[Freethe SF8] SF 8 Preliminary Hearing - June 8

[SF-8 case]

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!
SF 8 PRELIMINARY HEARING STARTS MONDAY JUNE 8

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, the 
preliminary hearing is finally starting on June 8 and is expected to 
last for three months. The hearing will determine whether or not the 
SF8 will go to trial.

In an effort to bolster the very weak case against the SF8, the San 
Francisco Chronicle just published a sensationalistic article filled 
with racist innuendos and unsubstantiated implications.  Without 
offering one shred of evidence, the article (John Koopman, 5/24) 
implies that the murder of a young white woman in 1971 is somehow 
linked to the SF8.  We must demand that the Chronicle and other 
corporate media stop circulating such blatant misinformation!

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/23/MNU217OU14.DTL>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/23/MNU217OU14.DTL 

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:
    * Attend court during the preliminary hearing from June to September
    * Sign the open letter demanding that Attorney General Jerry 
Brown drop the charges against the SF8 - 
<http://www.freethesf8.org/what_to_do.html>http://www.freethesf8.org/what_to_do.html 

    * Write the SF Chronicle demanding that they retract Koopman's 
inflammatory article (<mailto:letters at sfchronicle.com>letters at sfchronicle.com)
    * Invite a speaker from the SF 8 Defense Committee to your school 
or organization
    * Donate to support the work to free the SF8 - 
<http://www.freethesf8.org/donate.html>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>http://freedomarchives.org/mailman/listinfo/CDHRsupport_freedomarchives.org 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 415-226-1120 OR GO TO 
<http://www.freethesf8.org/>WWW.FREETHESF8.ORG
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