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Introducing The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)

The SLA had begun life innocently enough. In the days of constant civil rights action across America, the group had been founded to provide tuition and support for black inmates of prisons across the nation. Unfortunately, what started with good intentions quickly went awry. The group began to believe that convicts were no threat to society and instead, were heroic victims of the political system. They rapidly radicalized and saw themselves as the reaction to a racist American society. The group’s fate was sealed when Donald DeFreeze escaped from jail and was taken in by members of the SLA, including Russell Little and Patricia Soltysik.