Defend the Golden Gate 26

Tell DA Jenkins to Drop the Charges!

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

On August 10, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that her office was filing a series of trumped up charges against these protestors, including felony conspiracy and 38 counts of false imprisonment per person. Warrants have been issued for their rearrests. Protestors are being forced to surrender themselves to the San Francisco Jail on August 12th. While the genocide rages on, the District Attorney's office is wasting public funds to punish people of conscience for protesting injustice. These latest developments demonstrate DA Jenkins' heightened efforts to criminalize the very act of protest itself.

As the Golden Gate 26 prepare for the lengthy legal battle ahead of them, it is imperative for us all to remember the grave conditions that precipitated their protest to begin with: genocide. Israel continues to inflict countless massacres upon the people of Gaza, bombarding displaced Palestinians with US-made and US-funded bombs. We must each do what we can to oppose this US fueled genocide.

The targeting of protestors like the Golden Gate 26 reveals the US government's stake in silencing opposition to its war crimes. Framing protests as a conspiracy is a transparent attempt to criminalize solidarity itself, and we will not allow the Golden Gate 26 to be isolated or intimidated out of our shared struggle for a liberated Palestine. Contact District Attorney Jenkins below and tell her to drop the charges!

Towards liberation,

Golden Gate 26 Defense Committee

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Brooke Jenkins (District Attorney), San Francisco

Dear [recipient position will go here] [recipient name will go here],

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I am writing to urge you to use your power as District Attorney to drop the charges against the 26 Golden Gate bridge protestors from April 15. As the genocide in Gaza continues unabated, local and international sentiment continue to build in support of a ceasefire and an end to the brutal ethnic cleansing campaign that Israel and the United States have been enacting against Palestinians. The Golden Gate 26 are among millions across the world who have been unable to sit idly by as we witness genocide livestreamed onto our phones, and your politicized decisions to prosecute them with trumped up charges is both disappointing and disturbing.

San Francisco residents widely support the international call for a ceasefire in Gaza, to the point of having passed a city resolution in support of one. This should come as no surprise: San Francisco has a long and proud legacy of progressive activism, and this moment is no different. The targeted political repression of the Golden Gate 26 is a shameful choice amidst the relentless slaughter of children and families in Gaza, and speaks volumes about the District Attorney's Office misplaced priorities and ethics. It is appalling that your office seeks to divert public funds towards intimidating and harassing protestors seeking an end to the indiscriminate bombing of displaced Palestinians sheltering in tents, schools, and hospitals, while on a local level, San Franciscans struggle to find safety and shelter amidst a crisis of severe housing and income inequality. Prosecuting the Golden Gate 26 could cost the city tens of thousands of dollars per hearing: a truly unacceptable drain on our city's resources.

I will be watching this case closely, as will countless people across San Francisco and the entire world. I am firmly in support of the protestors and sincerely hope that your office will drop these unjust and excessive charges immediately.

I am a resident of [submission:values:city].

Sincerely,
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