Supporters pack courtoom for Panther veterans

[BayCityProgressive]

http://www.workers.org/2007/us/panthers-0329/

Ray Boudreaus, Richard Brown, Hank Jones, Richard O’Neal, Harold Taylor and Francisco Torres entered the courtroom on March 13 shackled—despite objections made by their defense attorneys at the Feb. 14 arraignment here before Judge Little. The ages of these prisoners range from 57 to 70.


WW photo: Valerie Edwards
The courtroom was filled with supporters on March 13 at 9 a.m., the same as it had been on Feb. 14.

A determined early morning demonstration of more than 100 people in support of these prisoners began an hour earlier in front of the Hall of Justice building. Numerous drivers passing by honked their car horns and raised their fists in solidarity


Not sure if people are aware, but Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush is a former Panther.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush

[madrchsod]

1. .reaching back 40 years is really fucking scary

under this i could be arrested for something that was investigated and dismissed at that time. yes bobby rush could be charged as an enemy of the state...after all he was a leader in the black panthers in chicago. in fact most of the leadership of the sds and panthers could still be charged under this idea

[BayCityProgressive]

2. exactly

seems like a way for Bushler to purge the few leftists left in our government.