Assata Shakur born and raised in New York July 16, 1947. Attended Manhattan Community College and CCNY. Political asylum in cuba. Assata remains a fugitive in New Jersey and United States after being stopped in New Jersey. On May 2, 1973 Assata Shakur was stopped on the New Jersey State Turnpike along with Zayd Shakur and Sundiata Acoli, two Black Panthers,for driving with a broken taillight. According to the records of the police officers, Shakur opened fire on the troopers and a gunfight commenced. Layd Shakur and Trooper Foester were killed, Trooper Herper and Assata Shakur were injured. Its said that Shakur took the service weapon and wounded Trooper Foesterand and shot him twice in the head. Shakur was the tried in six different criminel trials afterwards.