S F 8 REPORT

--- On Mon, 4/19/10, SF-8 case


A spirited demonstration Monday
morning included many members of the community, five of the San
Francisco 8, leading members of the Black clergy, SF supervisors Eric
Mar and John Avalos, and the rhythms of the Brass Liberation Orchestra.
The crowd demanded that the charges be dropped against Francisco Torres,
the last remaining defendant in the case. 

The actual court
hearing was packed with supporters but was extremely brief. It merely
set a drop-dead compliance date (May 28th) for the prosecution to either
come up with additional discovery or admit that evidence referred to in
previous documents is missing or destroyed. This stipulation will
underscore the prejudicial delay that has been argued since the
beginning of this 39–year old case based on torture and rooted in the
government’s COINTELPRO attack on the Black Panther Party. The next
scheduled court appearance is currently set for July
1st.
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