L.A. Garden Shut Down; 40 Arrested
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- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:43:57 -0700 (PDT)
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L.A. Garden Shut Down; 40 Arrested
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Protesters are forcibly taken from the site that had flourished for years in a poor area. The owner refuses the city's $16-million offer.
By Hector Becerra, Megan Garvey and Steve Hymon
Times Staff Writers
June 14 2006
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shut down a 14-acre urban farm in South Los Angeles on Tuesday, arresting more than 40 protesters as they cleared a plot of land that has been the source of discord and controversy in the community for two decades.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-me-farm14jun14,0,5837633.story?coll=la-home-commentary
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