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| Closing Arguments in Pepper Spray By Q-tip Trial On Tuesday Sept. 21 For Immediate Release - Contact: Karen Pickett, 510-548-3113 Defense Rests on Monday--Case Will Go To Jury By Tuesday Afternoon San Francisco, Calif.-The defense in the Pepper Spray by Q-Tip civil rights trial rested after calling only four witnesses this morning. Closing arguments and jury instructions were scheduled for Tuesday morning at 9:30 am. The defense is the Humboldt County Sheriffs Dept. and the Eureka Police, who were sued by activists for using excessive force when they swabbed their eyes with pepper spray using Q-tips. The case, being re-tried after an initial trial seven years ago, has been drawing a packed courtroom as it is argued before Judge Susan Illston, in Courtroom 10, 19th floor of the SF Federal Building. Plaintiffs and their attorneys will be available at a sidewalk press conference during the noon hour Tuesday at the Turk St. entrance to the federal building, located at 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. The plaintiffs are the "Pepper Spray 8" --eight activists who participated in civil disobedience sit-in actions eight years ago in the Headwaters Forest campaign: Spring Lundberg, Terri Slanetz, Mike McCurdy, Sam Neuwirth, Maya Portugal, Lisa Sanderson-Fox, Jennifer Banka Schneider, and Noel Tendick. Their attorneys--the same legal team that won the historic Judi Bari vs FBI case in 2002-- includes Dennis Cunningham, Bob Bloom, Tony Serra and Bill Simpich. Beta cam video news releases(footage of the actual pepper-spraying) and courtroom drawings are available through the media contact. Video images, legal documents, other background and links available at http://www.nopepperspray.org. Press packets are available in the courtroom or through the media contact. ###  << Back to Press Release Archive | Latest Press Release | Newsroom | | 
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