[Freethe SF8] Boston - Community Action for the San Francisco 8, August 6th

[SF-8 case]

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 at 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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