Urgent! Call for Witnesses on June 8, 2004

Were you at the 2004 Biotech Protest in San Francisco on June 8th? Were you there early in the morning, that is prior to 7:00am? Do you remember the streets, in particular, 4th coming south from Mission down to Howard, being blocked off by the police? And/or do you remember seeing 3rd being blocked going north to Howard? A number of protesters are still facing charges for "willfully and substantially blocking the free passage" of others when they sat down or stood in the intersections of 4th and Howard and at 3rd and Howard. It is our position that the police already blocked the streets and therefore the protesters did not substantially block the free passage of anyone. Above all, the protesters were exercising their first amendment rights.

If you were there and can testify, or know someone who was there who could testify to the above, or if you have photos or video footage showing that the streets were blocked or showing police escorting people or cars by (showing that they could get by), please contact joanne at warwick_joanne [at] yahoo.com Thank you for your efforts.