SF Bay View National Black
Newspaper Editor Malik Washington is being
severely retaliated against for releasing a public
memo documenting a preventable Covid outbreak at 111
Taylor, an enormous GEO Group owned halfway house in
San Francisco's Tenderloin District. The $2B+
for-profit prison company stole his phone and put a
gag order on him in what is the most egregious
attack on journalism and Malik's constitutional
right to freedom of speech. They are now threatening
to send him back to jail, and Malik has sued. For
more information, see below :
https://48hills.org/.../editor-sues-over-gag-rule-at.../
https://48hills.org/.../bay-view-editor-wont-face.../
https://48hills.org/.../bay-
For
an excellent documentary exposé on the atrocious,
dehumanizing conditions at 111 Taylor St, please
view the 11- minute documentary put forth by SF
Public Defender's The Adachi Project : https://wearedefender.com/111-taylor
Geo
Group is fighting Malik, but they are also currently
litigating against AB 32, which would ban private
detention facilities in California, arguing that
they would lose $15M per year in revenue, with a
large portion coming from caging our siblings in
abusive ICE Detention Facilities across the state.
Well we say NO to PUTTING PROFITS OVER PEOPLE EVERY
SINGLE TIME! For-profit prison companies have no
place in California or anywhere!
Join us for a masked up, socially
distanced rally at 111 Taylor Street, SF from
12-2pm on Sunday, March 7th to demand Malik
Washington's freedom, to stop the attack on black
journalism, and to shout to the rooftops : GEO
Group - get out of California! More details here.
The flyer is attached.
This
rally is being organized by the Malik Washington
Defense Committee. Please like their page
to support them and help guarantee Malik's freedom.
To donate to Malik's legal fees and to support
radical, black journalism, please donate here.
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