Prosecutors have dismissed murder charges against four alleged ex-members of the Black Liberation Army accused of killing a San Francisco police officer in 1971.
The charges were dismissed Monday against Henry Jones, Ray Boudreaux, Richard Brown and Harold Taylor in the killing of Sgt. John V. Young during an attack on San Francisco’s Ingleside police station.
Another defendant, Anthony Bottom, pleaded no contest Monday to conspiracy to commit voluntary manslaughter in Young’s death as part of a deal with prosecutors. Bottom is already serving a life sentence for the murder of two New York City police officers.
Only one of the seven original defendants in the case – Francisco Torres of New York – is now left to stand trial for Young’s murder.