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SF8 - Court Update Thursday, June 21
The
judge is going on vacation and the next court date was set for
Monday, August 6 at 9 am in the San Francisco Courthouse. This is a
major delay in attempting to set an attainable bail for some of these
brothers.
judge is going on vacation and the next court date was set for
Monday, August 6 at 9 am in the San Francisco Courthouse. This is a
major delay in attempting to set an attainable bail for some of these
brothers.
A very brief hearing was held Thursday morning in the case of the SF
8. What is at issue are documents filed by the prosecution that
contain statements that are prejudicial to defense arguments to lower
bail. Some of these various documents are under court seal already
and others are being asked to be sealed because they are highly
challengeable and inaccurate and may not be admissible later as
evidence. The sealing of documents also precludes public access
through searching court records.
All issues to date have been taken under advisement by Judge Moscone.
He has yet to make any decisions on any issues of substance. The
judge is also going on vacation and the next court date was set for
Monday, August 6 at 9 am in the San Francisco Courthouse. This is a
major delay in attempting to set an attainable bail for some of these
brothers.
Some of Judge Moscone's comments indicate that the case may be heard
in Department 23, the judge's normal courtroom, rather than
Department 21 - the high security courtroom where all of this week's
proceedings were held.
Court shackling issues will also be scheduled for early August.
When asked, the judge did have Sherrifs partially unshackle the
brothers so they could take notes during proceedings. Moscone
indicated that they had rights to more room in which to work with
their attorneys. If this is any indication of the judge's attitude,
courtroom conditions could well improve instead of the current waist
chains, hands cuffed to waist chains and legs cuffed to leg chains.
The current conditions are the prosecutor's dream.
The first matters to be taken up in August are the continued bail
reduction testimony and motions for Ray Boudreaux and Richard O'Neal.
cm
_______________________________________________
Please support these brothers by sending a donation. Make checks payable to
CDHR/Agape and mail to the address below or donate on line:
http://www.cdhrsupport.org/what_to_do.html#donate
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR)
PO Box 90221
Pasadena, CA 91109
(415) 226-1120
FreetheSF8 [at] riseup.net
8. What is at issue are documents filed by the prosecution that
contain statements that are prejudicial to defense arguments to lower
bail. Some of these various documents are under court seal already
and others are being asked to be sealed because they are highly
challengeable and inaccurate and may not be admissible later as
evidence. The sealing of documents also precludes public access
through searching court records.
All issues to date have been taken under advisement by Judge Moscone.
He has yet to make any decisions on any issues of substance. The
judge is also going on vacation and the next court date was set for
Monday, August 6 at 9 am in the San Francisco Courthouse. This is a
major delay in attempting to set an attainable bail for some of these
brothers.
Some of Judge Moscone's comments indicate that the case may be heard
in Department 23, the judge's normal courtroom, rather than
Department 21 - the high security courtroom where all of this week's
proceedings were held.
Court shackling issues will also be scheduled for early August.
When asked, the judge did have Sherrifs partially unshackle the
brothers so they could take notes during proceedings. Moscone
indicated that they had rights to more room in which to work with
their attorneys. If this is any indication of the judge's attitude,
courtroom conditions could well improve instead of the current waist
chains, hands cuffed to waist chains and legs cuffed to leg chains.
The current conditions are the prosecutor's dream.
The first matters to be taken up in August are the continued bail
reduction testimony and motions for Ray Boudreaux and Richard O'Neal.
cm
_______________________________________________
Please support these brothers by sending a donation. Make checks payable to
CDHR/Agape and mail to the address below or donate on line:
http://www.cdhrsupport.org/what_to_do.html#donate
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR)
PO Box 90221
Pasadena, CA 91109
(415) 226-1120
FreetheSF8 [at] riseup.net
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Def and dumb, but definitely not blind
June 20, 2007, Mezzanine
Mos Def -- the Brooklyn-born rapper,
actor and host
of the HBO series Def Poetry Jam -- played two
shows in San Francisco this week (Tuesday at Ruby
Skye and last night at Mezzanine). The
performances were announced early Monday evening,
yet the short notice didn’t prevent what felt
like over-capacity crowds, particularly at Mezzanine.
At Mezzanine, Def, whose given name is Dante
Smith, bounded out on stage clad in sunglasses,
baseball cap and backpack -- a wry poke at early
career assessments of him as a
“backpack
rapper”.
“Thank you for your time . . . and thank you for
your money as well,” he said. “We don’t want to
take either for granted this evening.” With
relatively
recent
legal woes well known, the statement had a sharp ring of sincerity.
He dedicated the show to the
“SF 8”, the name given
to the eight former Black Panthers presently
incarcerated in San Francisco on murder charges
that are, according to supporters, “based on
confessions extracted by torture.”
[Mos Def also came to court on Wednesday to see the bail hearings]
Not only is Def an activist with broad-based
concerns, he’s also well-read; he co-owned the
now defunct Nkiru Books, once Brooklyn’s most
vital African-American bookstore, with sometime
recording partner
Talib Kweli.
