[Ken Carman]

Further notes from the article. Here is what they did.

On St. Patrick’s Day 2003, two days before the US military invasion of Iraq began, four peace activists, all parents and members of the Ithaca Catholic Worker movement, entered their local military recruiting station, knelt, said a prayer for peace and then carefully poured a small amount of their blood on recruiting center posters, walls and flag to symbolize the violence of war and the sanctity of life.

Here are some of the charges...

The indictment says that the defendants are charged with conspiracy, “for the purpose of inducing by force, intimidation, AND threat, officers of the United States to leave the place where their duties… are required to be performed, AND for the purpose of injuring officers of the United States…on account of their lawful discharge of duties…AND for the purpose of injuring officers…while engaged in the lawful discharge of their duties…AND for the purpose of injuring the officers… so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, AND impede them from the discharge of their duties.”

Sounds like a vast over-reaction to me.