Assata Shakur became aware early on of the racial inequalities of African Americans and other minority groups while growing up in the segregated South and later during her time spent in the North. It would be those early experiences that influenced her to join the Black Panther Party and, later, the Black Liberation Army. In the period 1973-1979 in the United States she was accused of numerous criminal acts including attempted armed robbery, bank robbery, kidnapping, attempted murder: first and second degree. Most of the cases were dismissed, but it would be the events of May 2, 1973 in which Assata was found guilty that influenced her decision to flee the country and regain her freedom; Here we examine his life during the trial, discrimination in law enforcement and its impact on black culture. According to Assata on May 2, 1973 she along with Zayd Malik Shakur and Sundiata Acoli were stopped by two white policemen who claimed they were driving with a broken taillight. The first officer (Trooper Forester) approached the car and asked to see the driver's license. Shortly thereafter the officer allegedly shot Assata while she had her arms raised. Then she was shot in the back and left to die; once she didn't die she was taken to hospital where she was threatened and beaten. The police interrogated her trying to get her to confess what they wanted to hear. They wanted him to admit to the murders of his friends and the policeman, but when his finger was examined there were no gunpowder marks nor did they find his fingerprints on any weapon. Even though the officer on the scene, Trooper Harper, confessed to lying in his police reports about the other officer yelling or Assata pulling a gun out of a red wallet. She de... middle of paper... clear facts and evidence that the legal system did everything to show Trayvon as an ignorant, misbehaving teenager, and in the end there was no justice for him. We need people who advocate for fair paths, judges, lawyers and jurors. Assata described her ordeal as a legal lynching, saying she should have remained in her cell; they would do whatever they wanted to anyone. Assata which means “she who fights”; all her life Assata struggled to be at peace with how things were for black people and why they were not given equal opportunities. Olugbala meaning "for the people" describes Assata's passion for improving the lives of her people and how she wanted to make her ancestors like Harriet Tubman proud. Shakur "the grateful" is grateful to her grandmother who taught her to defend herself and grateful to a nation like Cuba that welcomed her and gave her peace of mind.