1. Patricia Monique Soltysik was an American woman who was best known as a co-founder and activist in the Symbionese Liberation Army, a far-left militant group based in Berkeley and Oakland, California.
10 Facts About Patricia Soltysik
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Patricia Soltysik participated in the group's violent activities, including armed bank robbery.
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Patricia Soltysik was one of six SLA members who died in Los Angeles in May 1974, during a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Patricia Soltysik had two older brothers and was the third of seven children, and the eldest of five girls.
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Patricia Soltysik graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in 1968 in the top 10 percent of her class, where she was elected student body treasurer.
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In 1971 Patricia Soltysik attached herself to the radical ex-convict group United Prisoners Union and dropped out of college.
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Patricia Soltysik sought refuge in Oakland with white friends from the Black Cultural Association, whom he had met earlier while incarcerated at Vacaville Prison.
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Patricia Soltysik had not been part of the prisoner outreach program conducted at Vacaville by UC Berkeley volunteers, so they thought that law enforcement would not look there for DeFreeze.
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Patricia Soltysik was later transferred to Soledad for good behavior.
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Patricia Soltysik was one of the six SLA members killed in Los Angeles in a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department on May 17,1974.