Action Alert: Pack the Court for the Golden Gate 26 on Monday, Sept. 16

By Adrienne Fong

ACTION ALERT:

– Info for court appearance

-Brief explanation

-Actions to take (phone & email)

-Articles

PACK THE COURT FOR THE GOLDEN GATE 26

Monday, September 16, 2024

8:30am

Hall of Justice
850 Bryant St.
SF

Your presence is needed!

On April 15, Bay Area people of conscience staged a protest on the Golden Gate Bridge to demand an immediate ceasefire and an end to US military aid to Israel. 26 individuals were arrested and held in jail for days, where they faced discriminatory treatment.

Now, they are facing felony and misdemeanor charges for their civil disobedience.

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, who just recently failed in her prosecution of a similar case in the Bay Bridge 78, has filed a series of trumped up charges against them, including:

-Felony conspiracy and

-38 counts of false imprisonment per person.

– Her prosecutorial overreach includes not only these charges, but the request of warrants to investigate their cell phones, and then re-arrest warrants once she announced the charges in August.

While the genocide in Palestine rages on, the District Attorney’s office is wasting public funds to harshly punish people of conscience for speaking out. The Golden Gate 26 are caught in the crosshairs of DA Jenkins’ heightened efforts to criminalize the very act of protest itself.

The #GoldenGate26 are part of a long lineage of people in the Bay Area and beyond who have used civil disobedience to help bend the arc of history toward justice. DA Jenkins has the power to drop the charges against all protestors and stand on the right side of history: against genocide, and with the Palestinian people.

TAKE ACTION! Tell DA Jenkins to DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST the GOLDEN GATE 26

CONTACT @BrookeJenkins_SF: (628) 652-4000

– You don’t have to leave your last name when calling.

Sample call script:

Hi, my name is _____________ , resident of [San Francisco County, if applicable]. [Optional: State the name of your organization (if any), any ties or relationships to the Golden Gate 26.]

I’m calling to demand DA Jenkins to drop ALL the charges against all of the Golden Gate bridge ceasefire protestors. San Francisco residents widely support the international call for a ceasefire, as well as the April 15 civil disobedience on the Golden Gate bridge: we do not support our tax dollars being used for genocide OR the repression of local protest movements.

If DA Jenkins moves forward with this, it could cost the city tens of thousands of dollars per hearing. This is an unacceptable waste of public resources. I will be watching this case closely, as will thousands of SF residents, and again urge you to drop the charges immediately.

SEND EMAIL PETITON:

DA Jenkins – Drop the Charges Against Golden Gate 26

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