Amy Goodman
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Hip Hop Journalist Davey D & ACLU Attorney Catherine Crump on BART Protests & Censorship
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14:34Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - The operators of the San Francisco area subway system are facing intense criticism for temporarily cutting off underground cell phone and mobile-Internet service at four stations in an attempt to foil a protest. On Thursday, authorities with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) removed power to underground cell phone towers at four stations to disrupt a protest against the recent death of Charles Hill, a homeless man who was shot dead on a train platform by a BART police officer in July. Police say Hill threw a knife at an officer. According to media reports, BART may be the first government agency in the United States to shutter mobile-Internet and phone service in a bid to quash a demonstration. Some have compared the move to former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's blockage of Internet access across Egypt in January during the popular uprising against his rule. The Federal Communications Commission says it will investigate BART's decision. Democracy Now! speaks with Davey D, a San Francisco-based hip hop journalist and activist who has been covering the protests. He runs the popular website, Davey D's Hip Hop Corner at DaveyD.com, and is co-host of Hard Knock Radio on KPFA in Berkeley. Also interviewed is Catherine Crump, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy & Technology Project.
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