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BART or Mubarak?

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    The Independent Institute’s Mary Theroux on BART’s decision to shut down cell phone service to prevent a protest.

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The city by the day San Francisco California is looking to Hosni Mubarak of all people on how to run its government.

Earlier this month when several groups we're looking to protest the homeless man's death.

At the hands of a Bart police officer.

That's the city's public transportation system Bart shut down -- cellphone towers to cut off communication.

And preempt the protest.

Just like Mubarak did to the protesters in -- square in Cairo.

And parts chief spokesperson also masterminded the plan is standing by his decision take a listen.

We've learned that will be detailed plans about their actions.

In terms of that 1960 -- rule.

We've sold under very narrow circumstances.

You can put public safety above respect.

You can for -- public safety abolish free speech I don't know what Supreme Court.

He's listening to -- here to discuss the morality on the constitutionality.

Of this move.

Is senior vice president of the independent institute and good friend of the show -- -- Mary it's a pleasure welcome back to freedom watch.

Thank you what what was the reaction.

And city of San Francisco.

When these administrators decided to do to the protesters at -- Bart.

Protest the same thing that Hosni Mubarak -- to protesters and top -- square in Cairo.

Back in the wintertime.

Well we see this -- an incredible.

Dangerous precedent and we always see that we lose our liberties during time of crises and assistance of another instance of it.

So artist claiming this is an emergency and they need extraordinary limited powers to do it that.

But there are already talking about when millions that He can and when the emergency is over it's suddenly they have -- -- mutual that they can roll out whenever they want him.

Well easily see this extended to other agencies and of course that the Internet.

And other forms of telecommunication.

-- right that that the person that we just listen to was the spokesperson for the bay area rapid transit the acronym for which is Bart.

This was not mayor leave this was not the mayor of the city.

This was not a publicly elected official this is the person the mouthpiece for an independent governmental agency.

What -- public officials say.

What did people in the San Francisco government who have to confront the voters in November.

Say about this I mean this city is -- -- For its open attitude -- for its political protests.

And that's tried and it's just an at that very dangerous -- there was an interim director hint that the decision.

So really has to be stood up to.

And it is a very dangerous precedent that -- -- extended elsewhere.

What's the difference between what they did but about it where where where did this protest happened.

In San Francisco was an underground at a Bart station a resident of street corner like what we're watching now where did this happen.

Those in a Bart station in the -- police are supposed to be there to protect innocent people not to criminalize every but they.

And may be predators themselves against.

The innocent.

And it's just like figure former person tying that TSA when -- all criminalized will have to get naked to prove that we're innocent until we're guilty until -- -- in this.

All right before I let you go what they did was to turn down their cell -- so that nobody could use there their blackberries or iphones even people.

That I had nothing to do with this protest and somehow they're trying to persuade us that the Supreme Court would authorize this marriage heroic -- yeah.

-- -- -- -- I've said again that the other trading the criminals of innocent equally just like the TSA does and.

It happens over and over somehow I don't it I don't think that this will lasted San Francisco thanks very much for joining us for the food and drug and that is.

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