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Chapter Summary Of Zayd Shakur

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Shakur, no longer a member of the Black Panther Party, was stopped on the New Jersey State Turnpike, along with two Black Panthers: Zayd Shakur and Sundiata Acoli. In an ensuing gunfight, Zayd Shakur and one New Jersey state policeman were killed and Assata Shakur and one New Jersey state policeman were injured. Chapter 1 Summary 1 Story begins with Assata realizing that Zayd was dead. Assata was shot in the chest three times. The police believe that Assata shot a state trooper so they are brutal in their treatment with her: Throwing her around like a "Rag doll," poking and prodding at her while trying to get information, putting their fingers in her eyes with some burning chemicals on the tips, even placing her stretcher next to Zayd's

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