Terrorist

The recent murder of the insurance CEO brings back memories of the domestic terrorism of the 1970's where thousands of attacks happened. In 1970 there were 460 and the number increased each year through 1981. Groups like the Weather Underground, the New World Liberation Front and the Symbionese Liberation Army carried out bombings in several cities including New York, Chicago and San Francisco resulting in many deaths. These were mostly radical marxist students from the 60's who pushed for revolution. One group the Students for a Democratic Society collapsed in 1969 and the Weather Underground took over and by the next year claimed credit for 25 bombings including the US Capitol, the Pentagon, the California AG's office and a NY City police station. These people were not young kids with guns shooting up schools they were older professional people. Bill Ayers was a professor and Benardine Dohrn was a lawyer and they ended up teaching at the University of Chicago and working for a big Chicago law firm. They showed up again in the 2012 Occupy Wall Street protest. None of these activities were considered a plot to take over the government.