By Omume nke Eaststate Drone, Mee 1, 2022
Na Eprel 28, 2022, n'ụlọ ikpe abalị nke DeWitt, NY, Onye ọka ikpe David Gideon na-elekọta ya, ndị na-ekpechite ọnụ Mark Scibilia-Carver na Tom Joyce nke ndị ọrụ Katọlik Ithaca na Upstate Drone Action Coalition, nwere ebubo mmebi iwu nke 2019 maka igbochi, yana ọtụtụ. Ndị ọzọ, isi n'ọnụ ụzọ Hancock drone base, ụlọ nke 174th Attack Wing nke NYS Air National Guard wepụrụ "n'ihi ikpe ziri ezi."
Dị ka Sujata Gibson si kwuo, onye ndụmọdụ na-akwado na ngalaba Cornell Law School, nchụpụ a "dị mkpa, ọ bụghị nanị na mmegharị a kama na mkparịta ụka anyị na-akpakọrịta banyere ọrụ nke ime udo na-adịghị eme ihe ike na ọchịchị onye kwuo uche anyị." Gibson gara n'ihu ikwu, "Ọ bụ ihe ùgwù ịhụ echiche nke Onyeikpe Gideon tinyere na mkpebi ya na n'ụzọ miri emi ịnụ okwu nke ndị tinyere onwe ha n'ahịrị iji weta uche n'okwu ndị a."
Mark Scibilia-Carver, na-agwa ụlọ ikpe okwu, kwuru na, dị ka anyị dọrọ aka ná ntị n'ụlọ ikpe ọtụtụ afọ gara aga, "US emepụtala ngwá agha nuklia 'dị ala' nke nwere ike ịnapụta site na MQ-9 drones" dị ka ndị na-anya ụgbọ mmiri site na Hancock AFB. . Dị ka drone pilot whistle-blower, Daniel Hale, na-eje ozi 4 afọ n'ụlọ mkpọrọ maka ikpughe eziokwu banyere US drone agha, 90% nke drone egbu abụghị ndị e bu n'obi lekwasịrị anya. N'August 29, 2021, egburu ndị ezi na ụlọ 10 Ahmadi ka egburu nna ya n'ụzọ hiere ụzọ dị ka onye ọrụ Taliban. Otu akụkọ NYT na-adịbeghị anya banyere igbu onwe PTSD nke onye na-anya ụgbọelu Kevin Larson kwuru na 'Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ewepụtala ọtụtụ ngwa agha ma gbuo ọtụtụ mmadụ karịa ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ onye ọ bụla ọzọ na ndị agha n'ime afọ iri gara aga.' Enweela ihe karịrị 30,000 ikpe igbu onwe PTSD na ndị agha US kemgbe 9/11/01. "
Ogologo oge Hancock drone resister Ed Kinane, kwupụtara, "Mgbe o kpechara ikpe, Onyeikpe Gideon, kwuru maka etu echiche ya siri gbanwee gbasara mkpọsa nguzogide obodo anyị na Hancock. N'iburu n'ihe ize ndụ na-abawanye n'ụwa ụbọchị ndị a, o kwetara na ya 'amụtala n'usoro ikpe ụlọikpe DeWitt afọ iri nke Upstate Drone Action. N'oge mgbasa ozi afọ 13 nke Upstate Drone Action iji kpughee ọrụ Hancock na-egbu egbu na iyi ọha egwu na Afghanistan na ebe ndị ọzọ, 148+ ejidela ọtụtụ ule na ọtụtụ mkpọrọ.
