[CPEO-MEF] Uranium weapons protestors convicted

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge denies motion to dismiss, convicts uranium weapons protesters

by John LaForge 
Pulse of the Twin Cities (MN)
December 21, 2005

A group of 12 anti-war activists were found guilty of trespassing Dec.
12 by Hennepin County District Court Judge Lorie Gildea after a half-day
trial. The group had been charged during a July 13 protest at the
headquarters of Alliant Techsystems, Minnesota?s biggest weapons
merchant and the object of relentless protest over its manufacture of
rocket motors, machine guns, bullets and so-called depleted uranium
munitions?the internationally- condemned toxic, radioactive shells used
to smash hardened targets.

The 12 radical pacifists, convicted of violating a new Edina City
ordinance, were each ordered to pay a $142 fine or do 24 hours of
community service. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=2214

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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