
--An article by Douglass Dowty, published March 5, 2014 on www.syracuse.com. Update: Judge Brunetti lifted the order of protection but the prosecutor is appealing his decision.--
Syracuse, NY -- A state Supreme Court justice dug deep into the history books in overturning a DeWitt Town Court's order preventing an anti-violence protester from demonstrating at Hancock Air Base.
Daniel Finlay, 73, a pacifist from Ithaca, was effectively barred from protesting at the air base by an order of protection keeping him away from the base commander, Greg Semmel. DeWitt Town Justice David Gideon issued the temporary order while Finlay awaited trial for what Finlay called an act of "civil resistance." Read more.
Syracuse, NY -- A state Supreme Court justice dug deep into the history books in overturning a DeWitt Town Court's order preventing an anti-violence protester from demonstrating at Hancock Air Base.
Daniel Finlay, 73, a pacifist from Ithaca, was effectively barred from protesting at the air base by an order of protection keeping him away from the base commander, Greg Semmel. DeWitt Town Justice David Gideon issued the temporary order while Finlay awaited trial for what Finlay called an act of "civil resistance." Read more.