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jeffool
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Journalist recovers video of his arrest after poli...
Police did it in, I believe, the Bay Area last year, fearing organization of protests
wl
on Feb 7, 2012
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They cut power to cell repeaters. They didn't jam anything, though they certainly got hell for it. The FCC is investigating.
simoncion
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"They" in this case was the BART Directors, not the police, and this was not the first time the Directors chose to disable cell service at various stations in the system.
See:
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/bart-cut-ce...
jeffool
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Ahhh, and I didn't know there was an investigation, thanks for that!
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