01of 07SHAILENE WOODLEYFacebookWhile participating in a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Bismarck, North Dakota, the Divergent actress was arrested — and she streamed the whole ordeal via Facebook Live, including getting charged with criminal trespassing. Woodley was released from jail later that day. “She appreciates the outpouring of support, not only for her, but more importantly, for the fight against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline,“her rep told PEOPLE.
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SHAILENE WOODLEY
While participating in a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Bismarck, North Dakota, the Divergent actress was arrested — and she streamed the whole ordeal via Facebook Live, including getting charged with criminal trespassing. Woodley was released from jail later that day. “She appreciates the outpouring of support, not only for her, but more importantly, for the fight against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline,“her rep told PEOPLE.
02of 07GEORGE CLOONEYColin Drummond/Splash News OnlineIn 2012, the actorwas arrested for participating in an organized protestoutside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C., with the goal of bringing attention to the country’s humanitarian crisis. (The president, Omar al-Bashir, had created a blockade of humanitarian aide.) Clooney was taken away from the protest after authorities told him three times to leave. “This is for the government in Khartoum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women and children. Stop raping them and stop starving them. That’s all we ask,” the actor said, according toUSA Today.
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GEORGE CLOONEY
Colin Drummond/Splash News Online
In 2012, the actorwas arrested for participating in an organized protestoutside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C., with the goal of bringing attention to the country’s humanitarian crisis. (The president, Omar al-Bashir, had created a blockade of humanitarian aide.) Clooney was taken away from the protest after authorities told him three times to leave. “This is for the government in Khartoum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women and children. Stop raping them and stop starving them. That’s all we ask,” the actor said, according toUSA Today.
03of 07LUCY LAWLESSGreenpeace/Splash OnlineTheactress was one of seven people arrested and chargedwith burglary in 2012 during an environmental protest in New Zealand. Lawless and six Greenpeace New Zealand activists had boarded a Shell-owned oil-drilling ship to prevent it from leaving port.
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LUCY LAWLESS
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Theactress was one of seven people arrested and chargedwith burglary in 2012 during an environmental protest in New Zealand. Lawless and six Greenpeace New Zealand activists had boarded a Shell-owned oil-drilling ship to prevent it from leaving port.
04of 07DARYL HANNAHSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesIn 2012, the actresswas arrestedfor protesting the creation of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas — she reportedly stood on equipment on landowner Eleanor Fairchild’s farm to halt the construction. Hannah was charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest, and after paying her $4,000 bond, she was released later that day. (This was the actress’s second brush with the law — she was also arrested for protesting the construction of the oil pipeline in Washington, D.C.)
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DARYL HANNAH
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
In 2012, the actresswas arrestedfor protesting the creation of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas — she reportedly stood on equipment on landowner Eleanor Fairchild’s farm to halt the construction. Hannah was charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest, and after paying her $4,000 bond, she was released later that day. (This was the actress’s second brush with the law — she was also arrested for protesting the construction of the oil pipeline in Washington, D.C.)
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CYNTHIA NIXON
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06of 07SUSAN SARANDONAP Photo/Mitch JacobsonThe actresswas arrestedalong with 219 other people on the 13th day of protesting the police shooting of unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo in N.Y.C. in 1999. “If we’re not here today, then we’re saying that what happened is acceptable and normal, and I think that does a disservice to the other police,” said the Oscar-winning actress. “I think it’s time we focus on this issue, and racial profiling is not acceptable. I don’t think we want to be made safe at the expense of our civil liberties.”
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SUSAN SARANDON
AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson
The actresswas arrestedalong with 219 other people on the 13th day of protesting the police shooting of unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo in N.Y.C. in 1999. “If we’re not here today, then we’re saying that what happened is acceptable and normal, and I think that does a disservice to the other police,” said the Oscar-winning actress. “I think it’s time we focus on this issue, and racial profiling is not acceptable. I don’t think we want to be made safe at the expense of our civil liberties.”
07of 07MARTIN SHEENAP Photo/Phil KleinThe actor and 75 other protestors weretaken away in handcuffsafter a demonstration at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory — the birthplace of the atomic bomb — on the 54th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki in 1999. Sheen and his fellow protestors were speaking out against the lab’s continuing production of plutonium pits.[Pictured: Sheen getting arrested while protesting military involvement in space exploration at the Vandenberg Air Force base in 2000.]
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MARTIN SHEEN
AP Photo/Phil Klein
The actor and 75 other protestors weretaken away in handcuffsafter a demonstration at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory — the birthplace of the atomic bomb — on the 54th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki in 1999. Sheen and his fellow protestors were speaking out against the lab’s continuing production of plutonium pits.
[Pictured: Sheen getting arrested while protesting military involvement in space exploration at the Vandenberg Air Force base in 2000.]
source: people.com
