A crowd of protesters gathered Monday evening at Civic Center Station in San Francisco to protest the BART's decision to disrupt cell phone service to quell the demonstration last Thursday, prompting the authorities to order closure of four downtown stations in rush-hour, including Civic Center, Powell, Montgomery and Embarcadero.
A protester holds up a sign on a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train during a demonstration at the Civic Center Station in San Francisco, California August 15, 2011. Protesters demonstrated on Monday against the subway system after BART turned off cell phone service in stations last week to foil a protest over a police shooting.ReutersA protester holds up a sign on a Bay Area Rapid Transit train during a demonstration at the Civic Center Station in San Francisco, Aug. 15, 2011. ReutersPolice stand guard at a train platform during a demonstration at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Civic Center Station in San Francisco, California August 15, 2011. Protesters demonstrated on Monday against the subway system after BART turned off cell phone service in stations last week to foil a protest over a police shooting.ReutersA protester is surrounded by police during the first demonstration at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Civic Center Station in San Francisco, California August 15, 2011. ReutersA nun waits for a train as police are pictured on the platform during a demonstration at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Civic Center Station in San Francisco, California August 15, 2011. Protesters demonstrated on Monday against the subway system after BART turned off cell phone service in stations last week to foil a protest over a police shooting.ReutersA protester uses a mobile phone during a demonstration at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Civic Center Station in San Francisco, California August 15, 2011. Protesters demonstrated on Monday against the subway system after BART turned off cell phone service in stations last week to foil a protest over a police shooting. RuetersA protester talks on the detached handset of a telephone during a demonstration at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Civic Center Station in San Francisco, California August 15, 2011. Protesters demonstrated on Monday against the subway system after BART turned off cell phone service in stations last week to foil a protest over a police shooting.Reuters