Tuesday, December 12, 2006
By Sara Bonisteel
NEW YORK — New York City college students who share a community room named for an escaped cop killer called the fugitive their hero Tuesday as the school's officials demanded the removal of the honor.
A handful of campus groups at the City College of New York commended the school for allowing them to work in the name of domestic "terrorist" Assata Shakur, now believed to be hiding in Cuba.
"We know that many Black people that fought for better conditions in the 70's were framed," the groups said in a statement released to FOXNews.com. "We consider Assata Shakur to be one of the people who were wrongfully and purposefully framed for her activities.
"And we consider her a hero and role model for standing up for our people and putting her life on the line."The chancellor of City University of New York, meanwhile, demanded the "unauthorized and inappropriate signage" be removed.
Why did it take so long for the Chancellor to decide that this needed to be removed?
What is the university system teaching the young people of this nation?
University's should be for academics and not political BS.
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