defreeze was suspected by many of being a government provocateur but his race and prison time gave him unquestioned authority in the sla he also had sexual dominion over women in the group they acquired resources by robbing the homes in the bay area the first proposed operation assassinating the head of the state penitentiaries was cancelled because of possible repercussions for inmates instead marcus foster a black educator regarded by the sla as a fascist who had brought police onto school campuses was targeted and killed