Patty Hearst Kidnapped 40 years ago today (1 Viewer)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Discuss.

Or don't. I really don't care.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Doyle said besides sending the police, you might wanna send an ambulance or a "hearst". I'll be sitting here, waiting on ye.

 

[worrierking]

Then she heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it.

 

[Eephus]

Mrs. Eephus' family received some of the free groceries distributed as part of the SLA's ransom demands.

So there's that

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Mrs. Eephus' family received some of the free groceries distributed as part of the SLA's ransom demands.

So there's that

In the Bay Area?

 

[Tom Servo]

Maybe it was too long ago for me, but the Hearst kidnapping, etc was pretty much the high-water mark for the SLA, wasn't it?

 

[Eephus]

Mrs. Eephus' family received some of the free groceries distributed as part of the SLA's ransom demands.

So there's that

In the Bay Area?

Initially, the SLA issued an ultimatum to the Hearst family: that they would release Patty in exchange for the freedom of Remiro and Little. When such an arrangement proved impossible, the SLA demanded a ransom, in the form of a food distribution program. The value of food to be distributed fluctuated: on February 23 the demand was for $4 million; it peaked at $400 million. Although free food was distributed, the operation initially came to a halt when violence erupted at one of the four distribution points. This happened because the crowds were much greater than expected, and people were injured as panicked workers threw boxes of food off moving trucks into the crowd. After the SLA demanded that a community coalition called the Western Addition Project Area Committee be put in charge of the food distribution, 100,000 bags of groceries were handed out at 16 locations across four counties between February 26 and the end of March.

The 70s :

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Maybe it was too long ago for me, but the Hearst kidnapping, etc was pretty much the high-water mark for the SLA, wasn't it?

Yeah. They weren't much of an "army". Doesn't look like they had more than 20-25 members total.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Rice-A-Roni for everyone!

 

[Eephus]

Maybe it was too long ago for me, but the Hearst kidnapping, etc was pretty much the high-water mark for the SLA, wasn't it?

Yeah. They weren't much of an "army". Doesn't look like they had more than 20-25 members total.

Rice-A-Roni for everyone!

An army travels on its stomach

 

[glumpy]

The 70s :

It was the '60s come of age... Vietnam, Roe vs Wade, Saturday Night Live...pretty intense.

 

[Zow]

My crim law professor was heavily involved in the Sara Jane Olson case. That was pretty interesting.

 

[ffldrew]

Just about every concert you went to had a stage announcement for Patty to call home