{"id":5120,"date":"2016-02-01T21:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T02:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=5120"},"modified":"2019-12-23T13:43:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T18:43:52","slug":"us-we-come-to-the-gates-of-hancock-drone-base-today-to-install-a-memorial-of-jerry-berrigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=5120","title":{"rendered":"USA: We come to the gates of Hancock Drone Base today to install a memorial of Jerry Berrigan."},"content":{"rendered":"
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….. HUMAN RIGHTS …..<\/p>\n

An article from warisacrime.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Jerry Berrigan, who died on July 26, 2015 at the age of 95, was a husband, a father, a brother, a teacher and someone who \u2013 like his brothers Dan and Phil \u2013 dedicated his entire life to Jesus\u2019 command to love one another. Jerry came to the base on a bi-weekly basis whenever he was able, in Jerry\u2019s words, \u201cto remind the base commander of our government\u2019s pledge under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, a treaty to safeguard non-combatant\u2019s well-being in any warzone in which U.S. forces are engaged in combat.\u201d And further, \u201cto register horror and indignation at reports of bombing missions by drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan which resulted in the deaths of many innocent civilians; men, women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As more and more evidence mounts regarding the illegality of U.S. drone policies, from the \u201cDrone Papers\u201d published by The Intercept, to the four drone pilots who have come forward to speak out about what this policy is doing, we bring Jerry\u2019s image here to the gates to remember that this is where he would be, speaking out and putting his body on the line to say a clear \u201cNO\u201d to killing. Because Jerry Berrigan knew that it matters where we put our bodies.<\/p>\n

In 2008 Jerry was asked by The Syracuse Post Standard if there was anything he would change in his life. Jerry replied, \u201cI would have resisted more often and been arrested more often.\u201d In our memorial today we use an image of Jerry from The Syracuse Post Standard where he is being arrested for opposing the U.S. invasion of Iraq.<\/p>\n

As we are installing this Jerry Berrigan Memorial Drone Blockade, we also remember Mary Anne Grady Flores who is serving a six month sentence here in the Onondaga County jail because the courts in this county believe that the colonel at this highly armed base needs protection from citizens calling attention to the drone killings. We challenge the courts to apply the law as it was meant to be applied; to protect victims not victimizers.<\/p>\n

Syracuse has a great history of men named Jerry and resistance to injustice. We call to mind \u201cThe Jerry Rescue\u201d memorial that stands across the street from The Federal Court house where Syracusans in 1851 literally got in the way of the illegal and immoral Fugitive Slave law and the officials who tried take a man named Jerry back to enslavement in the South. They opened the prison gates for him to go to freedom. Our intent for this memorial today in honor of Jerry Berrigan, is to get in the way of the illegal and immoral use of killer drones. And to stand in solidarity with all those resisting other injustice \u2013 from Black Lives Matter to those putting their bodies to halt climate change.<\/p>\n

Thank you Jerry Berrigan for your life and example. Your Spirit lives on!<\/p>\n

In peace,<\/p>\n

Beth Adams (Leverett, MA), Bev Rice (Manhattan), Bill Ofenloch (NYC), Brian Hynes (Bronx), Charley Bowman (Buffalo), Ed Kinane (Syracuse, NY), James Ricks (Ithaca), Joan Pleune (Brooklyn), Joan Wages (Roanoke, VA), Pete Perry (Syracuse, NY), Ray McGovern (Arlington, VA), Steve Baggarly (VA)<\/p>\n

(Thank you to David Swanson for sending this to CPNN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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