Trooper Didn&#039;t See Chesimard Fire Shot: Kunstler Shows Trooper May Have Deserted Back-up, Newspaper Article.

Trooper Didn't See Chesimard Fire Shot: Kunstler Shows Trooper May Have Deserted Back-up, Newspaper Article.

Title: Trooper Didn't See Chesimard Fire Shot: Kunstler Shows Trooper May Have Deserted Back-up, Newspaper Article.
Date: 1977-03-05
Creator: Pam Roberts
Description: A newspaper from the New Jersey Afro-American about discrepancies in the testimony of trooper James Harper in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In cross-examination, it was revealed that Harper had not seen Shakur fire the shot that had wounded him even though he had claimed that earlier.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999; Law; Justice; Black power
Additional Subject: Black Panther Party (BPP); Prison; Black nationalism
Type: Textual document
Medium: Paper
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.IX.4.49.38
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.JSU.0830
Rights: All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.
Contributing Institution: Jackson State University
Source: Originally published in New Jersey Afro-American, 5 Mar. 1977, p. 1.
Collection: The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
Relation: Chesimard Jury Told of Physical Evidence, Newspaper Article.; Jury Sees Bloody Cop Uniform, Newspaper Article.

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