BENSON FAIROW

A bomb threat was received and cell phones might be used to detonate a bomb by remote control. However, no one in the vicinity of the BART system could use their cell phones for ANY purpose. The cell phone had begun to be a major tool of protesters organizing demonstration, and many people were concerned that the police might decide that an impending demonstration was a danger to public safety and prevent demonstrators from organizing or coordinating using mobile phones. Civil libertarians argued that the police should have to get a court order and show probably cause in order to shut down a public communications system.

A bomb threat was received and cell phones might be used to detonate a bomb by remote control. However, no one in the vicinity of the BART system could use their cell phones for ANY purpose. The cell phone had begun to be a major tool of protesters organizing demonstration, and many people were concerned that the police might decide that an impending demonstration was a danger to public safety and prevent demonstrators from organizing or coordinating using mobile phones. Civil libertarians argued that the police should have to get a court order and show probably cause in order to shut down a public communications system.