#BlackoutBlackFriday Activists Shut Down West Oakland BART Station Causing Major Delays

[arcane1]

Source: CBS

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A group of people have stopped BART service at the West Oakland Station Friday morning by linking arms to prevent train doors from closing.
The situation was first reported by multiple tweets at about 10:30 a.m.

Read more: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/28/blackoutblackfriday-activists-shut-down-west-oakland-bart-station-major-delays/

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If this continues, I'll be stuck at work and unable to get home. But I'm not complaining

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Has to be done, sucks if you are a shopper or commuter, you dont deserve this I guess but something

has to be done and we can only hope nonviolent methods like this can work

[SpankMe]

2. Beware the comments at the end of the article.

They're calling the protesters "savages" - and then calling defenders of the protest racist.

They're incredulous about the BlackLivesMatter hash tag saying that the protesters are holding placing black lives higher than other lives - and they're calling the protesters racist.

The twists of logic and the projecting of their own feelings on to others is astounding.

I hate conservatives and the conservative mindset more every day. It's becoming a personal problem for me.

[arcane1]

3. I wasn't about to check the comments, I need a scrap of faith in humanity left :)

They've arrested the protesters now and trains are running again, but they won't stop at that station.


http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11/28/blackoutblackfriday-activists-shut-down-west-oakland-bart-station-major-delays-michael-brown-ferguson/

[riversedge]

11. I like this one....

disqus_RZv9iOr603 • 42 minutes ago

Well at least they know how to protest, unlike the people in Ferguson blowing up cars and burning down buildings. Good job oakland, keep the protests peaceful.

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[Odin2005]

12. Racist whites terrified of losing their privilege.

[KamaAina]

4. I sure as hell would be

I mean, obviously I support their cause, but couldn't they just fill Oscar Grant (Frank Ogawa) Plaza or something?

Protip: If you can get as far as 19th St., the NL bus goes from the Uptown Transit Center around the corner to SF.

edit: BTW, are you doing working on Thanksgiving Friday?!

[arcane1]

5. Looks like it's over now, so I should be OK

And I agree that this isn't the most effective option. I could understand if this station were involved somehow, like when they stopped trains at Civic Center a few years ago.

I always work on this Friday. We're open for business, and I'm the only one on my team who doesn't have family in the area, so I volunteer for it.

It's been a grueling, exhausting day of watching the Star Wars trailer a thousand times while the phone doesn't ring all day

[JohnnyRingo]

7. Deleted my post because...

... I thought it was a protest against consumerism on Black Friday.

Still, I believe this form of protest would cause more of an unsympathetic backlash than social reform. I caught hell here once for moving Hannity's book to the fiction section. I was told it was wrong to inconvenience the store employees, and I understood the point. Imagine how many innocent commuters were put out by this shut down. I don't get it.

[proud patriot]

8. I wish I was still there so you could crash at my pad

Well not that I don't love it here on Hawaii Island

[arcane1]

9. LOL I could crash in Hawaii instead :)

It looks like everything is back to normal now.

[proud patriot]

16. Yes you could crash on the farm , just give

a heads up so we ready your slumbering space...I'd even pick you up at the the Kona airport my friend.

[Redford]

13. I can't get on board with causing transportation issues for innocent people just

Trying to get to work or home to their families.

[KinMd]

14. I agree, it'll hurt those who have not other way to get to work,

[arcane1]

15. Fortunately, they had bus bridges setup almost immediately.

The reason I was OK with this protest is for that reason: we know how to get around them here