Richard Zink

Released
Date of birth:1941
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Connecticut
Support
Anti-War
Richard Zink

Biography

Richard Zink was a 20-year-old Committee for Non-Violent Action pacifist sentenced in the 1961 Polaris Action protests against nuclear-missile submarines at New London, Connecticut; he was ordered to serve 30 days of a six-month term.

Photo credit

Richard R. Zink, portrait from his July 2013 memorial published by Lamb Funeral Home/Dignity Memorial. Rectangular crop. The memorial confirms his Committee for Non-Violent Action work.

Case

Charges: Interfering with naval vessels — antinuclear Polaris-submarine protest
Sentenced: Jun 19, 1961
Sentence: Six months, with thirty days ordered served.
Prosecutor: John P. Diuguid; Hadley W. Austin
Judge: Robert P. Anderson
Convicted: Yes

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