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Mark Colville waku New Haven CT adzaweruzidwa Lachitatu Disembala 3, 2014 ku DeWitt Town Court (5400 Butternut Dr., East Syracuse). Pa Seputembala adapezeka kuti ndi wolakwa pamilandu yomwe idachitika pa Disembala 9, 2013 pomwe iye ndi anthu ena awiri adayimilira panja pa chipata chotsekedwa cha Hancock Air Base akuimba nyimbo zanyimbo ndikunyamula chikwangwani chomwe chinati "The People's Order of Protection for the Children of Afghanistan and Mabanja awo kuchokera ku Reaper Drones. " Colville anaweruzidwa ndi zolakwika ziwiri, - Kulepheretsa kayendetsedwe ka boma ndi kunyoza lamulo lachiweruzo, ndi kuphwanya katatu - kuphwanya malamulo ndi ziwerengero ziwiri za khalidwe losalongosoka. Mlandu wonyozawo unali wophwanya Lamulo la Chitetezo lomwe linali ndi mkulu wa asilikali, mwamuna yemwe Colville anali asanakumanepo naye.
Colville, Wantchito Wachikatolika yemwe wapereka moyo wake kuti agwire ntchito ndi osauka komanso osaloledwa, anakumana ndi membala wa banja la Afghanistan yemwe amakhala ndi drones, ndipo adataya wokondedwa wake ku drones. Adabwera ku maziko m'malo mwa banja ili ndi ena ambiri adawopseza Malinga ndi Bungwe la Investigative Journalism "Afghanistan ndi dziko lomwe laphulitsidwa kwambiri ndi mabomba padziko lonse lapansi" ndi "a phunziro 2013 anapeza kuti kumenyedwa kwa ndege za drone n’kumene kungachititse kuti anthu amene samenya nawo nkhondo aphedwe kuposa amene amachitiridwa ndi ndege zina.”
Chiwonetsero cha Colville ndi gawo la gulu lopanda chiwawa padziko lonse lapansi lolimbana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo. Kumeneko, pa July 10, 2014, Mary Anne Grady Flores wochokera ku Ithaca anaweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende chaka chimodzi chifukwa chophwanya Lamulo la Chitetezo. Pakali pano ali mfulu pa apilo. Jack Gilroy wochokera ku Binghamton adangotulutsidwa kumene atatha miyezi iwiri m'ndende chifukwa cha zionetsero zake zopanda chiwawa pa April 28, 2013. Akukumana ndi zaka zitatu poyesedwa. Yambirani December 10, Julienne Oldfield wa ku Syracuse adzazengedwa mlandu chifukwa cha kutsutsa boma pazionetsero zomwezo za April, ndipo adzayang'anizana ndi chaka chimodzi m'ndende ngati atapezeka kuti ndi wolakwa. Pali mayesero ena 11 omwe akukonzekera ziwonetsero za Hancock ku DeWitt kuyambira pano mpaka Julayi wamawa kuchokera ku April 28 zionetsero.
Hancock Air National Guard Base, kwawo kwa 174th Attack Wing, ndi malo apakhomo othandizira MQ-9 Reaper drone. Ndi malo ophunzitsira oyendetsa ndege, akatswiri ndi oyendetsa masensa. Onyamula zida zamphamvu adayendetsa maulendo akupha a Hancock ku Afghanistan komanso mwina kwina. Oyendetsa ndege a Hancock amawulutsanso ndege zoyesa kuchokera ku Fort Drum kudutsa Nyanja ya Ontario.
Upstate Drone Action yakhala ikutsutsana ndi Drones ku Hancock Base kuyambira 2009 ndi tcheru kawiri pamwezi, misonkhano yapachaka, zochitika zamaphunziro komanso kukana kwachiwembu kwa anthu.
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