(Susan Alexis Komisaruk)

1958

Trespasser

Katya Komisaruk is a firm believer in public protest as a way to bring about government and social reforms. Before she became a lawyer, she committed a total of thirty-one acts of civil disobedience—nonviolent but illegal acts to call attention to issues ranging from homelessness to the U.S. military’s involvement in Central America. Her last act of civil disobedience was a protest against nuclear arms. On June 2, 1987 she broke into Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and destroyed a government computer. After doing so, she left behind cookies, flowers, and a poem. She was later arrested by police and charged with sabotage and destruction of government property. (See original entry on Komisaruk in Outlaws, Mobsters, & Crooks, Volume 2.)

On the other side of the law

Sentenced to five years in prison for the Vandenberg incident, Komisaruk served only...