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Police Brutality: Hood Trial

By VVAW

Bob Hood, a N. Calif. coordinator of VVAW/WSO, will probably be tried in early June on bogus charges of assaulting an Oakland Police officer with a deadly weapon. The charges facing Bob carry a possible life sentence and stem from a brutal police attack on him on Feb. 6th. The frame-up of Bob Hood is but one example of the wave of police terror begun in the Bay Area after police agencies seized upon the activities of the SLA as an excuse for an all-out offensive against movement groups active there.

Despite the total lack of evidence against Bob, it's clear that the prosecution is determined to railroad him into prison. (Bob recently passed a lie detector test given to him by the former Oakland PD polygraph examiner!) Amid conflicting testimony from the arresting officers in the case during pre-trail hearing, the DA has repeatedly tried to drag in extraneous and fabricated testimony supposedly 'linking' Bob and VVAW/WSO with the SLA. The prosecution hopes to hide its nonexistent case against Bob by creating a slanderous climate of hysteria and fear with this smear tactic.

The situation is very serious indeed. Bob needs substantial public support to win his case! Letters of protest are urgently requested. They should be sent to: Lowell Jensen, Alameda County DA, 1225 Fallon, Oakland., CA. or Officer E. Wilson, Internal Affairs Div., Oakland PD, 455 7th St., Oakland, CA. For donations or information contact: VVAW/WSO, Legal Def, Comm., 4919 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA. tel: (415) 658-7806.