with a few dollars left emily harris was sent to a berkeley rally called to commemorate the death of angela atwood and other founding members of the sla during the police siege among the radicals harris recognised atwoods acquaintance kathy soliah from civil rights pressure groups and when they had quit a waitressing job in protest of being required to wear uniforms they considered demeaning through soliah the three fugitives met jack scott a radical athletics coach who had been asking for an interview with the sla scott agreed to provide money and help in a car going to a rural hideout scott claimed hearst was incredulous when an offer to take her "anywhere" was made according to scotts account which hearst said was false she had said "i want to go where my friends are going" scott was never charged for facilitating a recrudescence of the sla that resulted in murder