Posted on 05/02/2013 12:53:48 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Joanne Chesimard, a left-wing militant who shot a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike 40 years ago today, has become the first woman on the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists.
"Joanne Chesimard is a domestic terrorist who murdered a law enforcement officer execution-style," said Aaron Ford, special agent in charge of the FBI's Newark Division.
Chesimard, a fugitive living in Cuba under the name Assata Shakur, was a member of the Black Liberation Army in 1973 when she shot and killed Trooper Werner Foerster during a traffic stop.
According to a state police account, "Foerster was severely wounded in his right arm and abdomen and then executed with his own service weapon on the roadside. Chesimard's jammed handgun was found at Foerster's side."
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Chesimard is also known as the godmother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur.
“I was convicted byI don’t even want to call it a trial, it was lynching, by an all-white jury,” Chesimard told BET in 2001. “I had nothing but contempt for the system of justice under which I was tried.”
The rapper Common told her story in “A Song for Assata,” which caused a stir after Michelle Obama invited him to a White House poetry slam two years ago. The piece contains the lyrics “Your power and pride is beautiful.”
They just caught the pedophile/teacher in Costa Rica, so there is room at the top. Besides more people from US are traveling to Cuba these days. Who knows what might happen.
Ayers trial had many "flaws", too. He "hides" in plain site.
Is this woman related to Tupac? *snicker*
Really. I was just joking when I mentioned Tupac!
Is she still alive?
They want her captured so she can become an award winning Professor at Colunbia University. Seems terrorist are hard to find with such a wealth of knowledge.
Boatboy may have tenure in 5 years! HE will be on a drive out scholarship!
Interest of studies will be: how to avoid 10,000 swat team members and local police with Ng detachment for 18 hrs.
Title of course will be: How to pick the right boat, and pressure cookers 101.
Obama? Extradite a leftist? And a black, female leftist at that? Did you forget a </sarcasm> tag?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.