The Movement for Black Lives prides ‘freedom fighters’ like convicted police officer killer Assata Shakur
The Movement for Black Lives, which has been supported by progressive Democrats like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has praised several convicted police officer killers.
The wide alliance of liberal groups, like Black Lives Matter, sent a message to supporters in the past week saying, “Black August is when we commemorate the lives of our fallen freedom fighters and political prisoners, prisoners of war, and exiles.”
The text message added, “We honor their sacrifice.”
The text message went on by talking about what activists and social justice groups can do during “Black August” — and it brought up signing clemency petitions for Mutulu Shakur and Sundiata Acoli. Shakur is a former Black Liberation Army leader led several armed robberies in Connecticut and New York. In 1981, the Brinks robbery led to the killings of an armed guard and two cops. Acoli was convicted of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a 1973 traffic stop.
Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota have all showed their support of the radical left-wing alliance on their social media profiles.
Ocasio-Cortez last summer celebrated the Movement for Black Lives on her Facebook page for starting a project that would aid in the”advance the movement to defund the police and invest in Black and brown communities.”
“The fight to #DefundThePolice won’t only happen in the streets. It’s also going to take place in city halls. The Working Families Party and the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives are coming together to launch the WFP Justice Fund,” the post read.
Last November, Tlaib posted on twitter that she was dedicated to the Movement for Black Lives and said, “Thank organizers.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Omar thanked the progressive coalition last summer for supporting local candidates who share the goal of defunding the police.
In addition to supporting Mutulu Shakur and Acoli, the Movement for Black Lives has shown support for Assata Shakur, who is on the FBI’s most wanted terrorists list. Shakur, whose married name is JoAnne Chesimard, was one of the three in Acoli’s vehicle and was also convicted of the 1973 murder of Foerster. She fled from prison and was given asylum in Cuba by the late Fidel Castro.
In August 2020, the group posted on twitter that they were closing out “Black August” with a concert to “support the liberation of our Freedom Fighters that are in Exile or Incarcerated like Assata Shakur.” Another tweet from last August said, “Text DEFEND to 90975 to stand with Assata Shakur and countless other political prisoners,” adding that she is “welcome” to join their group.
On its website, the Movement for Black Lives says they are against the capitalist system in the United States and that they believe “prisons, police and all other institutions that inflict violence on Black people must be abolished and replaced by institutions that value and affirm the flourishing of Black lives.”
The group also supports removing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, having once posted on twitter: “Abolish ICE isn’t just a protest chant — it’s a real demand that we as a community must see through to the end.”
The offices of Tlaib, Omar, and Ocasio-Cortez did not reply to Fox News’ requests for comment. Movement for Black Lives did not reply to Fox News’ requests for comment either.