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3 unusual facts about Symbionese Liberation Army


Mervin King

Commanding police efforts in the 1974 S.L.A. shootout led him to be commended by the City Council again for his supervision of the Symbionese Liberation Army investigation, one which "broke the back and thrust of the SLA".

No Skin Off My Ass

Explicit sex scenes between LaBruce's character and von Brucker's are interwoven with a radical political message espoused by Jones, whose character directs a film called "Girls of the SLA".

The Checks

He joins under the name of Tania, the name Patty Hearst took after she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army; upset, George says to the head cult cleaner, "Him you brainwashed?? What's he got that I don't have?!" and the cleaner simply shrugs his shoulders.


Don Donahue

He was known for publishing material by radicals, including the Symbionese Liberation Army (best known for kidnapping Patty Hearst).

Lust for Justice

Cases captured in words and images in the book include Huey Newton and the Black Panthers, the White Panthers, Russell Little, Kathleen Soliah with the SLA, the Hells Angels, Chol Soo Lee, Hooty Croy, Bear Lincoln, Judi Bari, and Rick Tabish in the Ted Binion homicide case.


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