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Today's Poll!3 charged for April protest at Whiteman AFB
Friday, June 8, 2012
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of three men charged with trespassing after an April protest at Whiteman Air Force Based pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months in federal prison.
Fifty-five-year-old Mark F. Keeney of Omaha, Neb., pleaded Wednesday to the misdemeanor federal charge.
The other men charged are Ronald L. Faust, a 68-year-old retired minister from Kansas City, and 55-year-old Brian D. Terrell of Maloy, Iowa. Both are scheduled for trial on Sept. 5.
The men were part of a group that met at the base near Knob Noster on April 15 to protest the use of drone aircraft by the U.S. military.
The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/LzoVDz) attorneys for Faust and Terrell say they are still determining a strategy for the defense.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star.
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Comments
RetiredOne 1 year ago
Is this an example of suppression of freedom of speech? Just askin'. New laws have been signed by Obama.
gofish 1 year ago
No, they deliberately walked across the line and onto the military base after being warned not to by MP's . They chose to do something illegal.
Sequoia 1 year ago
Good grief. Trespassing on a military base is not "speech," RetiredOne. A military base is not a public place where people have the right to protest.
This is long-standing law, and I think you can see why. You can't just creep around a base and call it your freedom of speech. Nothing Obama has done has changed that.
RetiredOne, I like your instict to conspiracy though. I mean, Obama MUST have done something evil, right? If we don't allow people to just walk around on a military base whenever they want to, it must be because of evil liberal tyranny, right?
Good grief, man. Lay off the Glenn Beck.
dokeus6 1 year ago
And just because a person asks a question to get more information doesn't mean they are suggesting conspiracy theories or any other negativity towards the president.
He just asked a question Sequoia. No need to bite his head off.
asb 1 year ago
He did not just ask a question . . . he clearly implied that Obama had done something to limit Americans' freedoms. His head was not bitten, he was called out for being a tool.
spelchek 1 year ago
"he was called out for being a tool." -- More tolerance from the left.
asb 1 year ago
It's not intolerance, it's poetry. I have no intolerance for Retired's use of FOX-grade misinformation, I just want to be sure that it is clearly noted.
spelchek 1 year ago
Noted. Judging by ratings, MSNBC and CNN are faring well with the information they're doling out. I turn to Dan Rather to get truthful information myself.
gofish 1 year ago
Easy Sequoia, Retired was only posing a question. Under the Republican law signed by Obama, they could have been thrown into prison indefinitely without due process.
asb 1 year ago
That's more like it! :)
dokeus6 1 year ago
How come you chewed me out for the same thing that Go Fish said?
gofish 1 year ago
Because my avatar has TEETH! :-)
asb 1 year ago
That's right . . . you need an avatar, and I don't mean the movie:)
spelchek 1 year ago
I should have been there to protest the protestors protesting just to make things interesting.
spelchek 1 year ago
Ride Greyhound often do ya hkchas?
spelchek 1 year ago
Fine. I want to go to the next Klan demonstration and I will show everyone (including the media) the bus ticket that you paid for to make it all happen.
asb 1 year ago
As a sign carrying counter-protester I assume . . .
RetiredOne 1 year ago
Wow, I was just asking. Didn't mean to touch that sensitive nerve. We all know that Obama would never do anything to restrict our freedoms -- never, never. What is that buzzing I hear? There is a small plane circling my house. There are two guys with SS pins in their lapels coming up my walk...
JCLifer 1 year ago
Yeah, for some reason on this forum it is all about attacking the posters, not about expressing opinions regarding the topic.
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