![]() ![]() She says the FBI is simply trying "to frighten people who are involved in struggles today". In the foreword, iconic black activist Angela Davis describes Shakur as a "compassionate human being with an unswerving commitment to justice". This month, Assata: An Autobiography is being republished by Zed Books. Last year, the FBI placed the 66-year-old on its list of the top 10 most-wanted terrorists. She escaped in 1979 with the assistance of BLA members posing as visitors, and has been a fugitive ever since. ![]() In 1977, Shakur was convicted on one murder charge and six assault charges and sentenced to life in prison. Minutes after they pulled over, both Zayd Malik Shakur and Trooper Foerster were dead, and Assata and Trooper Harper were shot and wounded. ![]() In a second patrol car was Trooper Werner Foerster. In the car with Shakur were fellow Black Liberation Army (BLA) members Zayd Malik Shakur and Sundiata Acoli. I n the early hours of, Assata Shakur was stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike by a state trooper named James Harper, allegedly for driving with a faulty rearlight. ![]()
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