Biography
Thea Baker-Flagg was individually named in a contemporary report of the April 9, 1982 anti-nuclear blockade at Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento, California. The five named protesters refused citation release and bail and were held in jail through their April 12 arraignment. They pleaded no contest and received time served, described by the report as four days, plus one year of probation. April 9 to April 12 spans three elapsed calendar days, consistent with inclusive counting, and does not prove four full 24-hour days. The article does not expressly state the physical discharge date, so no final release date or completed duration is asserted.
The March 9, 1983 Nuclear Resister identifies Thea Baker-Flagg of the Sacramento Catholic Worker community and Chuck Whatford of the Catholic Worker Farm in Sheepranch as entering Livermore Laboratory on December 28, 1982 to kneel and pray. Both actually served thirty days for trespass; on the separate obstruction charge they pleaded not guilty. This completed thirty-day stay is distinct from Baker-Flagg’s April 1982 arrest, and its exact later admission and discharge dates are not printed.
Sources and limits
National No-Nukes Prison Support Collective newsletter No. 11, April 15, 1982, original page 4.
The report individually names the participant and supplies direct physical custody in a politically motivated anti-nuclear protest. No race, gender, exact vital dates, later prison term or present-day custody status is inferred.
The March 9, 1983 Nuclear Resister identifies Thea Baker-Flagg of the Sacramento Catholic Worker community and Chuck Whatford of the Catholic Worker Farm in Sheepranch as entering Livermore Laboratory on December 28, 1982 to kneel and pray. Both actually served thirty days for trespass; on the separate obstruction charge they pleaded not guilty. This completed thirty-day stay is distinct from Baker-Flagg’s April 1982 arrest, and its exact later admission and discharge dates are not printed.
The Nuclear Resister No.15, March 9, 1983, PDF pages 13.
