October 6, 2025 • 7 mins
She was shot, tried, convicted, and still disappeared right outta State custody. In this episode of IDKMYDE, B Daht gives you 3 of the most useless facts you'll never need in life, then shares how decades later one woman's name is in FBI briefings as well as protest chants--she became a symbol, a target, and a ghost the Government never caught again.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I know it alls, know it alls, know it alls.
What's happening? Welcome back to another episode of I Didn't Know?
Maybe you didn't either. I'm your host B Dots aka
mister Alumni twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
For Winston Salem State University.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I get crowned for that at homecoming in a couple
of weeks October seventeenth, to be exact, and just a
heads up, I'm back on the radio Saturday evenings from
four to nine in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hit me on
Instagram at b dot tv bda ht TV and you
can find all the details there. But it's the dot
spot and that will be rocking. But happy October to
(00:38):
you and yours prayers to anyone that's battling with or
has fought against breast cancer. You know we're gonna have
a lot of awareness for that this month. My mother
did fight breast cancer up until her death May fifth
of last year. And to keep it a butt with you,
she didn't even die as a result of breast cancer.
She died as a result of sepsis. She was kicking
(00:59):
breast cancer's ad But make sure you rock some pink
sometime this month to stand in agreement and support of
our sisters that have to deal with that piece of
a as disease called breast cancer.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
If you're knew here, welcome. If you're a return and
know it all, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
We kick off every episode with three of the most
useless facts you'll never.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Need, not a day in life.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
So here goes your first useless fact. Did you know
Canada has more lakes than any country on Earth? How
many lakes you think Canada got? Did you guess three million?
Because that's the correct answer, Over three million.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Lakes in Canada.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Your second useless fact, what movie do you think is
the most death heavy film ever made?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I'll give you a hint.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
An average of five people die every single minute of
the movie.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Did you guess three hundred?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Because if you did, you're correct them Spartans wasn't playing
no games. And your third and final useless fact. There's
a real rock band called hate Beak and their lead
singer is an African gray parrot.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I you not.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
They even did a collab with another band called Caninis
or can Ninus. I've never seen him perform, so I
don't really know how it's pronounced either way. The two
lead vocalists for that band are dogs. Those have been
your three useless facts. Canada has more legs than any
country on Earth, over three million. The movie three hundred
(02:40):
is the most death heavy film ever made. An average
of five people die every minute. And it's a real
rock band called Hate Beak. They got a lead singer
that's an African gray parrot. And they did a collab
with a band called Cane Ninis who got two lead
vocalists as dogs. And it ain't no auto tune on
the Barks or the squad box. I don't know when
(03:01):
you'll need those useless facts, but you will. Now let's
talk about a woman whose name still shakes the government
almost fifty years later, Asada Shakur. Now, I saw that
the Sada Shakur had passed. And when I saw she passed,
I was like, dang, I know she related to Tupacs
some kind of way, but that's pretty.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Much all I know. Did you know what Sida Shakuru was?
Because I didn't. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know.
I didn't know. Maybe I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Maybe you did. I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So Asada Shakur was born Joanne derbrah Byron on July sixteenth,
nineteen forty seven, in Queens, New York. Now they say
she grew up between New York and the South, but
she really came into her own during the peak of
the Civil rights movement and the Black power movement. Now,
early nineteen seventies, she joined the Black Panther Party for
Self Defense. She was doing community work, free breakfasts, health clinics,
(04:00):
political education programs, you know everything the Black Panther Party
for Self Defense stood for. But then the FBI disrupted
the Black Panther Party for Self Defense with that co
Intel pro You remember that that was the program. They
started to target the Panthers with different raids and arrests
and infiltration. So Asada she shifted to a more underground group,
the Black Liberation Army or BLA. I'm going to have
(04:22):
to do an episode on BLA because I'm not very
familiar with them either, But I do know that the
government labeled her a militant and a threat. Meanwhile, she
just called herself a black woman fighting for freedom in
a country that treated her people like enemies. Now, why
is Asada Shakur important well. She became a symbol of resistance,
especially for black women. She spoke openly about racism, policing, sexism,
(04:45):
and how the government got a role in suppressing black movements.
She got a book, it's an autobiography named Asada. I
just downloaded it because I heard it's required reading in
activist circles and college classrooms. If you've ever been at
a protest and you heard chance. It is our duty
to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other. We
(05:08):
have nothing to lose but our chains. That's a side
of Shakur. Now, of course, that name Shakur is not random.
