SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 8.12.2024
Shameless political creature San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins who compared legitimate peaceful protesters to Hamas terrorists is using her office to harass and abuse.
Indicting 26 citizens who are protesting the ongoing war crimes by Israel against the people of Palestine.
Seeking reelection this November Brooke Jenkins, an opportunistic political hack who destroyed her predecessor DA Chesa Boudin, owes her livelihood to Mayor London Breed. This malicious prosecution is nothing more than an election year ploy which needs to be seen for what it is.
An abuse of prosecutorial discretion. These indictments need to be tossed from the criminal court docket immediately.
Excerpted from The San Francisco Chronicle 8.12.2024
On Monday morning, as the remaining individuals suspected of taking part in an April 15 protest that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge turned themselves in, demonstrators marked the occasion with another protest, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and railing against the prosecution of those dubbed the “GG 26.”
Each of the suspected demonstrator’s cases includes 38 counts of false imprisonment, which accounts for the 37 victims named in the complaint. The 38th charge is a catchall for hundreds of others who were stuck on the bridge that day, officials said.
Twenty-one of the 26 people filed into the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office building downtown around 8 a.m., while dozens of others chanted, banged on drums and scrawled notes of support in chalk on the nearby sidewalk. One of the people charged raised a defiant fist as their group entered the building, prompting an eruption of cheers from the crowd.
“This is not about us, this is about what’s happening in Gaza, and we are demanding a cease-fire,” said Jeff Wozniak, who is part of a group of attorneys representing the defendants. “We are here trying to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide and that has always been the message, that has always been the reason for these actions.”
Top photo: Gaza protesters in San Francisco – 10.14.2023
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