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assata shakur becomes first woman on fbi ‘most wanted terrorists’ list

May 3, 2013

Former Black Panther Party member Assata Shakur is the first woman to be added to the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ list, with a $2 million reward offered for her capture. Hiphopandpolitics published an opinion piece stating: “Can you imagine if the FBI was this diligent about going after Wall Street Bankers who defrauded millions of people and tanked the economy or if they put $2 million dollar bounties out for war criminals who live right here in the US who purposely misled us into War where over a million lives were lost.. Yes, we are looking at you George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice etc..
If we’re gonna talk about Assata and say she’s a ‘cop killer‘, let’s be completely honest and put such accusations into perspective.. Everyone wants to forget that in the 60s and 70s the FBI and police declared War on the Black community and organizations that formed in the community to end oppression. The police and FBI went all out to destroy Black leaders and Black organizations with undaunted impunity. The reason why you had BPP (Black Panther Party), SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) and BLA (Black Liberation Army) was in response to police terrorism that saw them assassinating, brutalizing or jailing Panthers and members of other Black Power organizations left and right for little or no reason… So if we’re gonna talk about Assata, let’s talk about the murders of unarmed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark? Let’s talk about the murder of Lil Bobby Hutton. Can we say COINTEL-PRO??”
Thoughts?

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