Teachers union mourns notorious NJ cop killer, sparking outrage and rare unity Rick Rickman Published: September 29, 2025 NJ Republicans applaud Gov. Murphy for condemning the Chicago Teachers Union's posts about convicted state trooper killer Assata Shakur, who recently died (AP Photo/Tim Larsen, File)(Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office)(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

🔴 Assata Shakur died in exile in Cuba after being convicted of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster.

🔴 A teachers union is celebrating her life and calls her "a leader of freedom."

🔴 New Jersey leaders are coming together to slam the "shameless" post

Controversy is brewing after the largest teachers union in Chicago heaped praise on a woman who died in exile after she was convicted of the murder of a New

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