Biography
Beverly “Bev” Rice is a Manhattan antiwar activist who was prosecuted after a December 1, 2009 protest at West Point, where President Barack Obama announced an expansion of the war in Afghanistan. On March 19, 2013, Rice and five other protesters were sentenced for disorderly conduct. She refused to pay court costs or perform court-ordered community service, offering instead to support the National Lawyers Guild. She was taken to Orange County Jail and sentenced to ten days, but was released after serving three.
