![]() ![]() on January 23, and letters may be sent to her at this address: Kelly will begin her 3 months of confinement at 2 p.m. Knowing as much as I did about great loss and terror, I felt I should exercise my right” on June 1 to free speech and to the presentation of a grievance to the government. … I’ve been with people who’ve been in bombardments from drones. It’s been a privilege to be involved with these communities.” Indeed, Kelly told Judge Matt Whitworth, “I’ve been to Iraq and Afghanistan, Gaza and the West Bank, Lebanon, Bosnia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and several other countries because there were wars raging in those countries. “I’ve lived alongside people in war zones while the bombs explode. “We have a right to claim our right not to kill,” said Kelly. Kelly was opposing all drone warfare, including drones guided by remote control from Whiteman.Īt the December 10 federal trial in Jefferson City, Missouri, lawyer Henry Stoever asked Kelly to comment on her “rap sheet” of prior resistance that the government had prepared. Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence (based in Chicago), was sentenced on December 10 to three months in federal prison for crossing a line on the entry road to Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster, Missouri on June 1. ![]()
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