ASSATA SHAKUR A.K.A JOANNE CHESIMARD
Posted on 12/27/2014 8:14:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Before we even got out of the gate, the Cubans were saying that giving up convicted terrorist and cop killer Joanne Chesimard was a non-starter because they have the right to protect persecuted fugitives who seek asylum. (And here I was worried that this might not work out…) But even if the Castros won’t surrender her peacefully, is it possible that we might just be able to grab her once we have more of an official presence in Havana? If so, some of the regular citizens might be willing to pitch in and help, particularly if there’s a couple million bucks in the deal for them.
Cop-killer Joanne Chesimard may hold a special place in Fidel Castro’s heart — but ordinary Cubans eyeing a $2 million reward would rat her out in a heartbeat, several told The Post.
“A Cuban would sell out his mother for that kind of money. Money is what talks,” declared Carlos, a Havana merchant.
“A Cuban will sell you out for 5 pesos. Imagine $2 million,” added Juan, a hotel worker in the capital.
I’m not sure where the balance of reaction falls on these interviews. Are we encouraged that some of the regular folks on the street might help us or discouraged that they so casually admit that they’ll hand over their own mom for a fistful of dollars? Either way, the point may be moot. Assuming the reporters did any sort of competent job while investigating this, nobody seems to know where she is.
Frank, a cabdriver, told The Post that plenty of his countrymen would turn in Chesimard — who is also known as Assata Shakur, and is the aunt of the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
“There are a lot of dissidents that live here that would. I’m not surprised that’s she being hidden,” he said.
One local named Nelson was so interested when told about Chesimard and the bounty on her head he started his own search.
A day later he told The Post: “I spoke to many people. No one knows where she is. Only people high up in government know.”
For some reason I had been under the impression that Chesimard was just blending into the population and living in the community with the rest of the Cubans. If this information is accurate, it could mean that either she is doing just that, but has disguised her new identity amazingly well and kept one heck of a secret for decades. It could also mean that she’s living under the direct control and support of the government in some elite enclave to avoid the risk of having her wandering around on the streets. Either way, extracting her could be more complicated than it first seemed.
Of course, our intelligence community may very well already know exactly where she is and how to reach her, but simply hasn’t had a safe and productive method of getting her out alive without leaving an even larger disaster in their wake. If that’s the case, perhaps a new, more open era could present some opportunities along these lines. It’s worth crossing our fingers for, because this one has been in the wind for far too long.
In May 1973, Shakur was involved in a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike, in which she was accused of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster and grievously assaulting Trooper James Harper.
BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur was also killed in the incident, and Shakur was wounded. Between 1973 and 1977, Shakur was indicted in relation to six other incidents—charged with murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, bank robbery, and kidnapping—resulting in three acquittals and three dismissals. In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of Foerster and of seven other felonies related to the shootout. In 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced it had made Shakur the first woman on its list of most wanted terrorists.
Shakur was incarcerated in several prisons in the '70s. She escaped from prison in 1979 and has been living in Cuba, in political asylum, since 1984. Since May 2, 2005, the FBI has classified her as a domestic terrorist and offered a $1 million reward for assistance in her capture. On May 2, 2013, the FBI added her to the Most Wanted Terrorist List. On the same day, the New Jersey Attorney General offered to match the FBI reward, increasing the total reward for her capture to $2 million.
It would not be that difficult for a 67 year old black woman to melt into the background of whatever constitutes ‘regular Cuban Life’. All she would need would be a place to stay, food and a light touch of security. Many have likely seen her for years, but don’t know who she is to the U.S. She could keep her gray hair in a turban and pretend to be a old Haitian woman who only speaks basic spanish.
In 0bama World, she’ll be our next Secretary of State! Maybe Chief of Staff?
Stay tuned! We’ve got TWO @#$%^&*! YEARS to go!
But even if the Castros won’t surrender her peacefully, is it possible that we might just be able to grab her once we have more of an official presence in Havana? …Just how many of such people did we get from China once we established our “official presence” there?
Again, we need to do this SEAL Team6 style. I’m sick and tired of these people (I’m being INSANELY generous) sharing our precious oxygen.
Astute observation!
Fred Reed says it a lot better than I;
“It is curious that blacks, the least educated thirteen percent of the population, the least productive, most criminal, and most dependent on governmental charity, should dominate national politics. Yet they do. Virtually everything revolves around what blacks want, demand, do, or can’t do. Their power seems without limit.”
How did she get to Cuba after her escape from prison here?
$2 million dead or alive, all the Cubans have to do is produce her head in a bag.
The Last Words of Tupac Shakur
http://vegasseven.com/2014/05/21/last-words-tupac-shakur/
Tupac Shakur - Final 24 Hours - YouTube
Tupac, a Scumbag Thug who had NO respect for African Americans! He shot and killed people ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oANNrHQ05mM
“It is curious that blacks, the least educated thirteen percent of the population, the least productive, most criminal, and most dependent on governmental charity, should dominate national politics. Yet they do. Virtually everything revolves around what blacks want, demand, do, or can’t do. Their power seems without limit.”
BUMP!
Democrat Power Base. All by design, Comrade. All. By. Design.
‘Astute! Astute! She thinks I’m astute!’ ~ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer :)
Maybe it’s why the white hut chef quit his job she be the new cook.
LOLOLOL! You don’t know how many times I had to re-type astute” to get it spelled right!
:)
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