Jack Gilroy, 79, of Endwell, NY, was released from Jamesville Correctional
Facility on November 28. Gilroy, a former high school teacher and long-time
peace and justice activist, was convicted in the Town of DeWitt Court this
past July.
Gilroy was sentenced to three months by Judge Robert Jokl after
Gilroy and 30 others did a “die-in” outside the main gate of the 174th
Attack Wing of the NYS Air National Guard at Hancock Air Base just outside
Syracuse.
The nonviolent action followed a peaceful, solemn funeral procession
to Hancock from which MQ9 Reaper robotic aircraft are piloted (via satellite)
in Afghanistan killing many civilians and violating international law.
Gilroy and others’ message to the Hancock chain of command: STOP THE
KILLING! Prosecutor Timothy Frateschi declared at Gilroy’s sentencing,
“Mr. Gilroy is a criminal. He shows no remorse for his actions.”
Upon release last Friday, Gilroy said he was not “corrected” at the
Jamesville Correctional Facility and that any remorse he has is for the
district attorney’s office and the DeWitt judges who “just don’t get it.”
NOTE: At 4 pm Wednesday, December 3 Judge Jokl will sentence Mark Colville,
a Catholic Worker from New Haven, CT, for also protesting the Hancock
Reaper drone killings. ###