FBI Director Kash Patel Tells People Not to Mourn Tupac's Godmother
FBI Director Kash Patel called Assata Shakur a terrorist and condemned mourning her as disrespectful to law enforcement officers who died in service.
- On Sunday, FBI Director Kash Patel urged Americans not to mourn Assata Shakur, who died last week in Havana, Cuba, at age 78, confirmed by her daughter and Cuba's foreign ministry.
- Convicted in 1977, Assata Shakur received a life sentence for killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster and escaped prison in 1979 before gaining 1984 asylum in Cuba.
- Kash Patel wrote on X that `The FBI never stopped calling her what she was: a terrorist` and called mourning her `spitting on the badge` while accusing Joanne Chesimard of killing Trooper Werner Foerster.
- Tributes from activists clashed with condemnation from law enforcement, as Kakuya Shakur confirmed the death and Cuba's Ministry cited health and advanced age.
- Marked as the first woman on the FBI's most wanted terrorists list, Assata Shakur lived in Cuba and remained a polarizing figure celebrated by activists but reviled by law enforcement, with President Donald J. Trump recently demanding her extradition.
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FBI Director Kash Patel Tells People Not to Mourn Tupac's Godmother
Tupac's godmother was a terrorist, and mourning her is a slap in the face to cops all around the country ... so says FBI Director Kash Patel in a fiery new statement.
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