Hiroshima Bombing Marked; 26 Arrested
Twenty-six demonstrators marking the 43rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, were arrested Saturday at a civil disobedience ceremony outside the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station.
They were booked for trespassing and released. They could serve six months in jail and pay $1,000 fines if given maximum sentences, police said.
Police had been told in advance of the group’s plan to cross the property line in front of the base.
Among other anti-nuclear demonstrations marking the Hiroshima bombing, one at the Nevada Test Site led to the arrest of actor Martin Sheen and 85 others who entered the grounds of the facility. They were charged with misdemeanor trespass.
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