Bart station Civic Center was closed after protesters gathered there. Police said there had been no arrests. Photo: Jeff Chiu/Associated PressFour San Francisco underground railway stations closed temporarily on Monday during a demonstration organized by the group anonymous of attacker, alleged police violence and freedom of expression.
Service Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) commuter train cut off mobile phone networks in some stations on Thursday to stop the demonstrators who organise a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by police last month.
"This was a complete silencing of the people," said Carlos Wilson, a 41-year-old gay rights activist who came to protest against the killings and closure of the mobile phone network in the last week.
A few dozen protesters turned on for the operation, during rush hour, which ended when authorities closed the Civic Center station. Three other stations to close later, briefly, apparently due to crowding.
Police said there had been no arrests, although officers arrived dressed in riot gear.
Mobile phone service was left on the station during the operation, and some demonstrators took as a sign of victory. Beck Simmons, a 21-year-old student, said: "I have more cell service now than usual on Bart. I think what they did last time was an empty threat. I have full bars. " Anonymous, a loose knit group that has attacked the financial and Government websites, had called for protestors to descend on station 5 PM.
Would-be protesters were encouraged to download the software for short-range mobile to mobile messaging, in the case of the in-station network was cut off again.
Bart said a website for its users mybart.org,, had been hacked over the weekend, and contact information of at least 2,400 people had stolen.
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