Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement
Join us for this showing of Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement. We will come together for to watch the film, hear case updates, and for community building dialogue.
Please contact danielle west to arrange a home screening: 937.475.5821
Wed, June 17th 7-9 PM @ Lava Space
(4134 Lancaster Av) co-hosts: StopMax (others tba) Connecting the issues of solitary confinement, human rights, repression and the case of the SF 8
details coming soon about:
July 10th, Rotunda: RNC 8, SF 8 and repression
later in July or early August showing at Robin's books
Late August or Early September showing at First Unitarian Church of Philly.
for more info see: http://lavazone.org/free_the_sf8
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TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THE EVENTS AND THE OPEN LETTER!
DROP THE CHARGES: FREE THE SAN FRANCSICO 8
PLEASE SEE:
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www.freedomarchives.org
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Murder Charges Against Former Black Panthers Based on Confessions Extracted by Torture
Eight former Black community activists – Black Panthers and others – were arrested January 23, 2007 in California, New York, and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Similar charges were thrown out after it was revealed that police used torture to extract confessions when some of these same men were arrested in New Orleans in 1973.
Richard Brown, Richard O'Neal, Ray Boudreaux, and Hank Jones were arrested in California. Francisco Torres was arrested in Queens, New York. Harold Taylor was arrested in Florida. Two men charged – Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim – have been held as political prisoners for over 30 years in New York State prisons. A ninth man -- Ronald Stanley Bridgeforth – is still being sought. The men were charged with the murder of Sgt. John Young and conspiracy that encompasses numerous acts between 1968 and 1973.
Harold Taylor and John Bowman (recently deceased) as well as Ruben Scott (thought to be a government witness) were first charged in 1975. But a judge tossed out the charges, finding that Taylor and his two co-defendants made statements after police in New Orleans tortured them for several days employing electric shock, cattle prods, beatings, sensory deprivation, plastic bags and hot, wet blankets for asphyxiation. Such "evidence" is neither credible nor legal.
more info on the film here: http://freedomarchives.org/BPP/torture.html
Eight former Black community activists – Black Panthers and others – were arrested January 23, 2007 in California, New York, and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Similar charges were thrown out after it was revealed that police used torture to extract confessions when some of these same men were arrested in New Orleans in 1973.
Richard Brown, Richard O'Neal, Ray Boudreaux, and Hank Jones were arrested in California. Francisco Torres was arrested in Queens, New York. Harold Taylor was arrested in Florida. Two men charged – Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim – have been held as political prisoners for over 30 years in New York State prisons. A ninth man -- Ronald Stanley Bridgeforth – is still being sought. The men were charged with the murder of Sgt. John Young and conspiracy that encompasses numerous acts between 1968 and 1973.
Harold Taylor and John Bowman (recently deceased) as well as Ruben Scott (thought to be a government witness) were first charged in 1975. But a judge tossed out the charges, finding that Taylor and his two co-defendants made statements after police in New Orleans tortured them for several days employing electric shock, cattle prods, beatings, sensory deprivation, plastic bags and hot, wet blankets for asphyxiation. Such "evidence" is neither credible nor legal.
