Stuart Hanlon, attorney for Herman Bell, writes to the SF Chronicle regarding its 24 May 2009 publication of “Idealist’s slaying in ’71 still haunts today” by John Koopman:
I am one of the attorneys for the seven former Black Panthers charged with the 1971 murder of a S.F. police officer. Your article “Idealist Slaying Still Haunts Today,” not only is misleading , but contains outright lies and is based on nothing but the speculation of your writer or others who know nothing about this case
We have received hundred of thousands of pages of evidence and there is no evidence whatsoever that links this young woman to the killing of Sgt Young, or her killing to those seven men facing charges, or the Black Panther Party or any other organization connected in any way to the case. Yet your article says she was likely involved and that the seven men facing charges are responsible for her death.
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