Daryl Hannah Arrest The Tree
Daryl Hannah, the film star who played a mermaid in the iconic 1984 movie Splash, has been arrested in a tree as she tried to save a green space in Los Angeles from developers. She has reaffirmed her commitment to the protest against the closure of a Los Angeles community garden, despite being arrested Tuesday.
Minutes before her arrest, Hannah - who had spent three weeks in a tree on the site - said: “I’m planning on holding my position. I’m very confident this is the morally right thing to do.”
The 14-acre Central Urban Garden - which is managed by immigrant farmers who grow fruit and vegetables there - is due to be bulldozed by developers.
Police staged a dawn raid in an effort to catch protestors like Hannah and singer Joan Baez unaware, and firefighters then used a cherry-picking crane to bring Hannah, farmers and activists down from their perch in a walnut tree. Read more!