By I-Upstate Drone Action, May 1, 2022
Ngomhla zingama-28 kuMbasa, 2022, eDeWitt, enkantolo yasebusuku yaseNew York, iJaji uDavid Gideon obengamele, abamangalelwa uMark Scibilia-Carver kanye noTom Joyce we-Ithaca Catholic Worker kanye ne-Upstate Drone Action Coalition, babe namacala abo okuphula umthetho ka-2019 ngokuvimba, ngamanani amaningana. abanye, umnyango omkhulu we-Hancock drone base, ikhaya le-174th Attack Wing ye-NYS Air National Guard ichithelwe "ngezintshisakalo zobulungiswa."
Ngokuka-Sujata Gibson, ummeli ozimele nophiko lwe-Cornell Law School, ukuxoshwa “kwakubalulekile, hhayi nje kulo mbutho kodwa engxoxweni yethu esihlangene mayelana nendima yesenzo sokuthula esingenalo udlame embusweni wethu weningi.” UGibson waqhubeka, “Kube yilungelo ukubona umbono owafakwa uMahluleli uGideyoni esinqumweni sakhe futhi kwathinta inhliziyo ukuzwa amazwi alabo ababezibeka ocingweni ukuze banake lezi zindaba.”
UMark Scibilia-Carver, ekhuluma nenkantolo, waphawula ukuthi, njengoba saxwayisa enkantolo eminyakeni embalwa edlule, "I-US ithuthukise izikhali zenuzi 'ezikhiqiza kancane' ezingalethwa ngama-MQ-9 drones" njengalezo ezishayelwa ngamarobhothi zisuka ku-Hancock AFB. . Ngokusho kuka-drone pilot whistle-blower, uDaniel Hale, odonsa iminyaka emi-4 ejele ngokudalula amaqiniso ngempi ye-drone yase-US, u-90% wokubulawa kwe-drone bekungeyona inhloso ehlosiwe. Ngo-Agasti 29, 2021, amalungu omndeni angu-10 e-Ahmadi abulawa ngemva kokuba ubaba eqondiswe ngephutha njengomsebenzi weTaliban. I-athikili yakamuva ye-NYT mayelana nokuzibulala kwe-PTSD yomshayeli we-drone u-Kevin Larson waphawula ukuthi 'Abasebenzi be-Drone baye baqala imicibisholo eminingi futhi babulala abantu abaningi kunanoma ubani omunye empini kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.' Sekube nezigameko ezingaphezu kuka-30,000 zokuzibulala kwe-PTSD ebuthweni lezempi laseMelika kusukela ngomhlaka-9/11/01.”
U-Ed Kinane, osenesikhathi eside ephikisana ne-drone, u-Ed Kinane, uthe, “Ngemuva kwesinqumo sakhe, iJaji u-Gideon, ukhulume ngokuthi imibono yakhe ishintshe kanjani mayelana nomkhankaso wethu wokuphikisa e-Hancock. Uma kubhekwa ubungozi obandayo bomhlaba kulezi zinsuku, uvumile ukuthi 'ufunde ochungechungeni lweminyaka eyishumi lwe-Upstate Drone Action lwamacala asenkantolo yaseDeWitt." Ngesikhathi somkhankaso we-Upstate Drone Action weminyaka engu-13 wokumelana nomphakathi wokudalula indima ebulalayo ka-Hancock ebuphekulani be-drone e-Afghanistan nakwezinye izindawo, abangu-148+ baboshwe ngamacala amaningi kanye nezigwebo eziningi zasejele.
