New Haven activist among 7 protesters detained in Georgia for trespassing at nuclear sub base
April 11,2018
New Haven activist among 7 protesters detained in Georgia for trespassing at nuclear sub base
“ST. MARY’S, GA. — A New Haven peace activist is among a group of seven protesters being detained in jail after they were arrested at a nuclear submarine base in Georgia.
Mark Colville, 55, of the Amistad Catholic Worker group, was charged with possession of tools for the commission of a crime and interference with government property (both felonies) as well as criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor.
The seven members of the Catholic Plowshares movement broke into the Kings Bay Naval Base in St. Mary’s, Georgia, on the night of April 4, acting on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
According to a news release from the Kings Bay Plowshares, the seven timed it to the anniversary of King’s death because he “devoted his life to addressing the triplets of militarism, racism and materialism.”
The group carried into the base a statement quoting King: “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world (today) is my own government….”