CrowdJamming the Cellphones is Here

Back in 2008, I posted a piece over at [GAS] about how the government, in times of crisis or threat, could dampen cell phones to prevent communication between adversaries as they coordinate an attack. Now, in the wake of the use of social media via cellphones used to burn London and coordinate protests in the Middle East, BART, the train system in San Francisco, pulled the plug on their underground cellular infrastructure to prevent hoodlums (libs call them activists) from coordinating an attack.

From Breitbart here:

Details emerged of Bay Area Rapid Transit officials’ decision to cut off underground cellphone service for a few hours at several stations Thursday. Commuters at stations from downtown to near the city’s main airport were affected as BART officials sought to tactically thwart a planned protest over the recent fatal shooting of a 45-year-old man by transit police.

Two days later, the move had civil rights and legal experts questioning the agency’s move.

BART board members were told by the agency of its decision during the closed portion of its meeting Thursday afternoon, less than three hours before the protest was scheduled to start.

BART Deputy Police Chief Benson Fairow said the issue boiled down to the public’s well-being. “It wasn’t a decision made lightly. This wasn’t about free speech. It was about safety,” Fairow told KTVU-TV on Friday.

BART spokesman Jim Allison maintained that the cellphone disruptions were legal as the agency owns the property and infrastructure.

A whole bunch of libs are pissed off they couldn’t get their mobs to light fires in San Francisco to protest the shooting of a dangerous, homeless bum. Tactical use of disabling cellular services as crowd control is probably a good idea.