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Civil Disobedience 5/31/06 at Congressman Bradley's Office
Dover NH May 31, 2006
by Paul Pat Morse
Six
peace activists from Seacoast Peace Response were arrested this evening
at Congressman Jeb Bradley's office on Washington St. in Dover. The six
activists, which included 85 year old Macy Morse of Portsmouth, were arrested
after being asked numerous times to leave the office after it closed at
5pm.
The others taken
into custody by nine Dover officers included, Randall A. Kezar, 69, Kingston,
Nina Capra Jordan, 67, Lee, William R. Woodward, 61 Durham, Aaron John
Carine, 39, Dover, and Lee N. Roberts, 70, Portsmouth.
Spokesman Bill Woodward
said the group was waiting in the Congressman's office until they got
a response to a letter they had written to him concerning the war in Iraq.
In the letter, the group called for Congressman Bradley to "act in Congress
to terminate this war by the end of this year".
This action was
part of a statewide effort by several peace groups including Seacoast
Peace Response and New Hampshire Peace Action. The groups coordinated
the effort to have as many people as possible vigil outside US Senators'
and US congressmens' offices, deliver letters demanding a clear and immediate
withdrawal strategy from Iraq, and reading the names of American and Iraqi
war dead inside their offices.
There were as many
as 50 participants at the Dover site with at least a dozen people inside
Congressman Bradley's office reading the names. According to NHPA Director,
Anne Miller, there were as many as 200 people involved in the event statewide.
The group arrested
at the Congressman's office were charged with Criminal Trespass, a class
A Misdemeanor by Dover Police Captain Brian Estee. Criminal Trespass carries
a maximum 1 year in jail and $2000 fine.
Also on the scene
were two Office of Homeland Security Inspectors including Inspector John
Farrell of Portland, Me., who said "they were there to make sure things
go smoothly".
The arrested activists
were all released on Personal Recognizance after about an hour with the
exception of Carine, who refused to pay the bail bondsman and elected
to spend the night in jail pending his arraignment on Thursday morning.
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no charge to nonprofit organizations. Private individuals are asked to
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Contact:
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