BART would only interrupt its underground cell phone service in the "most extraordinary" circumstances under a new policy proposed by the transit agency. Examples include the threat of a cell-phone-detonated bomb on the train, the use of cell phones to facilitate "violent criminal activity" like a hostage situation, and the use of cell phones to "substantially disrupt" train service or destroy property. Under the new policy, BART would not shut ......
The tireless anti-BART protesters will be at it again during Monday's rush hour. This will be the seventh demonstration since BART police shot and killed a knife-welding homeless man on July 3. Anonymous, a loose-knit group of online activists, sent out tweets Monday morning calling for protests at Civic Center and Embarcadero stations in downtown San Francisco. Last Thursday, BART police arrested 28 demonstrators outside the Civic Center fare gates ......
The amorphous hacktivist group Anonymous has been urging supporters via Twitter to buy Guy Fawkes masks to wear to tonight’s planned BART protest. About an hour ago, they tweeted that protesters should go to the Lower Haight outfitter, Costumes on Haight to purchase their masks for $8. (The tweet was also hashtagged #sfgiants, presumably to put more eyes on it.) But any latecomers will be sorely disappointed: store manager Chuck ......
BART took the unusual step of shutting off cell phone service on BART station platforms Thursday night to prevent protestors from using their cell phones to communicate with each other. Demonstrators snarled the evening commute July 11, evading police for hours and shutting down several BART stations, as they protested the shooting death of Charles Hill by a BART police officer last month. BART warned commuters that a similar protest ......
UPDATE: The Group No Justice No BART had a post up this morning inviting protestors to congregate at the Civic Center station this afternoon at 5 pm where the July 11 protest started. But the page has since been taken down. BART is warning riders that protesters could slow their commute as early as Thursday. Based on information gathered from websites, BART spokesman Linton Johnson said protests appear to be planned for downtown ......
