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DESCRIPTION:Press conference on Oct. 9th at 8am, prior to Francisco Torres' 9am court 
 hearing at 850 Bryant Street.\n\nSan Francisco Supervisors Eric Mar and 
 John Avalos, and Reverend Amos Brown, President of the SF NAACP, will join 
 supporters of the San Francisco Eight at 8AM Friday, October 9th, at 850 
 Bryant Street, to call on Attorney General Jerry Brown to drop charges 
 against Francisco Torres.  A court hearing for Torres is scheduled for 9 
 AM.  \n\nMr. Torres is the only remaining defendant of the SF 8, elders 
 formerly associated with the Black Panther Party, who were arrested two and 
 a half years ago in connection with the 1971 shooting of SF policeman John 
 Young.   \n\nIn July 2009, Attorney General Jerry Brown dropped all charges 
 against Ray Boudreaux, Richard Brown, Hank Jones and Harold Taylor for 
 “insufficient evidence”.  Charges were dropped against Richard O’Neal 
 in 2008.  Two other defendants, Jalil Muntaqim and Herman Bell, were 
 offered and accepted pleas to greatly reduced charges, receiving probation 
 and time served.  Mr. Torres was offered a plea as well, but turned it down 
 and maintains his innocence. \n\nLast week an open letter calling on Jerry 
 Brown to drop the last charges was published in the Guardian, signed by 
 international and local leaders including Rev. Dr. Desmond Tutu, former 
 Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, actor Danny Glover, San Francisco 
 Supervisors Eric Mar, John Avalos and Chris Daley, SF Board of Education 
 President Kim-Shree Maufus and VP Jane Kim, Archbishop Franzo King, 
 Minister Christopher Muhammad, and Rev. Amos Brown, as well as labor 
 leaders, educators, organizers and activists across the state and nation. 
 \n\nSoffiyah Elijah, Deputy Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at 
 Harvard Law School, said “The original charges in this case were thrown 
 out of court in the mid 70’s when the issue of torture was exposed. Our 
 Constitution requires that this prosecution be ended. The attorney general 
 must drop the charges against Francisco Torres and begin the process of 
 healing for everyone concerned.” \n\nSF Supervisor Eric Mar, Supervisor 
 John Avalos, Rev. Amos Brown, Attorney Chuck Bourdon, and former SF 8 
 defendant Richard Brown will be available to speak to the press.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/07/18624704.php
SUMMARY:Rally and Press Conference to Drop Charges Against Francisco Torres of the SF8
LOCATION:850 Bryant Street.\nSF
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/07/18624704.php
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