convictions.
28— Officials dropped charges against Eric Verlo and Elizabeth Fineron who were arrested with five other war protesters while marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade. All seven went on trial in August facing a charge of obstructing a passage or assembly, but there was a hung jury. Immediately afterwards, the city dropped charges against the other five. The seven were marching in the parade under a permit issued to Verlo, but the police removed them because of their antiwar signs. During the arrest, police brutalized Verlo and Fineron.
26— Dr. Catherine Wilkerson is scheduled for trial facing two charges: assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer and attempted assaulting/resisting/obstructing a paramedic. The charges are a result of her intervention on Nov. 30, 2006 after she observed a Univ. of Michigan security guard and later a paramedic mistreating a protester. She was not arrested during the protest. However after she filed a police brutality complaint with City Hall, she was notified of the charges by mail.
During a protest against the Iraq War, as well as an attack on Iran, campus security mistreated and arrested Blaine Coleman, Henry Herksovitz and Kathryn Babayan. The two men were charged with resisting and obstructing an officer and interfering with an arrest. Babayan was charged with disturbing a public meeting and resisting and obstructing an officer.
26-- Michael Rack, Lara Elborno, Kerry Hofferber, Rose Persaud, Jamie Fredericksen and John Paul Hornbeck were scheduled for trial facing a charge of trespass. Along with Chris Gaunt and Daisy Espino, they were arrested on July 6 in Sen. Tom Harkin’s office. Gaunt and Espino later pled guilty and were fined.
16— Superior Court Judge John Ramsey Johnson denied a government motion to jail eight peace activists charged with contempt for refusing to pay an assessment fee. Maria Allwine, Johnny Barber, Michelle Grise, Joan Nicholson, Max Obuszewski, Kay Warren, Bill Wylie-Kellerman and Jerry Zawada were convicted on charges relating to protests on Capitol Hill against war funding on either Sept. 26 or 27, 2006. They were held in contempt on May 11, and since then have challenged the government to dismiss the charges. Johnson ruled that the contempt case will be continued until after the appeals of the conviction are completed.
15—Portland, OR] Peter Bergel and Robert Projansky were found not guilty of trespass. On Mar. 16, they tried to visit, along with Michael Glaze, the office of Sen. Gordon Smith. The three were denied entry into the building and arrested. Bergel and Projansky went on trial June 22, but it took almost five months for the judge to agree their First Amendment rights were violated.
15— Eda and Mike Uca-Dorn pled guilty to unlawful assembly and incommoding and were sentenced to three months unsupervised probation, 3 days of community service, 5 days suspended sentence and a $50 assessment fee. They were among 60 activists arrested on Oct. 22 during the No War No Warming actions to stop business as usual around Capitol Hill.
11— Eighteen antiwar veterans were arrested as they protested the exclusion of their message from the Veterans Day parade. Members of Veterans for Peace lined up in front of a podium at City Hall Plaza holding antiwar placards during a ceremony sponsored by the American Legion. Some protesters wore gags, which they later said symbolized the fact that, while they were permitted to march in the parade, they were prevented from carrying signs opposing the Iraq War. Fifteen men and three women were charged with disturbing a lawful assembly of people.
5— Sue Gomez, Arnie Carter and Raphael Egger, who were part of a group of seven who sat in Sen. Ken Salazar's office on Feb. 21, are scheduled for trial facing charges of trespass and disturbing the peace. The others, William Watts, Nelson Bock, John Scott Foreman and Claire Ryder, pled guilty and were given time served or community service sentences.
4— Betsy Lamb, Mary Burton Riseley and Franciscan Fr. Jerry Zawada are to be arraigned in federal court, facing charges of criminal trespass on a military installation, conspiracy and failure to comply with a police officer. They were arrested outside the gate of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, AZ on Nov. 18 during a solidarity demonstration with the annual protest at Fort Benning,
4— Four antiwar activists are expected to be prosecuted. They were arrested with four others on Oct. 22 while sitting in Rep. Peter Welch's office. It seems recidivists will now be prosecuted in Burlington.
