George Veasey

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Maryland
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 2 Months 13 Days
Support
Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Plowshares Movement
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Biography

George Veasey was a Vietnam War veteran who, after his wartime experience, joined the Jonah House resistance community in Baltimore and committed himself to nonviolent disarmament work. He was a two-time Plowshares activist, participating in the 1982 Trident Nein action and again in the 1985 Trident II Pruning Hooks action at Quonset Point.

Case

Charges: Malicious damage; possession of burglary tools; trespass (Trident II Pruning Hooks action, Electric Boat Quonset Point)
Arrested: Apr 17, 1985
Incarcerated: Apr 17, 1985
Released: Jun 30, 1986
Sentence: Three years (suspended after one year) plus two years probation; released summer 1986.
Convicted: Yes

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