Defend Former Black Panthers Arrested on 30-year Old Charges
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Murder Charges Against Former Black Panthers Based on Confessions
Extracted by Torture
Eight former Black Panthers were arrested January 23rd in California, New
York and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco
police officer. Similar charges were thrown out after it was revealed that
police used torture to extract confessions when some of these same men
were arrested in New Orleans in 1973. Richard Brown, Richard O’Neal, Ray
Boudreaux, and Hank Jones were arrested in California. Francisco Torres
was arrested in Queens, New York. Harold Taylor was arrested in Florida.
Two men charged have been held as political prisoners for over 30 years –
Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim are both in New York State prisons. A ninth
man — Ronald Stanley Bridgeforth – is still being sought. The men were
charged with the murder of Sgt. John Young and conspiracy that encompasses
numerous acts between 1968 and 1973.