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Homeland Security officers patrolling BART trains as part of ‘normal’ anti-terrorism checks

Posted on September 28, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

More security theatre? Or more opportunity to try to surveill law-abiding citizens? What is going on?

Lauren Hernandez reports:

Uniformed Department of Homeland Security officers seen patrolling BART trains and stations this week are members of a Transportation Security Administration team, according to BART and Department of Homeland Security officials.

Photos posted to social media, including a tweet by Janice Li, a San Francisco resident running for the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors, show a line of at least eight armed, uniformed DHS officials walking in the aisle among seated passengers on a train bound for the Civic Center BART station in San Francisco.

Read more on San Francisco Chronicle.

via Joe Cadillic

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