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(51,122 posts) Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:30 PM Dec 2015

Actor James Cromwell arrested at power plant protest

Source: AP

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WAWAYANDA, N.Y. (AP) - Actor James Cromwell was among six people arrested at an upstate New York power plant that is under construction.

The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports (http://bit.ly/1NujHID ) the 75-year-old actor whose work includes "Babe," ''American Horror Story" and "L.A. Confidential" was arrested Friday after leading a chant among a group of protesters.

New York state police say the six protesters who were arrested blocked an entrance to the construction site at the Competitive Power Ventures power plant in Orange County. They were arrested on disorderly conduct charges and ordered to appear in court in January.

Protesters have said they believe toxins from the plant may cause health issues and lower property value in the area.

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Actor James Cromwell arrested at power plant protest (Original Post) onehandle Dec 2015 OP

An outrage. forest444 Dec 2015 #1

The revered actor was heard to taunt the police as they arrested him: Orrex Dec 2015 #2

Star Trek fans should know him...as Zefram Cochrane yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #3

He was great in that role... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2015 #6

I loved how he got yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #8

My hometown newspaper. More stains on the Catskills. Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #4

I don't trust nuclear, but to me the reactors are more dangerous than the weapons..... marble falls Dec 2015 #5

What nuclear plant here is Cromwell in protest of? miyazaki Dec 2015 #7

forest444

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1. An outrage.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:53 PM

Dec 2015

Going off-topic a little, I really liked his portrayal of Poppy Bush in Oliver Stone's 'W'. He could have used a little more 'Dana Carvey', I think; but Cromwell really made you feel empathy for the man.