NOVEMBER
30— Thirteen demonstrators were arrested and cited for trespassing at a Army National Guard recruiting office. The protests grew from a campaign by students at Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho who object to military recruiters in their school and the requirement that high schools hand over student contact information to the recruiters.
29— Five activists, who occupied the office of Rep. Randy Kuhl on Aug. 6 and were found guilty of criminal trespass in September, were sentenced. Mark Scibilia-Carver was sent to jail for 30 days when he indicated he could not pay any fine nor perform community service. Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, Danny Burns and Chris Tate were ordered to perform 50 hours of community service and to pay $300. However, they informed the judge they would not pay fines or perform community service. He will re-visit the matter after four months. The five plan to appeal their convictions.
28— Officials dropped charges against Eric Verlo and Elizabeth Fineron who were arrested with five other war protesters while marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade. All seven went on trial in August facing a charge of obstructing a passage or assembly, but there was a hung jury. Immediately afterwards, the city dropped charges against the other five. The seven were marching in the parade under a permit issued to Verlo, but the police removed them because of their antiwar signs. During the arrest, police brutalized Verlo and Fineron.
26— Dr. Catherine Wilkerson is scheduled for trial facing two charges: assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer and attempted assaulting/resisting/obstructing a paramedic. The charges are a result of her intervention on Nov. 30, 2006 after she observed a Univ. of Michigan security guard and later a paramedic mistreating a protester. She was not arrested during the protest. However after she filed a police brutality complaint with City Hall, she was notified of the charges by mail.
During a protest against the Iraq War, as well as an attack on Iran, campus security mistreated and arrested Blaine Coleman, Henry Herksovitz and Kathryn Babayan. The two men were charged with resisting and obstructing an officer and interfering with an arrest. Babayan was charged with disturbing a public meeting and resisting and obstructing an officer.
26-- Michael Rack, Lara Elborno, Kerry Hofferber, Rose Persaud, Jamie Fredericksen and John Paul Hornbeck were scheduled for trial facing a charge of trespass. Along with Chris Gaunt and Daisy Espino, they were arrested on July 6 in Sen. Tom Harkin’s office. Gaunt and Espino later pled guilty and were fined.
16— Superior Court Judge John Ramsey Johnson denied a government motion to jail eight peace activists charged with contempt for refusing to pay an assessment fee. Maria Allwine, Johnny Barber, Michelle Grise, Joan Nicholson, Max Obuszewski, Kay Warren, Bill Wylie-Kellerman and Jerry Zawada were convicted on charges relating to protests on Capitol Hill against war funding on either Sept. 26 or 27, 2006. They were held in contempt on May 11, and since then have challenged the government to dismiss the charges. Johnson ruled that the contempt case will be continued until after the appeals of the conviction are completed.
15—Portland, OR] Peter Bergel and Robert Projansky were found not guilty of trespass. On Mar. 16, they tried to visit, along with Michael Glaze, the office of Sen. Gordon Smith. The three were denied entry into the building and arrested. Bergel and Projansky went on trial June 22, but it took almost five months for the judge to agree their First Amendment rights were violated.
15— Eda and Mike Uca-Dorn pled guilty to unlawful assembly and incommoding and were sentenced to three months unsupervised probation, 3 days of community service, 5 days suspended sentence and a $50 assessment fee. They were among 60 activists arrested on Oct. 22 during the No War No Warming actions to stop business as usual around Capitol Hill.
11— Eighteen antiwar veterans were arrested as they protested the exclusion of their message from the Veterans Day parade. Members of Veterans for Peace lined up in front of a podium at City Hall Plaza holding antiwar placards during a ceremony sponsored by the American Legion. Some protesters wore gags, which they later said symbolized the fact that, while they were permitted to march in the parade, they were prevented from carrying signs opposing the Iraq War. Fifteen men and three women were charged with disturbing a lawful assembly of people.
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