Ten Days in Jail

Ellen Barfield and Brian Barrett of the Baltimore Emergency Response Network (BERN) were sentenced February 13 to ten days in jail for peacefully attempting to persuade members of the Maryland Air National Guard not to engage in warmaking. The two were convicted of trespass and failure to obey a lawful order, following their arrest at an October 15 anti-war demonstration. District Court Judge Darryl Fletcher told the pair they were not entitled to interfere with the operations of the military, and that since they had engaged in similar protests in the past, they were to go straight to jail.

For more information, contact BERN, 325 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21218, (410)377-7987, mobuszewski@afsc.org

Letters of support should be written to Ellen Barfield and Brian Barrett c/o BERN at the above address. Both will be released from jail soon.