NAOMA, W.Va. (AP) — Actress Darryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and other mountaintop removal mining opponents have been arrested during a protest in southern West Virginia.
State Police arrested Hannah, Hansen, former Rep. Ken Hechler and 27 other protesters Tuesday after they blocked State Route 3 near a Massey Energy subsidiary’s coal processing plant in Boone County.
They were among several hundred protesters who rallied outside an elementary school near 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.” Protesters then sat on the road and were arrested on misdemeanor charges of obstruction and impeding traffic.
I wish I had a cushy, highly-paid government job like Hansen. He gets to go agitate against essential business, break laws, and still get paid by the taxpayer.
Personally, this taxpayer is damn sick and tired of his paid agitation. The man crossed the line a long time ago and should have been fired then. He’s not a scientist and hasn’t been for a very long time, if at all.