Celebrity Justice
Darryl Hannah In A Tree, A-R-R-E-S-T-E-D

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress Daryl Hannah and another protester have been plucked from a walnut tree and arrested, ending their part in the occupation of a 14-acre mini-farm near downtown Los Angeles.

Firefighters on a cherry-picker-type ladder cut away branches to remove Hannah and veteran tree sitter John Quigley. On the ground below, sheriff's deputies evicted others, including some who'd chained themselves to the tree and to metal drums filled with concrete.

Several dozen others were arrested outside the green area for blocking traffic. About 350 people have grown crops and flowers on the land, in an industrial section of the inner-city, for more than a decade. Owner Ralph Horowitz says that's long enough. He wants to build a warehouse and says that's what the land is zoned for.



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1. Is Darryl Hannah trying to keep her nonexistent career in the public eye? When's the last time she made anything people bought tickets to watcH?

Posted at 10:04PM on Jun 13th 2006 by eabdul rahim

2. i wish you both the best on baby shiloh she is such a
beautiful
baby,BRAD I KNOW YOU ARE THE HAPPIEST FATHER IN ALL THE WORLD BECAUSE
I CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURES I SEE OF YOU AND ANGIE AND THE KIDS GOD
BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY YOU BOTH ENJOY YOUR KIDS FOR ALL
LIFETIMELIZ ELY1825@YAHOO.COM

Posted at 11:13PM on Jun 13th 2006 by elizabeth rivera

3. Guess She was plucked from a Tree. I lov Nature , also

Posted at 11:22PM on Jun 13th 2006 by Nanci

4. I thought when people grew gardens they did it on the land that they personally owned? Did these folks grow food on someone elses land? This owner, has the freedom to do as is zoned on his own property right? Was Joan Baez arrested in a tree? How can they protest what isn't theirs to begin with?
We seem to want to save the earth, and fish, whales, trees and yet, we executed the "bad guys", and do not protest the taking of human lives, they should be in prison, not murdered by the state.. So send them all up to San Quentin to protest the killing of human beings.

Posted at 1:29AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Jan Gay

5. If ms Hannah wants the land to stay that way BUY IT

Posted at 1:29AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Leo Gort

6. If Ms Hannah wants the land to stay that way BUY IT

Posted at 1:32AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Leo Gort

7. Darryl Hannah and all other squatters were on land that did not belong to them. If they are so passionate about this then they should buy the land themselves instead of squatting on private property.

Posted at 1:49AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Shirley Villasana

8. I wish I had the time off work to sit in a tree in the first place, don't you? These days of war and unemployment are hard enou I wish I had the time off work to sit in a tree in the first place, don't you? These days of war and unemployment are hard enough to pay big rent and utility bills, now we have folks who have the time to sit on the land, I have to agree, go buy it. Then they can plant lots of their own veggies to grow. Add a few flowers for re, Jan Gay, CA.gh to pay big rent and utility bills, now we have folks who have the time to sit on the land, I have to agree, go buy it. Then they can plant lots of their own veggies to grow. Add a few flowers for every veg. and hey while I am on here, I am embarking on my Art career once again, so go see my eSevery veg. and hey while I am on here, I am embarking on my Art career once again, so go see my eSnips on line, paintings of brite and wonderful sights! I love to paint and so I am going to bed now and rest up to paint some more paintings on line. I used to sit in trees as a kid, not to protest. Once my dad, a carpenter, built me a tree house in an Avocado tree in Whittier California. I used to see hundreds of them hanging all around my tree "home". I must have been in 4th grade back then.But as I say, it sure must be nice to have that kind of time and money to sit off work and protest on someones elses land? Take canips on line, paintings of brite and wonderful sights! I love to paint and so I am going to bed now and rest up to paint some more. I used to sit in trees as a kid, not to protest. But as I say, it sure must be nice to have that kind of time and money to sit off work and protest on someones elses land? Take care, Jan Gay, CA.

Posted at 2:06AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Jan Gay

9. All these comments seem to come from people that do not live in urban areas. The access to land in an urban area is quite limited. People often rent land, or squat on it when the landlord is obviously derelict in his upkeep of the land (often times it's the city itself like here in New York).

What happens in these instances is people come in, clean it up, help the neighborhood regain (or retain) some semblance of community spirit or endeavor through these type of gardens. This often is to the benefit of said landlord, and the area itself, which sometimes "gentrifies".

Voila! The land is now worth something. Let's make money. Get all these loser hippies, or low-income types out of here and now.

But, wait, what about all that sweat-equity? What is that worth? It's no different than being a slave to the master on the plantation. Make it grow but reap none of the benefit.

This landlord is upsetting a lot of people and he should do the right thing and figure out a good compromise. Like shrinking the warehouse and still having land for the farm/gardens. Be the bigger man (or woman) and realize that this space is important to people.

It's so simple. Why are people so greedy, so selfish, so insincere, so snide, so hateful? For a warehouse? For money? For what?

Posted at 2:15AM on Jun 14th 2006 by madam bomb

10. All these comments seem to come from people that do not live in urban areas. The access to land in an urban area is quite limited. People often rent land, or squat on it when the landlord is obviously derelict in his upkeep of the land (often times it's the city itself like here in New York).

What happens in these instances is people come in, clean it up, help the neighborhood regain (or retain) some semblance of community spirit or endeavor through these type of gardens. This often is to the benefit of said landlord, and the area itself, which sometimes "gentrifies".

Voila! The land is now worth something. Let's make money. Get all these loser hippies, or low-income types out of here and now.

But, wait, what about all that sweat-equity? What is that worth? It's no different than being a slave to the master on the plantation. Make it grow but reap none of the benefit.

This landlord is upsetting a lot of people and he should do the right thing and figure out a good compromise. Like shrinking the warehouse and still having land for the farm/gardens. Be the bigger man (or woman) and realize that this space is important to people.

It's so simple. Why are people so greedy, so selfish, so insincere, so snide, so hateful? For a warehouse? For money? For what?

Posted at 2:17AM on Jun 14th 2006 by madam bomb

11. Whoreowitz should be sued for discrimination. He was offered his asking price but refused to sell it to the farmers because he alledgedly doesn't like Mexicans.

Posted at 3:01AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Thetruth

12. It's not the first time that I've heard that the beautiful but wacky,
Miss Hannah was out of her tree. sorry that was bad

Posted at 3:29AM on Jun 14th 2006 by james mcewen

13. Madam bomb knows nothing about the back story and just is ranting on. Here is the real story, the owner's property was taken by the government 20 years ago by eminent domain to build a refuse-burning plant which was never built due to NIMBY opposition and it has taken the owner all this time to force the government through the courts to let him buy back his rightful property.
The owner has given the garden cooperative first chance to buy the property from him, but they have been unable to come up with the money needed to give the owner a reasonable offer.

Posted at 4:04AM on Jun 14th 2006 by A guy who read all the stories

14. I agree that there is a "sweat -equity", but the bottom line is Darryl Hannah and her rich Hollywoood friends could purchase the land and keep it green. Why should the owner have to take a loss????

Posted at 9:24AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Judy Cunningham

15. you do not improve what is not yours. plain and simple. if you don't like my landscaping, YOU move. Whatever improvements the gardeners supposedly made, that's great, thank you. but the bottom line is this, IT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY.

Posted at 9:54AM on Jun 14th 2006 by Jennifer Rowe

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