She married a man named Lamumba Shakur. He was a
leader in the New York Chapel of the Black Panther
Party for Self Defense. Now that's a lineage of Shakir activists,
and through her marriage she became family to him. Matulu Shakur,
(05:29):
he was a Black liberation figure. But that was her
brother in law, and of course Tupac Shakir, that's her
nephew's last step nephew. They said, that's all depending on
how you trace the family tree. So yes, when they
talk about Park having that revolutionary spirit that was in
his DNA. Now, Sada Shakur got sent to jail for murder.
You can google the Turnpipe case. May nineteen seventy three,
(05:52):
Assada and two members of the BLA, the Black Liberation Army.
They got pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpipe. A
shootout broke out. A state trooper named Werner Forrester, he
was killed, one of USADA's homies killed. Asada herself was
shot twice and captured. Now, even though it was a
bunch of inconsistencies in this case, she was the one
(06:13):
convicted of murder in nineteen seventy seven and got sentenced
to life in prison plus thirty three years till her death,
she maintained she never fired a gun. To this day,
a lot of people say it was a conspiracy. The
whole trial was political payback, not justice. But while she
was locked up serving her life in prison plus thirty
three years, she escaped two years after being sentenced. November two,
(06:39):
nineteen seventy nine, she was in the Clinton Correctional Facility
for Women in New Jersey. Three members of the Black
Liberation Army coming to the visiting area cappened like they
just regular visitors until they pulled that heat out. They
took the guards and civilians hostage, no shootout, just a takeover.
They went got Assada and walked her out the front,
(07:00):
dough into a van and pulled smooth off. They switched
vehicles down the road and disappeared into an underground network
of houses. For to this day, nobody involved has officially
ever told that story. So she was underground chilling for
four years and ended up in Cuba nineteen eighty four,
resurfaced after for del Castro granted her political asylumn there.
(07:21):
Assada Shakur lived in Cuba until she passed September twenty fifth,
twenty twenty five. She was the first woman to ever
be on the FBI's most Wanted Terrorist list, and it
was a two million dollar reward on her head.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
When she passed.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
The American government looked at her as a terrorist, but
a lot of people around the world just look at
her as a survivor of state persecution and a symbol
of liberation.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I
I know it alls, know it alls, know it alls.
What's happening? Welcome back to another episode of I Didn't Know?
Maybe you didn't either. I'm your host B Dots aka
mister Alumni twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
For Winston Salem State University.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I get crowned for that at homecoming in a couple
of weeks October seventeenth, to be exact, and just a
heads up, I'm back on the radio Saturday evenings from
four to nine in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hit me on
Instagram at b dot tv bda ht TV and you
can find all the details there. But it's the dot
spot and that will be rocking. But happy October to
(00:38):
you and yours prayers to anyone that's battling with or
has fought against breast cancer. You know we're gonna have
a lot of awareness for that this month. My mother
did fight breast cancer up until her death May fifth
of last year. And to keep it a butt with you,
she didn't even die as a result of breast cancer.
She died as a result of sepsis. She was kicking
(00:59):
breast cancer's ad But make sure you rock some pink
sometime this month to stand in agreement and support of
our sisters that have to deal with that piece of
a as disease called breast cancer.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
If you're knew here, welcome. If you're a return and
know it all, you know.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
We kick off every episode with three of the most
useless facts you'll never.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Need, not a day in life.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
So here goes your first useless fact. Did you know
Canada has more lakes than any country on Earth? How
many lakes you think Canada got? Did you guess three million?
Because that's the correct answer, Over three million.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Lakes in Canada.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Your second useless fact, what movie do you think is
the most death heavy film ever made?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I'll give you a hint.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
An average of five people die every single minute of
the movie.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Did you guess three hundred?
