Walter Pawlowski

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:California
Support
Anti-War GI Resistance Presidio 27
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Biography

Walter Pawlowski was a U.S. Army soldier and one of the leaders of the "Presidio 27" stockade protest of October 14, 1968, at the Presidio of San Francisco. During the sit-down — sparked by a guard's killing of the prisoner Richard Bunch — Pawlowski read aloud the protesters' list of grievances. Charged with mutiny, a potential capital offense, he escaped from the stockade on Christmas Eve 1968 together with Keith Mather and fled to Canada.

Case

Presidio Stockade
Charges: Mutiny — for the October 1968 sit-down protest at the Presidio stockade.
Incarcerated: October 1968
Released: December 1968
Sentence: Escaped the Presidio stockade on December 24, 1968 and fled into exile in Canada.
Convicted: Charged with mutiny; escaped custody before trial.
Institution State: California

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