After a month's postponement, the SF8 preliminary hearing is now on track to begin on Monday, July 6. There was a wonderful show of support for the 8 at the June 8th rally - let's keep building the momentum on July 6th!
MONDAY, JULY 6
8 AM RALLY TO DROP THE CHARGES
9 AM COURT HEARING
850 Bryant St. @ 7th., San Francisco
The SF 8 are Black community elders and activists arrested in January 2007 on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. The case against the SF8 is a frame up based on torture-induced "confessions" and fabricated evidence. The same case was thrown out of court 30 years ago but was revived after 9/11 with money from Homeland Security. After two and a half long years and several postponements, the preliminary hearing is scheduled to start on July 6 and is expected to last for three months. The hearing will determine whether or not the SF8 will go to trial.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:
* Attend court during the preliminary hearing starting July 6.
* Sign the open letter demanding that Attorney General Jerry Brown drop the charges against the SF8 - What You Can Do to Free the SF8 (http://www.freethesf8.org/what_to_do.html)
* Invite a speaker from the SF 8 Defense Committee to your school or organization
* Donate to support the work to free the SF8 - Donate to Free the SF8 (http://www.freethesf8.org/donate.html)
* Sign up to get regular information and updates about the SF8 case -http://freedomarchives.org/mailman/listinfo/CDHRsupport_freedomarchives.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 415-226-1120 OR GO TO Free the SF8 - Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (http://www.freethesf8.org)