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DESCRIPTION:\nBenefit for the SF 8 Black Panthers & Eric McDavid\nScreening "Legacy of 
 Torture" & "Battle of Algiers"\nSunday February 25; 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM\nThe 
 Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA (@Woolsey St.)\n$5-up sliding 
 scale (no one turned away)\n\nA screening of the new video about the SF 8 
 Black Panther grand jury\nresistors/arrestees. (see below for details.) 
 This will be followed by the\nclassic film on the struggle for Algerian 
 independence - Battle of\nAlgiers. People will be on hand to answer 
 questions on the SF 8, as well\nas offer an update about Eric McDavid. 
 There will be food, wine, &\ndessert. All proceeds will be split between 
 the SF 8 & Eric McDavid.\nPlease show your support!\n\nLegacy of 
 Torture:\nThe War Against The Black Liberation Movement\n\nThe same people 
 who tried to kill me in 1973 are the same people who are\nhere today, 
 trying to destroy me. I mean it literally. I mean there were\npeople from 
 the forces of the San Francisco Police Department who\nparticipated in 
 harassment, torture and my interrogation in 1973 ... none\nof these people 
 have ever been brought to trial. None of these people have\never been 
 charged with anything. None of these people have ever been\nquestioned 
 about that. -- John Bowman, former Black Panther\n\nIn 2005 several former 
 members of the Black Panther were held in contempt\nand jailed for refusing 
 to testify before a San Francisco Grand Jury\ninvestigating a police 
 shooting that took place in 1971. The government\nalleged that Black 
 radical groups were involved in the 34-year old case in\nwhich two men 
 armed with shotguns attacked the Ingleside Police Station\nresulting in the 
 death of a police sergeant and the injuring of a civilian\nclerk.\n\nIn 
 1973, thirteen alleged "Black militants" were arrested in New 
 Orleans,\npurportedly in connection with the San Francisco events. Some of 
 them were\ntortured for several days by law enforcement authorities, in 
 striking\nsimilarity to the horrors visited upon detainees in Guantánamo 
 and Abu\nGhraib.\n\nIn 1975, a Federal Court in San Francisco threw out all 
 of the evidence\nobtained in New Orleans.\n\nThe two lead San Francisco 
 Police Department investigators from over 30\nyears ago, along with FBI 
 agents, have re-opened the case. Rather than\nsubmit to proceedings they 
 felt were abusive of the law and the\nConstitution, five men chose to stand 
 in contempt of court and were sent\nto jail. They were released when the 
 Grand Jury term expired, but have\nbeen told by prosecutors that "it isn't 
 over yet."\n\nFor more information on their case, visit 
 http://www.cdhrsupport.org\n\nhttp://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/abc-friends\nfree 
 hosting provided by http://www.mutualaid.org/\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/13/18362618.php
SUMMARY:Benefit for the SF 8 Black Panthers; Screening "Legacy of Torture" & "Battle of Algiers"
LOCATION:The Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA (@Woolsey St.) 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/13/18362618.php
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