Assata Shakur, a Black Panther leader, was convicted of murder in a 1973 shootout on the NJ Turnpike, resulting in the deaths of a Panther leader and a NJ State Trooper.
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
A notorious 1973 shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike claimed the lives of a Black Panther leader and a state trooper, leading to the wrongful imprisonment of prominent Black Panther activist Assata Shakur.
