BART PD: Should They Be Armed? Should They Be Cops?

[drewkitty]

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/08/anonymous_linton_johnson.php

>> we will remind you of what we want in order to stop our protest:

>> 1. Fire Linton Johnson and BART Chief Kenton Rainey.
>> 3. Publicly apologize to the people for shutting down cell service.
>> 5. Reopen the investigation to the killing of Charles Hill.

Pass. My opinion on #3 is well known. Another investigation never hurt anyone, as long as it was a genuine search for truth. BART's had enough turnover in police chiefs and Linton Johnson is just a naked tool.

>> 2. Mandate new training for all BART officers.
>> 4. Take the guns away from the BART police.

Now here's an interesting discussion. I first posted about this on LJ a while back in a locked post. More soon.

I'd add in place of #4:

>> Strip BART of the authority to run a law enforcement agency. It's not as far-fetched as you might think.

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[drewkitty]

Saved for linkage:

http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/content/forget-the-first-amendment-bart-messed-with-the-phone-system-violated-ca-and-federal-law

[drewkitty]

Noting that neither edits nor comments cross the firewall.

[finnkveldulfr.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Now-- apparently these 'anonymous' protests are seriously inconveniencing ordinary people trying to get home from work (and whatever else they happened to be doing before heading home for the evening, or to work, etc etc).

Where should the rights of these protesters end, and the rights of ordinary people trying to access public transportation *without* interference, begin?

Also, I don't think anonymous is going to help its cause much *if* they manage to alienate most of the ordinary people in the San Francisco region with their antics, even if their issue is a good one.