Biography
Karen Pettit is an activist documented in Nuclear Resister’s reporting on protest arrests.
On 2026-04-01, Karen Pettit was arrested at Creech Air Force Base. Arrested, cited and released within one hour; no transport to detention centers reported.
On 2025-04-18, Karen Pettit was arrested at Nevada National Security Site, Mercury. Cited after crossing the NNSS boundary during the Good Friday Sacred Peace Walk. No custody duration is established.
On 2024-03-27, Karen Pettit was arrested at Creech Air Force Base / Clark County Jail, Nevada. Arrested during a roadway blockade, taken to Clark County Jail in Las Vegas and later released. The report does not give the release date or a numerical custody duration.
Original photograph reproduced from the Nevada Desert Experience report published by The Nuclear Resister. Its caption identifies “Karen Pettit”. The original source does not name a photographer; no photographer identity or other pictured person is inferred. Source and original caption.
The Nuclear Resister individually names Karen Pettit among three people arrested after crossing onto the Nevada National Security Site on October 16, 2022 during Nevada Desert Experience’s Justice For Our Desert action. The report says Pettit received a warning, while the two other named activists were cited for trespass. No statutory charge, subsequent prosecution, jail admission or measured confinement is assigned to Pettit.
