can't we make greed illegal?

L.A. POLICE INVADE NATION'S LARGEST COMMUNITY GARDEN

I've been following this story in the mainstream news and on blogs--mostly it's 
been fodder for snarking on Hollywood hippie types and their dormant careers. 
This culture continues to make me so sick it's not even funny. What could possibly
be this man's motivation? Who in their right mind would evict a garden that feeds 
hundreds of people (347 families)? Is it because they're most Latino? Low income?
At any rate, I simply cannot comprehend what motivates people who have more than
they need to continue to take from those who have barely enough.


Armed police stormed a community garden in South Central Los Angeles this week,
arresting 25 people including actress Daryl Hannah. The 14 acre plot of land, tended
by over 350 neighborhood fruit and vegetable farmers for a decade, is the largest
urban community garden in the country, and a symbol of hope for the embattled South
Central neighborhood. Although the highly successful garden provides affordable,
mostly organic food for low-income residents in this economically depressed area,
a ten-year ownership dispute over the land has led to a dramatic standoff between
neighborhood residents and the powerful real estate lobby of Los Angeles. Despite
massive public opposition, multi-millionaire real estate developer Ralph Horowitz
obtained a court order to pave over the community garden and replace it with an
industrial warehouse. After back-tracking on a proposal to sell the 14 acre plot
to neighborhood residents for $16 million, Horowitz called in the police and bulldozers
to clear the property of inhabitants. Neighborhood farmers and residents, along
with the L.A. organic community, have vowed to keep up the struggle and save the
community garden.
Learn more: http://alerts.organicconsumers.org/trk/click?ref=zqtbkk3um_0-1dx23fx3259664&