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James Cromwell Removed From New York Event for Protesting Power Plant

Actor was kicked out for allegedly heckling during an award presentation

| December 3, 2015 @ 8:14 AM Last Updated: December 3, 2015 @ 9:30 AM

“The Green Mile” actor James Cromwell was among a duo booted from a Dec. 1 event, when he was allegedly disruptive, protesting a new power plant that hits close to home.

The Warwick, NY resident was kicked out of the Orange County Partnership’s annual event on Tuesday night, when he reportedly heckled the natural gas-fired CPV Valley Energy Center, calling it a dangerous polluter that is threatening the agricultural environment and the people living there.

“The last thing CPV should be doing is getting an award for polluting our Hudson Valley,” Cromwell’s protest partner Pramilla Malick said after being walked away from the Anthony’s Pier 9 banquet hall, according to the Times Herald-Record.

The CPV Valley Energy Center’s new gas-fueled power plant is located in Wawayanda in New Windsor, NY. Cromwell is a well-known activist in the entertainment world.

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The evening was one meant to celebrate lots of local business expansion this year — and it still was, said Partnership CEO Maureen Halahan. A day later, Halahan recalled the Wednesday the incident as nothing more than a few odd moments of an otherwise four-hour party.

“I thought it was laughable,” she told the local publication. “I thought it was funny and had nothing to do with the event.”

“It was a little hiccup,” Halahan continued. “I don’t think anyone cared … Nobody booed CPV. There were 650 business people who support programs that turn on the lights in their homes, and the people who crashed the party probably have lights in their homes as well.”

Read more about the event and its interruption here.

The Scene in Baltimore Following Freddie Gray's Death (Photos)

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  • Caption:BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 27: Demonstrators climb on a destroyed Baltimore Police car in the street near the corner of Pennsylvania and North avenues during violent protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray April 27, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, who was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore's west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images
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  • BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 27: Two cars burn in the middle of an intersection at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Riots have erupted in Baltimore following the funeral service for Freddie Gray, who died last week while in Baltimore Police custody. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Getty Images
  • BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 28: Protestors defy curfew in front of police officers the night after citywide riots over the death of Freddie Gray on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore's west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) Getty Images
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Violent protests took over the city as thousands demonstrated after the 25-year-old man died in police custody on Apr. 19

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