As his set progressed and he had covered most of
his most recognizable tunes (Black Star’s
“Definition” and solo cuts like “Ghetto Rock” and
“Ms. Fat Booty”), Def teased up all-too brief
bits of songs he announced as new and exclusive,
and got loosera hip-hop Dean Martin of sorts. He
spoke of the possibility of hosting The Price is
Right with pal
Dave
Chappelle as the theme song from Jeopardy filled the speakers.
“I don’t know what quarter it’s coming out,” he
admitted, speaking about the release of his next album.
“But I’m writing all the time,” he quickly added.
Before Def, the crowd got dumbwhich is local
“Yay Area” parlance for going wild on the dance
floorthanks to a DJ set by Big Von, a radio
personality on local urban radio station KMEL.
Von probably did more to get the crowd there than
anything else simply by hyping up the concert on
his show since early Monday evening.
He astutely preyed on the crowd’s fondness for
local anthems, reaching back for tunes like Souls
of Mischief’s
“93 ‘Til
Infinity” and mixing them with songs from more
recent years, such as Mac Dre’s
“Feelin’
Myself”. He also served up mini-medleys of songs
by artists like Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg, but
was woefully short on the Tupac, only offering up
little snippets of
“v=RnDR8OngS1U>I Get
Around” (the rapper in his happiest Bay Area
years) and “Hit ‘Em Up” (the less whimsical song
that fueled the deadly feud with Notorious B.I.G.).
With LA rap legends Quik and AMG (who now go by
the
Fixxers rocking Mezzanine on Monday night, the
club has had a tremendous week of peaceful
hip-hop shows. It’s an encouraging sign for a
city that seems to be ever more steadily dipping
its toes into the genre.
--Tamara Palmer
_______________________________________________
Please support these brothers by sending a donation. Make checks payable to
CDHR/Agape and mail to the address below or donate on line:
http://www.cdhrsupport.org/what_to_do.html#donate
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR)
PO Box 90221
Pasadena, CA 91109
(415) 226-1120
FreetheSF8 [at] riseup.net
Def and dumb, but definitely not blind
June 20, 2007, Mezzanine
Mos Def -- the Brooklyn-born rapper,
actor and host
of the HBO series Def Poetry Jam -- played two
shows in San Francisco this week (Tuesday at Ruby
Skye and last night at Mezzanine). The
performances were announced early Monday evening,
yet the short notice didn’t prevent what felt
like over-capacity crowds, particularly at Mezzanine.
At Mezzanine, Def, whose given name is Dante
Smith, bounded out on stage clad in sunglasses,
baseball cap and backpack -- a wry poke at early
career assessments of him as a
“backpack
rapper”.
“Thank you for your time . . . and thank you for
your money as well,” he said. “We don’t want to
take either for granted this evening.” With
relatively
recent
legal woes well known, the statement had a sharp ring of sincerity.
He dedicated the show to the
“SF 8”, the name given
to the eight former Black Panthers presently
incarcerated in San Francisco on murder charges
that are, according to supporters, “based on
confessions extracted by torture.”
[Mos Def also came to court on Wednesday to see the bail hearings]
Not only is Def an activist with broad-based
concerns, he’s also well-read; he co-owned the
now defunct Nkiru Books, once Brooklyn’s most
vital African-American bookstore, with sometime
recording partner
Talib Kweli.
As his set progressed and he had covered most of
his most recognizable tunes (Black Star’s
“Definition” and solo cuts like “Ghetto Rock” and
“Ms. Fat Booty”), Def teased up all-too brief
bits of songs he announced as new and exclusive,
and got loosera hip-hop Dean Martin of sorts. He
spoke of the possibility of hosting The Price is
Right with pal
Dave
Chappelle as the theme song from Jeopardy filled the speakers.
“I don’t know what quarter it’s coming out,” he
admitted, speaking about the release of his next album.
“But I’m writing all the time,” he quickly added.
Before Def, the crowd got dumbwhich is local
“Yay Area” parlance for going wild on the dance
floorthanks to a DJ set by Big Von, a radio
personality on local urban radio station KMEL.
Von probably did more to get the crowd there than
anything else simply by hyping up the concert on
his show since early Monday evening.
He astutely preyed on the crowd’s fondness for
local anthems, reaching back for tunes like Souls
of Mischief’s
“93 ‘Til
Infinity” and mixing them with songs from more
recent years, such as Mac Dre’s
“Feelin’
Myself”. He also served up mini-medleys of songs
by artists like Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg, but
was woefully short on the Tupac, only offering up
little snippets of
“v=RnDR8OngS1U>I Get
Around” (the rapper in his happiest Bay Area
years) and “Hit ‘Em Up” (the less whimsical song
that fueled the deadly feud with Notorious B.I.G.).
With LA rap legends Quik and AMG (who now go by
the
Fixxers rocking Mezzanine on Monday night, the
club has had a tremendous week of peaceful
hip-hop shows. It’s an encouraging sign for a
city that seems to be ever more steadily dipping
its toes into the genre.
--Tamara Palmer
_______________________________________________
Please support these brothers by sending a donation. Make checks payable to
CDHR/Agape and mail to the address below or donate on line:
http://www.cdhrsupport.org/what_to_do.html#donate
Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR)
PO Box 90221
Pasadena, CA 91109
(415) 226-1120
FreetheSF8 [at] riseup.net
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