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DESCRIPTION:Injustice in the City\nThe SF-8, Gang Injunctions, and Matrix Redux\nKiilu 
 Nyasha, Damone Hale, and Jenny Friedenbach\n\nSF Gray Panthers General 
 Meeting\nTuesday, November 20, 1 PM\nUnitarian-Universalist Center, 
 Fireside Room\n1187 Franklin St., (between Geary and O’Farrell)\n\nKiilu 
 Nyasha, a long-time anti-racist radio and video commentator, will tell 
 about the San Francisco 8, eight former Black Panthers on trial around the 
 killing of a SF Police officer 36 years ago. The case is based on 
 confessions extracted under torture by New Orleans Police soon afterward. 
 Charges were dismissed decades ago because the confessions, the main 
 evidence, were made under torture, but now the charges are reinstated, even 
 though there is no new substantial evidence. \n\nActivist lawyer Damone 
 Hale will talk about the anti-gang injunctions against 94 men requested by 
 City Attorney Dennis Herrera over the last two years. Among other things, 
 the men are barred from associating with each other in certain areas of the 
 city designated “safety zones.” A recent report by the Justice Policy 
 Institute (JPI) found injunctions don’t work to reduce violence. As 
 Damone Hale has said, “You're going to have young men who are going to 
 have to prove that they have a legitimate reason to be in a particular area 
 in San Francisco … comparable to South Africa's pass laws.”\n\nJennifer 
 Friedenbach, Executive Director for the Coalition on Homelessness, will 
 describe new City moves to criminalize homelessness. Since Newsom took 
 office, the City has spent $7.8 million issuing 46,000 citations for 
 homelessness offenses. Now Newsom and the District Attorney's office are 
 promoting a new Community Justice Center, a full-scale court, which they 
 say would force those judged guilty of homelessness crimes into housing and 
 treatment services. But 54,000 households are already on a wait list for 
 housing, and thousands are waiting for the meager array of mental health 
 and substance abuse services that still exist after years of cuts. \n\nMore 
 info at 
 http://graypantherssf.igc.org/07-11-newsletter/07-11-gpnl-november_meeting.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/06/18458622.php
SUMMARY:Injustice in the City: The SF-8, Gang Injunctions, and Matrix Redux
LOCATION:Unitarian-Universalist Center, Fireside Room\n1187 Franklin St., (between 
 Geary and O’Farrell)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/06/18458622.php
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