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#BART Special Board Meeting re: Cellphone Shutdown & Protests
View "#BART Special Board Meeting re: Cellphone Shutdown & Protests" on Storify Earlier: BART’s Protest Position Does Not Withstand Legal Scrutiny
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BART’s Protest Position Does Not Withstand Legal Scrutiny
Guest post by Jay Leiderman of Leiderman Devine LLP [ @LeidermanDevine ]. Also available on Paste2. On Tuesday, 16 August 2011, BART [ @SFBART ] spokesperson Linton Johnson [ @BARTChiefSpokes ] held a press conference to address the need to disrupt communications in advance of a lawful, peaceable assembly. He spoke of a US Supreme Court
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BART cellphone shutdown option introduced to board of directors in closed session; or, 3 Questions For #BART
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