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San Francisco Subway Stations Closed Amid Protests

by The Associated Press
August 15, 2011

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/15/139661045/transit-agency-under-fire-over-wireless-shutoff?ft=1&f=1003

Rush-hour protests prompted the closure of four San Francisco subway stations and sent hundreds of commuters into the sidewalks and streets Monday, but no repeat of the wireless service shutdowns that angered protesters last week.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit agency has found itself in the middle of a raging debate over how far authorities should go to disrupt protests organized on social networks. The agency shut cellphone service last Thursday to quell a brewing protest on one of its platforms over police brutality.

There are two different stories there, and the are getting mixed up. 

PS BART is not a SF subway.  It runs above ground in some places, and its' regional.

Okay...I've been on BART too, so...this is more about "the Man" puttin' his foot down....

You'll find much better coverage of this at SFGATE.com

Ok, thanks.

the comments are better than the article


Also see:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F08%2F14%2FMNTC1KNC27.DTL