Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur is wanted for the murder of a New Jersey state trooper, who was shot dead 40 years ago. She was convicted of murder, but escaped from prison in 1979.The FBI have doubled their offer a reward for information up to $2m.
Chesimard was a member of the Black Liberation Army and an FBI official stated that the 65-year-old continues to state her "radical anti-US government views."
However some have claimed that Chesimard was the victim of a miscarriage of justice, with lawyer Ron Kuby, who interviewed Chesimard in Cuba in 1987, telling Reuters: "Let's not overstate the contours of this. Assata Shakur was the embodiment of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army at a time when there was a low intensity war between black radicals and the US".
Special agent Aaron Ford said: "Today, on the anniversary of Trooper Werner Foerster's death, we want the public to know that we will not rest until this fugitive is brought to justice".
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk
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