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Bill Harris's Death Prompts Reckoning With Symbionese Liberation Army History

Original: After Death of Bill Harris, a Look Back at the Symbionese Liberation Army https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/sla-symb

Bill Harris, a leading figure in the Symbionese Liberation Army, has died, prompting the New York Times to publish a retrospective on the militant group. The SLA is best known for its 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst and a violent campaign of robberies and killings in California. Commenters are revisiting the group's history and Harris's role in it following his death.

Why now: Bill Harris's death has renewed public interest in the SLA and its notorious crimes, including the Patty Hearst kidnapping.

Bill HarrisSymbionese Liberation ArmyPatty HearstThe New York Times

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