The Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.) was an American self-styled militant group active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a revolutionary vanguard army. The group committed bank robberies, two murders and other acts of violence.
The S.L.A. became internationally notorious for kidnapping media heiress Patty Hearst, abducting the 19-year-old as she and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Steven Weed, sat relaxing in their Berkeley, California home. National interest grew into worldwide fascination when Hearst, in audiotaped messages delivered to (and broadcast by) regional news media, denounced her parents and announced she had joined the S.L.A. She was subsequently observed participating in their illegal activities. Hearst later alleged that she had been held in close confinement, and brainwashed.
On May 17,1974 Los Angeles police surrounded a house where most SLA members were holed up. A massive shootout ensued, and the building went up in flames -- shown live on television.
what a bunch of idiots....
cowboy836 16 hours ago
@darrylhaynes Put down that crack pipe, now!
RandallFlaggNY 3 months ago
SLA sure was dumb at the end
BurkeDevlin66 4 months ago
@wolfumz yep...
darrylhaynes 5 months ago
@darrylhaynes no way??
wolfumz 5 months ago
aaaa
darrylhaynes 7 months ago
i was 17 when thin happened....lived 2 doors down....they would always come out and talk to us....patty was cool....
darrylhaynes 7 months ago
domestic warfare
AtomicAtari 11 months ago
Bill Deiz works in Portland as a traffic reporter
icom1020 1 year ago
I cant get over how much older the news reporters look compared to back then.
middletech 1 year ago 2