Mutulu Shakur
American activist and prisoner (1950–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was a convicted murderer, New African activist, and a member of the Black Liberation Army who was sentenced to sixty years in prison for his involvement in a 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored truck in which a guard and two police officers were murdered.
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Born | Jeral Wayne Williams (1950-08-08)August 8, 1950 |
Died | July 7, 2023(2023-07-07) (aged 72) Southern California, U.S. |
Occupation | Acupuncturist |
Criminal status | Deceased |
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Children | 6, including Mopreme and Tupac (stepson) |
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Criminal penalty | 60 years' imprisonment |
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
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Added | July 23, 1982 |
Caught | February 12, 1986 |
Number | 380 |
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Shakur was politically active as a teen with the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) and later the black separatist movement the Republic of New Afrika. He was the stepfather of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Shakur was paroled after serving nearly 37 years of imprisonment, and died about eight months later.[1]