Kill Bill star Darryl Hannah was arrested in West Virginia today where she was protesting at the Massey Energy subsidiary’s coal processing plant. Also arrested were NASA climatologist James Hansen, local activist Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network, Goldman Prize winner Judy Bonds, 94-year-old former U.S. Representative Ken Hechler.
They were among several hundred protesters who held a rally outside an elementary school that sits about 300 feet away from the plant’s coal storage silo.
After the rally, the crowd marched quietly to the plant and attempted to enter the property. They were blocked by several hundred coal miners chanting “Massey.”
They were arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstruction and impeding traffic.
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