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Originally Posted by Failed
The ACLU's Rebecca Farmer also said the following about the incident:
I understand the difference between privileges and rights, I promise you that I do. This is definitely a gray area between the two. The demonstrators were indeed silenced by the government, yet were still free to demonstrate and speak at the same time.
My whole point is, if we just keep our mouths shut about incidents like this, or defend the police in using tactics like this, that we make it easier for them to go even further in the future because they encountered such little resistance.
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i appreciate this reply. and this is exactly how i see it. it is a grey area, so i am not inclined to default to a *this is a police state move*. i think it's important to pick battles wisely, at this point, i am not so sure this is a valid fight to pick re: government moving toward's a police state.
being able to use cell phones in underground bart stations is a luxury provided by bart, removing that luxury is not a police clamp down.