Way to play to your base.
The audience was asked by a top official from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to repeat a quote by Assata Shakur. She was convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper back in 1973, but has since escaped from prison to live in Cuba.
“I will have you participate in repeating some words from a leader by the name of Assata Shakur,” said Jamal Watkins, Vice President of Civic Engagement for the NAACP. “It is our duty to fight for our freedom…it is our duty to win…we must love each other and respect each other…we have nothing to lose but our chains.”
Shakur was a member of the Black Liberation Army, and was the first woman to make the FBI’s most wanted list. Although none of the Democrat candidates personally expressed support for Shakur at the event, reports say she has been an influential figure on the left.