I just can't stand this mentality. Avoiding doing something just because there might be a mere possibility of being sued for it is a total copout.
If you have pretty a good reason to believe something bad will happen, one ought to do their best to protect anyone that might be potentially harmed.
But as far as I've heard, all BART has been going off of are anonymous blog posts about gathering for peaceful protests.
If there is some kind smoking gun of violent intentions, I have yet to see it.
It seems to me that both sides have been escalating and blowing a non-situation (shutting power to leased, shared-carrier facilities) out of proportion. It's one thing to reduce coverage, and an entirely different thing to intentionally jam.
There is, of course, the contextual undercurrent of Oscar Grant being murdered by Johannes Mehserle.
I don't actually think just covering their ass and not getting sued is the BART admins' motivation. I think they honestly believe it's the right thing to do.
If you have pretty a good reason to believe something bad will happen, one ought to do their best to protect anyone that might be potentially harmed.
But as far as I've heard, all BART has been going off of are anonymous blog posts about gathering for peaceful protests.
If there is some kind smoking gun of violent intentions, I have yet to see it.
It seems to me that both sides have been escalating and blowing a non-situation (shutting power to leased, shared-carrier facilities) out of proportion. It's one thing to reduce coverage, and an entirely different thing to intentionally jam.
There is, of course, the contextual undercurrent of Oscar Grant being murdered by Johannes Mehserle.