From Ferguson to... Cuba?
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign might begin to redirect its attention southward, after the U.S. agreed to "normalize" talks with Cuba in order to re-establish diplomatic relations.
The reason? Assata Shakur.
Born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, in 2013 Shakur became the first woman ever listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list (although the FBI doesn't recognize her current name). In fact, Shakur shirked her Anglo "slave name" in 1971, shortly after she joined the Black Panther Party. She later joined the Black Liberation Army, becoming a prominent activist for black rights and gender equality in the black community.
In 1973, a shoot-out during a "routine" pull-over by police on the New Jersey Turnpike left a state trooper dead and Shakur nearly dead with three bullets in her body — even though, she says, her arms were raised, motioning "don't shoot." Despite a lack of "material evidence" and Shakur's consistent denials, in 1977 Shakur was convicted of killing the officer during the shootout...CONTINUES
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