Ferguson Protesters Temporarily Shut Down San Francisco Train Service

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2013 file photo, Bay Area Rapid Transit passengers wait for a BART train to depart the Fruitvale station in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area officials say a University of California, Ber... FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2013 file photo, Bay Area Rapid Transit passengers wait for a BART train to depart the Fruitvale station in Oakland, Calif. San Francisco Bay Area officials say a University of California, Berkeley, student infected with measles could have exposed thousands of others by attending classes and riding public transit. Public health officials said Thursday they confirmed that the student in his 20s was not vaccinated, and was likely infected with measles during a recent trip abroad. The student attended classes in Berkeley and took BART trains last week, possibly exposing thousands before his diagnosis. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) MORE LESS
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Protesters unhappy with the St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson chained themselves to a Bay Area Rapid Transit train on Friday, forcing the BART system to shut down.

The protesters were part of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost told the Los Angeles Times.

About 20 protesters chained themselves to the handrail of a train at the West Oakland station. Train service was partially restored after about an hour after police removed the handrail from the train and arrested the demonstrators, according to NBC Bay Area.

An organizer told NBC that protesters planned to shut down the train system for four hours, the same amount of time Michael Brown’s body laid on the ground after he was shot.

Protesters of the grand jury decision also temporarily shut down a St. Louis shopping mall on Friday.

In 2009, a BART officer shot and killed an unarmed black man named Oscar Grant. A San Francisco jury ruled in favor of the officer in a 2011 civil rights case for the shooting. His story was later made into the fictional film “Fruitvale Station.”

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