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MOPEYE ~ 2 have kidnapped a ruling class pig in exchange for the release of our com-- rades... comrades trapped behind enemy lines must, and will, be liberated... by the above means." Popeye was charged with the revolutionary crimes of: urging people to premature acts, projecting a capitalistic image, trashing (destructive criticism) of comrades, lack of principled ideology, and, per- haps, working for the police as an informer or provocateur, since he had re- ceived privileged treatment by the courts and the parole board. Five days later, Popeye and a kindergarten teacher, Sally Voye, were executed ina barrage of bullets as they sat in her car. The assassin blew Sally away, shot Popeye in the head at point blank range, ran up the narrow street, and disappeared, The war was on, but no one was sure who was waging it. The NWLF issued a lengthy communique condoning ‘the execution of Popeye if it were done by someone or some group with proof of their accusations. Not Sally though: "If there was conclusive proof that Popeye WAS a snitch, then he, and he alone, should have been executed. You don't justify Sally Voye'ts death by saying she was in the way; you wait until she is out of the way." They called on someone ; from the convicted class to analyze the situation. "To let the matter die with him does disservice to the people", A flood of communiques followed. The Weather Underground said that only the ruling class gained from his murder. ‘the Black Guerrilla Family felt that the murders were the work of pigs and that the charges against Fopeye were without foundation. If not, they demanded prot. The Symbionene Liberation Army, in their firat communique since the disappearance of Tanya Hearst, said: "At this point, we don't believe that Popeye was a pig. If this action can't be further explained, we have no choice but to conclude that his execution was