Breaking: Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down BART at West Oakland Station.

#Shutitdown. First it was freeways, the meme spreading across the nation.  Now the Blackout Collective has shut down the West Oakland BART with a human chain - in support of Mike Brown and in memory of Oscar Grant (who was executed on a BART platform by BART police) and all the others who have been gunned by down by police,

The West Oakland Bart is a choke point for the system, as all trains passing from the East Bay to San Francisco and vice versa must pass through it, before or after they enter the BART tunnel crossing the Bay.

Livestream.

Activists announce they plan to shit down BART for 4 1/2 hours bc Mike Brown's body lay in street for 4 1/2 hours #BlackoutBlackFriday

— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) November 28, 2014

Protestors have chained themselves to BART cars on platform at W Oakland station. Passengers stranded. pic.twitter.com/L0NrtEz3bV

— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) November 28, 2014

4hrs 28mins is how long #MikeBrown was left dead in the street. This is how long these folks will be locked down. pic.twitter.com/PfDdiRCxyn

— Shoshanna Howard (@Sho_How) November 28, 2014

BREAKING: west oakland bart shut down. The all-Black Blackout Collective is locked down. #ftp #BlackoutBlackFriday #BlackLivesMatter

— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) November 28, 2014

11:15 AM PT:

BART police have arrived on platform at W. Oakland BART station. Passengers have been evacuated. Officers watch. pic.twitter.com/qM1m080pav

— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) November 28, 2014

 

11:17 AM PT:

"The BART Station is closed." - BART Police #oaktown4mikebrown #shutitdownOAK pic.twitter.com/U03Wa5DcuD

— Rasheed ☥ Shabazz (@Rasheed_Shabazz) November 28, 2014

 

11:19 AM PT:

Cracking up listening to MSM commenters wanting to know what the BART shutdown is accomplishing. yap yap yap inconvenience yap yap yap

— Jan Bultmann (@JanJBultmann) November 28, 2014

 

11:20 AM PT:

BART riders stranded outside W.
Oakland station after demonstrators chain themselves to Dublin bound train. #mapit pic.twitter.com/gS6C22Nzsm

— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) November 28, 2014

#WestOakland BART RT @blackoutcollect pic.twitter.com/ssWQtTRSUx

— David Colburn (@davidcolburn) November 28, 2014

 

11:23 AM PT:

All the non-locked activists are leaving the platform. I'm leaving as well to avoid arrest. Group matches out with hands up. #BARTlockdown

— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) November 28, 2014

 

11:25 AM PT:

BART Police staging downstairs. Riot gear helmets. Also one white van full of Oakland Police. #oakland #oaktown4mikebrown

— Rasheed ☥ Shabazz (@Rasheed_Shabazz) November 28, 2014

 

11:28 AM PT:

The WOAK folks are in lockboxes and still cops are getting in riot gear. What are protesters going to do, yell at cops until they bleed?

— Keori (@TheRealKeori) November 28, 2014

 

11:30 AM PT:

#UPDATE: 15-20 protestors have chained themselves to #BART trains at West Oakland station pic.twitter.com/aBmUwrQh2p

— KTVU (@KTVU) November 28, 2014

 

11:34 AM PT:

Rally outside #BARTlockdown #BlackoutBlackFriday pic.twitter.com/j54RLYIZBv

— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) November 28, 2014

 

11:37 AM PT:

This guy is the one chained to car. Officer behind him is trying to figure out how to remove lock around his neck. pic.twitter.com/8YrAESUpwp

— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) November 28, 2014

 

11:39 AM PT:

All westbound #BART trains stopped. Bus is best alternate. Use @waze to navigate. http://t.co/...

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) November 28, 2014

 

11:40 AM PT:

Police arrive at BART where protest over #Ferguson decision has shut down Transbay service http://t.co/... pic.twitter.com/M5c6mt5ZbO

— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) November 28, 2014

 

11:45 AM PT:

#BREAKING arrests now being made W Oakland BART. pic.twitter.com/98uHpKhYoa

— Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) November 28, 2014

 

11:45 AM PT:

Man removed from train with post he was chained to. #police starting to wrap up this action. #KTVU pic.twitter.com/ur6iULP4c5

— John Sasaki (@JohnSasaki1) November 28, 2014

 

11:52 AM PT:

Firefighters enter station with large saw and bolt cutter #bartlockdown #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/LOf0KI7iX2

— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) November 28, 2014

 

11:53 AM PT:

Chanting #BlackLivesMatter as she is arrested and taken away. #KTVU pic.twitter.com/wz6b7HNJTD

— John Sasaki (@JohnSasaki1) November 28, 2014

 

11:56 AM PT:

After 1 hour and 15 minutes the Bart is moving again.

— Pendarvis H. (@OGpenn) November 28, 2014