Mon, Nov 23, 2009 -- 5:30 PM

Policing in the YouTube Age
Another BART arrest has made YouTube. On Saturday, a BART police officer responding to complaints from passengers pulled Michael Joseph Gibson off a train at the West Oakland station. The officer, whose name has not been released, then pushed Gibson toward a glass and concrete wall. Gibson's hand shattered the thick glass, injuring both Gibson and the officer. Those details are available because another passenger posted a video of the incident on YouTube. So how will police adjust to a world where every citizen is a watchdog?

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