COMMUNITY ACTION FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 8

***Please distribute widely***

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 8

The San Francisco 8 will be in court on August 6. Join Jericho Boston to
help put out the word about their case and gather signatures for a
petition demanding their release.

WHEN: Monday, August 6, 5-7pm
WHERE: Dudley Station, Roxbury

We will be gathering at Dudley Station at 5:00p.m.
Look for the banner:

"COAST TO COAST SOLIDARITY ...  FREE THE SAN FRANCISCO
8!"

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Who are the SF8?

The San Francisco 8 are community activists who have
dedicated their lives to serving their people; most were members of the
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. They are now being unjustly charged with
murder for a killing that took place 30 years ago based on confessions
obtained through torture.

In 1973, New Orleans police employed torture over the
course of several days to obtain confessions from members of the Black
Panther Party for the killing of a police officer that had taken place in
San Francisco in 1971.
The men were stripped naked, beaten, covered in blankets soaked with
boiling water, and shocked with cattle prods. A court ruled in 1974 that
both San Francisco and New Orleans police had engaged
in torture to extract a confession, and a San Francisco judge dismissed
charges against three men in 1975 based on that ruling.

In 2003 the case was re-opened and the men were
subpoenaed to a series of grand juries. In 2005 they asserted their
Constitutional rights to refuse to testify and were jailed for civil contempt. In
2007, the prosecution re-filed the charges against the SF8 based on the same
tortured confessions illegally obtained in 1973. The men were arrested on
January 23; 6 of the 8 had bail set at  $3 million.

On August 6, 2007 the SF8 will be appearing in court
for their next bail hearing. Help us build a movement to win their
release!

For more information about the SF8:
http://www.freethesf8.org/
For updates on local actions: www.jerichoboston.org

(We will be showing the film Legacy of Torture: the
War Against the Black Liberation Movement on August 18 as part of an event
for Black August. Stay tuned for more information.)

Jericho Boston
(617)830-0732
jericho_boston@yahoo.com
www.jerichoboston.org




FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND PRISONERS OF WAR!

Jericho-Boston
PO Box 301057
Boston, MA 02130

jerichoboston.org

(617)830-0732



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From: Jericho Boston
To: jericho_boston_announce@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [jericho_boston_announce] Community Action for the San Francisco 8, August 6th
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:09:53 -0700 (PDT)

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***Please distribute widely***

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 8

The San Francisco 8 will be in court on August 6. Join
Jericho Boston to help put out the word about their case and gather
signatures for a petition demanding their release.

WHEN: Monday, August 6, 5-7pm
WHERE: Dudley Station, Roxbury

We will be gathering at Dudley Station at 5:00p.m.
Look for the banner:

"COAST TO COAST SOLIDARITY ...  FREE THE SAN FRANCISCO
8!"

***

Who are the SF8?

The San Francisco 8 are community activists who have
dedicated their lives to serving their people; most were members of the
Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. They are now being unjustly charged with
murder for a killing that took place 30 years ago based on confessions
obtained through torture.

In 1973, New Orleans police employed torture over the
course of several days to obtain confessions from members of the Black
Panther Party for the killing of a police officer that had taken place in
San Francisco in 1971. The men were stripped naked, beaten, covered in
blankets soaked with boiling water, and shocked with cattle prods. A court
ruled in 1974 that both San Francisco and New Orleans police had engaged
in torture to extract a confession, and a San Francisco judge dismissed
charges against three men in 1975 based on that ruling.

In 2003 the case was re-opened and the men were
subpoenaed to a series of grand juries. In 2005 they asserted their
Constitutional rights to refuse to testify and were jailed for civil contempt. In
2007, the prosecution re-filed the charges against the SF8 based on the same
tortured confessions illegally obtained in 1973. The men were arrested on
January 23; 6 of the 8 had bail set at  $3 million.

On August 6, 2007 the SF8 will be appearing in court
for their next bail hearing. Help us build a movement to win their
release!

For more information about the SF8:
http://www.freethesf8.org/
For updates on local actions: www.jerichoboston.org

(We will be showing the film Legacy of Torture: the War Against the Black Liberation Movement on August 18 as part of an event
for Black August. Stay tuned for more information.)

Jericho Boston
(617)830-0732
jericho_boston@yahoo.com
www.jerichoboston.org

FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND PRISONERS OF WAR!

Jericho-Boston
PO Box 301057
Boston, MA 02130

jerichoboston.org

(617)830-0732