SAN FRANCISCO 8 CASE :
LINKS & UPDATES

Next Hearing: June 11, 2007

 


Judge Donna Little transferred the case of the San Francisco 8 to the courtroom of Judge Philip Moscone for all further issues today in a hearing that took about ten minutes.

The next court appearance for the brothers will be June 11th at 9am in Department 21 at 850 Bryant Street in San Francisco. The proceedings will likely commence with individual bail reduction motions. All the brothers (except Herman Bell, who is in the process of being extradited from New York) looked strong and in good spirits. There will be a rally in support of the San Francisco 8 at 8am June 11th before the hearing.

Bail Hearing
Postponed until April 27, 2007

 

The judge arraigned Francisco Torres, who was recently extradited from New York, and then postponed the hearing until April 27.

To listen to the January 26, 2007 CKUT Radio interview with Ashanti on the Situation with the Panther 8, click on the following link: www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21586

Check out this interview with Kamel Bell, Herman Bell's son, by JR on Flashpoints 2/15/07. It begins at 38:30 into the program. Kamel talks about the historical background to the San Francisco 8 case, including COINTELPRO and the history of the government's attempt to destroy the Black Liberation Movement and the Black Panther Party. http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=18712

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