Assata Shakur
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American activist and convicted felon who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Assata Olugbala Shakur is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Liberation Army . In 1977, she was convicted in the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and is currently wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million FBI reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the Attorney General of New Jersey.
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