Mutulu Shakur
Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was an American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army. He was sentenced to sixty years in prison for his role in a 1981 robbery in which a guard and two police officers were murdered.
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| Born | Jeral Wayne Williams August 8, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 7, 2023 (aged 72) Southern California | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Acupuncturist | ||||||||||||||||
| Criminal status | Deceased | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Makini Shakur (née Hearn) (m. 1982; div. 2010) | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | 6, inc. Mopreme Shakur and stepson Tupac Shakur | ||||||||||||||||
| Conviction(s) | Racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962) Conspiracy to commit racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962) Killing during the commission of a bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) (2 counts) Armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) (2 counts) Bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) (2 counts) | ||||||||||||||||
| Criminal penalty | 60 years imprisonment | ||||||||||||||||
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Shakur was politically active with the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) and Republic of New Afrika. He was the stepfather of Tupac Shakur.
In July 2022, it was revealed that Shakur had terminal bone marrow cancer, and had "six months to live".[1]
References
- "DR. MUTULU SHAKUR REPEATEDLY DENIED COMPASSIONATE RELEASE DESPITE TERMINAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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