Cop Killer Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is wanted by the FBI she is a convicted murderer who escaped prison and was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) a terrorist organization.   Joanne Chesimard aka Assata Shakur is wanted for escaping from prison in Clinton, New Jersey, while serving a life sentence for murder. On May 2, 1973, Chesimard, who was part of a revolutionary extremist organization known as the Black Liberation Army (BLA) terrorists, and two accomplices were stopped for a motor vehicle violation on the New Jersey Turnpike by two troopers with the New Jersey State Police. At the time, Chesimard was wanted for her involvement in several felonies, including bank robbery. Chesimard and her accomplices opened fire on the troopers. One trooper was wounded and the other was shot and killed execution-style at point-blank range.  COP KILLER Chesimard fled the New Jersey Turnpike scene, but was su...