Biography
Richard Bishop is an activist documented in Nuclear Resister’s reporting on protest arrests.
On 2026-03-05, Richard Bishop was arrested at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. Twelve cited for disorderly conduct and released at the scene.
Custody record
The sentencing follow-up reports a February 5, 2024 disposition with twenty-nine of thirty days suspended and the remaining day credited. This must not be counted as thirty days actually imprisoned.
The Nuclear Resister’s contemporaneous compilation individually names Richard Bishop among five people arrested by Otero County deputies at Holloman Air Force Base on April 19, 2023 and charged with misdemeanor obstruction of a roadway. Its participant report says all five pleaded not guilty, were booked at the sheriff’s office and taken directly to Magistrate Court, and were released on their own recognizance. The accounts explicitly distinguish this processing from jail admission: all five bypassed jail. No completed confinement duration is established. The May 15 trial was still prospective; Michael Suggs was named as Mayers’s scheduled judge, not as the judge of a completed trial. The account of bypassing jail is distinct from a later court credit for a day; a credited day is not independently treated here as proof of a full day physically imprisoned.
The contemporary report names Richard Bishop among eleven people detained by military and civilian authorities after entering Büchel Air Base’s main gate on the morning of July 10, 2019 to deliver a treaty-enforcement order against U.S. B61 nuclear weapons. All eleven were released after identification. This initial detention does not establish a jail admission or measured imprisonment duration.
Nukewatch reports reproduced by The Nuclear Resister, July 16, 2019.
The Nevada Desert Experience report individually names Richard Bishop among eight people arrested, cited for trespass and released at the Nevada National Security Site on April 7, 2023. Its reported $620 payment-or-court option is not proof that a fine was imposed or paid. No jail admission or measured custody total is established for this episode.
The contemporary April 2019 compilation individually names Richard Bishop among the eight people taken to Pahrump Jail after the April 19 Nevada National Security Site action, rather than merely receiving a warning and release at the site. The report still placed him in jail on Easter Sunday and announced an April 22 appearance before Justice of the Peace Gus Sullivan; the announced hearing is not evidence of actual release, a verdict or an imposed sentence. The accompanying participant account identifies the six non-nuisance citations as attempted trespass not amounting to burglary. No later custody endpoint or completed served-day total is inferred.
