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Five arrested for breaking into Navy base
Five protesters associated with an international peace movement were arrested Monday after cutting through three security fences to reach an area where nuclear missiles are stored at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.
Cited on suspicion of trespassing and destruction of government property were Bill Bischel, 81, a Catholic priest from Tacoma; Anne Montgomery, 83, a nun from New York; Susan Crane, 65, of Baltimore; Lynne Greenwald, 60, of Bremerton; and Steve Kelly, 60, of Oakland, Calif.
The protesters held up a banner that read "Disarm Now Plowshares: Trident: Illegal + Immoral." They put their arms out, gave peace signs and tried to look as non-threatening as possible to keep from being shot, Greenwald said.
Plowshares is an international anti-nuclear weapons movement that gets its name based on scriptures in the Bible that encourage beating "swords into plowshares."
The protesters said they wanted to bring to light the number of nuclear weapons in the community. The protesters say they believe the weapons are instruments of death that prevent peace in the world and waste money that could be put to better uses.