By Olumide T.
Agunbiade|Nigerian writer
THE FBI adds a woman on its list of most
wanted terrorists for the first time – a 1970s black radical who authorities
say shot a New jersey trooper, made a daring daylight escape from prison and
fled to Cuba.
The agency and the state also doubled the bounty for her
capture to $2 million. This announcement was the latest turn in the 40-year
saga of Joanne Chesimard – also known as Assata Shakur – who was part of the
Black Liberation Army and became one of the most notorious fugitives in New
Jersey history.
Chesimard was found guilty of murder in the killing of
Trooper Werner Foerster who was shot dead on may 2, 1973, after stopping her
and two associates. She was convicted in 1977 and sent to prison, but she broke
out two years later with the help of accomplices from the BLA and the Weather
Underground, a left-wing radical organization.
Now 65, Chesimard, who is the step-aunt of late rapper Tupac
Shakur, is the 46th person added to the list of most wanted
terrorists since President W. Bush established it after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Osama bin Ladin was on the list until he was killed 2011.
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