Biography
Joe Schock was a Marine combat veteran and University of Idaho student who was accused of starting a fire that destroyed National Guard vehicles at the Lewiston armory during protests against the Vietnam War. After being released on bond Schock fled to Canada rather than face trial. Montreal police arrested him on February 3, 1972, and he faced extradition to the United States before French Canadian separatists helped him escape to France-Antilles in the Caribbean, where he obtained political-refugee status. Schock subsequently settled with his family in Paris and became an English teacher.