Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) sparked outrage by honoring Assata Shakur, a convicted cop killer once placed on the FBI’s “most wanted terrorist” list. The socialist group praised Shakur, who gunned down New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster in 1973, claiming the “American state brutally oppressed” her and her fellow Black Panthers. The DSA declared, “Rest in Power, Assata Shakur,” after Cuba confirmed she died at 78.
Shakur’s radical legacy is well documented. Convicted of murder in 1977, she escaped prison with the help of the Black Liberation Army and fled to communist Cuba under Fidel Castro’s protection. The FBI later reported the group’s goal was simple: “to ‘kill cops'” and seize control of communities. Shakur was also tied to bank robberies and a 1971 grenade attack on NYPD officers.
Mamdani’s silence on the DSA’s tribute raises troubling questions about his political allegiances. He once demanded to “defund the police” and initially refused to condemn the chant, “Globalize the intifada.”
Adding fuel to the fire, House Democrats Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, and Yvette Clarke also honored Shakur. Clarke said, “If there is a single truth in this world, it is that Assata died a free woman.” Pressley echoed: “Rest in Peace and Power.”
The embrace of a convicted cop killer highlights the far left’s moral bankruptcy. Instead of celebrating America’s fallen officers, Democrat leaders and their socialist allies continue to romanticize radicals who waged war on law enforcement.
