Assata Shakur Should Not Be on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorsit List

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Assata Shakur is a revolutionary African-American woman who believed in the uplifting of the black race during the sixties and seventies. She is an awesome and inspiring symbol of overcoming a corrupt society’s limitations and racial strongholds. In 1971, Assata Shakur was accused of robbing a bank in Queens (Shakur XIX). This was just the beginning of a long list of accusations and arraignments that she would be experiencing. Assata Shakur was a member of the Black Panther Party, an organization that was dedicated to the uplifting of the black race ‘by any means necessary’ (BlackPast). During the height of the Black Panther Party, the government began targeting the group feeling that it posed a national threat to the country. The unification of a militant black army caused government agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation to develop tactics to destroy the power and institution of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was also an affiliate with the Black Liberation Army (Shakur 52).
It took the United States court system seven times to finally convict Assata Shakur, and even after being finally convicted, the notion was under false information and misrepresentation. She was accused of multiple bank robberies that took place between 1971 and 1972 and the murder of a drug dealer in 1973(Shakur XIX). While most of the trials were dismissed, one trial did end with the conviction of Assata. The action that caused her conviction was the accusation of murdering a New Jersey State Trooper. Whether people believe Assata Shakur murdered a state trooper in 1973, the facts prove that Assata could not have possibly murdered a man in the condition that she was (Puryear).
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