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Because if you did, you're correct them Spartans wasn't playing
no games. And your third and final useless fact. There's
a real rock band called hate Beak and their lead
singer is an African gray parrot.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I you not.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
They even did a collab with another band called Caninis
or can Ninus. I've never seen him perform, so I
don't really know how it's pronounced either way. The two
lead vocalists for that band are dogs. Those have been
your three useless facts. Canada has more legs than any
country on Earth, over three million. The movie three hundred
(02:40):
is the most death heavy film ever made. An average
of five people die every minute. And it's a real
rock band called Hate Beak. They got a lead singer
that's an African gray parrot. And they did a collab
with a band called Cane Ninis who got two lead
vocalists as dogs. And it ain't no auto tune on
the Barks or the squad box. I don't know when
(03:01):
you'll need those useless facts, but you will. Now let's
talk about a woman whose name still shakes the government
almost fifty years later, Asada Shakur. Now, I saw that
the Sada Shakur had passed. And when I saw she passed,
I was like, dang, I know she related to Tupacs
some kind of way, but that's pretty.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Much all I know. Did you know what Sida Shakuru was?
Because I didn't. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know.
I didn't know. Maybe I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Maybe you did. I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I didn't know. I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I didn't know.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
So Asada Shakur was born Joanne derbrah Byron on July sixteenth,
nineteen forty seven, in Queens, New York. Now they say
she grew up between New York and the South, but
she really came into her own during the peak of
the Civil rights movement and the Black power movement. Now,
early nineteen seventies, she joined the Black Panther Party for
Self Defense. She was doing community work, free breakfasts, health clinics,
(04:00):
political education programs, you know everything the Black Panther Party
for Self Defense stood for. But then the FBI disrupted
the Black Panther Party for Self Defense with that co
Intel pro You remember that that was the program. They
started to target the Panthers with different raids and arrests
and infiltration. So Asada she shifted to a more underground group,
the Black Liberation Army or BLA. I'm going to have
(04:22):
to do an episode on BLA because I'm not very
familiar with them either, But I do know that the
government labeled her a militant and a threat. Meanwhile, she
just called herself a black woman fighting for freedom in
a country that treated her people like enemies. Now, why
is Asada Shakur important well. She became a symbol of resistance,
especially for black women. She spoke openly about racism, policing, sexism,
(04:45):
and how the government got a role in suppressing black movements.
She got a book, it's an autobiography named Asada. I
just downloaded it because I heard it's required reading in
activist circles and college classrooms. If you've ever been at
a protest and you heard chance. It is our duty
to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other. We
(05:08):
have nothing to lose but our chains. That's a side
of Shakur. Now, of course, that name Shakur is not random.
She married a man named Lamumba Shakur. He was a
leader in the New York Chapel of the Black Panther
Party for Self Defense. Now that's a lineage of Shakir activists,
and through her marriage she became family to him. Matulu Shakur,
(05:29):
he was a Black liberation figure. But that was her
brother in law, and of course Tupac Shakir, that's her
nephew's last step nephew. They said, that's all depending on
how you trace the family tree. So yes, when they
talk about Park having that revolutionary spirit that was in
his DNA. Now, Sada Shakur got sent to jail for murder.
You can google the Turnpipe case. May nineteen seventy three,
(05:52):
Assada and two members of the BLA, the Black Liberation Army.
They got pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpipe. A
shootout broke out. A state trooper named Werner Forrester, he
was killed, one of USADA's homies killed. Asada herself was
shot twice and captured. Now, even though it was a
bunch of inconsistencies in this case, she was the one
(06:13):
convicted of murder in nineteen seventy seven and got sentenced
to life in prison plus thirty three years till her death,
she maintained she never fired a gun. To this day,
a lot of people say it was a conspiracy. The
whole trial was political payback, not justice. But while she
was locked up serving her life in prison plus thirty
three years, she escaped two years after being sentenced. November two,
(06:39):
nineteen seventy nine, she was in the Clinton Correctional Facility
for Women in New Jersey. Three members of the Black
Liberation Army coming to the visiting area cappened like they
just regular visitors until they pulled that heat out. They
took the guards and civilians hostage, no shootout, just a takeover.
They went got Assada and walked her out the front,
(07:00):
dough into a van and pulled smooth off. They switched
vehicles down the road and disappeared into an underground network
of houses. For to this day, nobody involved has officially
ever told that story. So she was underground chilling for
four years and ended up in Cuba nineteen eighty four,
resurfaced after for del Castro granted her political asylumn there.
(07:21):
Assada Shakur lived in Cuba until she passed September twenty fifth,
twenty twenty five. She was the first woman to ever
be on the FBI's most Wanted Terrorist list, and it
was a two million dollar reward on her head.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
When she passed.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
The American government looked at her as a terrorist, but
a lot of people around the world just look at
her as a survivor of state persecution and a symbol
of liberation.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
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