Apel arrested during afternoon protest at Vandenberg

Source: Santa Ynez Valley News

A week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that military commanders can decide who can be on their installations, activist Dennis Apel and another protester were arrested again for trespassing at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Apel of Santa Maria and another longtime activist, Father Steve Kelly from the Bay Area, were detained by security forces members shortly after the protest began in front of Vandenberg on Wednesday afternoon.

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“This ruling is dangerous, dangerous for our freedom of speech, it is dangerous for our obligation to hold our government accountable, and it is another step in the erosion of the constitutionally guaranteed rights which were put in place to secure our liberty,” Apel said.

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But Apel has challenged the “ban and bar letter” issued to anyone arrested at the base, contending he can’t be stopped from being on the grassy area designated for legal protests and located alongside a public highway.

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