Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell is reporting to jail at 4 p.m. yesterday in upstate New York after he was sentenced to a week behind bars for taking part in a nonviolent protest against a natural gas-fired power plant.
A town judge sentenced the 77-year-old Cromwell and two fellow protesters to a week in the Orange County Jail for civil disobedience at the construction site of a 650-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in December 2015.
Police use bolt cutters to remove an interlocking device around James Cromwell’s neck during a protest at a power plant that is under construction in Wawayanda.
Cromwell was one of six environmental protestors found guilty of obstructing traffic when they staged a sit-in on the site of Competitive Power Ventures’ prospective natural gas-fired power plant in Wawayanda, New York. They used a defense of necessity, arguing that the carbon emissions that would be emitted by the CPV power plant would pose an imminent threat to the local environment and accelerate climate change.
Cromwell says he’ll also launch a hunger strike. He was one of six activists arrested for blocking traffic at the sit-in outside the construction site of the 650-megawatt plant in Wawayanda, New York, in December of 2015. The activists say the plant would promote natural gas fracking in neighboring states and contribute to climate change.
Annnd…scene! ? but the fight is not over. Go to https://t.co/zvowClsLbt and #BETHECHANGE ! @stop_cpv @democracynow pic.twitter.com/0iw4nrN4sq — James Cromwell ? (@jamesocromwell) July 14, 2017
Annnd…scene! ? but the fight is not over. Go to https://t.co/zvowClsLbt and #BETHECHANGE ! @stop_cpv @democracynow pic.twitter.com/0iw4nrN4sq
— James Cromwell ? (@jamesocromwell) July 14, 2017
James Cromwell is known for his roles in some 50 Hollywood films, including “Babe,” “The Artist,” “The Green Mile” and “L.A. Confidential,” as well as many television series, including “Six Feet Under.” Democracy Now!
Spoke to him Thursday along with one of his co-defendants, Pramilla Malick. She is the founder of Protect Orange County, a community organization leading the opposition of the fracked gas power plant. She ran in 2016 for the New York state Senate.
