Chico activist heads off to jail

Source: Chico Enterprise Record

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About 40 of her supporters gathered at Community Park in Chico to say goodbye to her.

Webster, a 61-year-old grandmother, was to begin serving a 60-day sentence at Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Sacramento County on Wednesday.

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The 16 intended to get arrested to draw attention to their protest of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, an American-run school at Fort Benning that trains soldiers from Latin American countries. The facility used to be called the School of the Americas and is still sometimes referred to by that name.

Webster and other protesters want the school closed. They say its graduates terrorize the people of Latin America. Supporters of the school say it helps build democracy in the region.

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Read more: http://www.chicoer.com/fastsearchresults/ci_5492097

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Please add comments of support here for Cathy, I will make sure she gets them. She is a local, national, global hero and an excellent example of how civil disobedience can work to help educate the masses about an issue.

There is a link on the middle, left hand side of 1000grandmother's website for those that may want to "Fund a Granny".
http://www.1000grandmothers.net /


I can't believe our local rw rag is actutally printing stories about Cathy and what the School of the Americas is about. The local TV station was also there (at the park )and had a short bit on the noon news and evening news and the late night news had TWO FULL minutes of coverage of Cathy and included her statement about training our troops to torture . They even must have sent a reporter to Elk Grove as there was TV footage of her at the prison saying her final good-byes to her daughter and grandkids!

Cathy Webster's Statement to Judge Faircloth and the Court:
Your Honor...
JANUARY 29, 2007
Columbus, Georgia
http://www.1000grandmothers.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74

"Your Honor, I acknowledge the time taken by the government to try my case and the money spent by the people of the United States for the prosecution of my plea and stipulation regarding trespassing onto Ft. Benning to protest its continuance of the School of the Americas.
I do want to say, that I possess the firm conviction that it is my duty as a citizen of the United States, a free and open democracy, to hold my nation – particularly its government and administration – accountable for its actions in the world community. "


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