US railway blocked phones to quash protest

Nonda · 2011-08-13T20:48:17+00:00

US railway blocked phones to quash protest California transit provider interrupted wireless mobile service to hamper protesters angry over police shooting. A rail transit provider in the United States disabled mobile phone services to prevent a planned protest on Thursday, attracting criticism and unflattering comparisons to crackdowns on dissent in the Middle East. Demonstrators in northern California's Bay Area had planned a protest to condemn the shooting death of Charles Hill, who was killed on July 3 after Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officers responded to complaints about a drunk man at a station in the city of San Francisco. Hill was fatally shot in the torso - police said he had lunged with a knife - and protesters responded eight days later with a demonstration that shut down three San Francisco BART stations. US railway blocked phones to quash protest - Americas - Al Jazeera English

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Start date Aug 13, 2011

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