Overview

• Members of the Chicago City Council criticized the union’s X post on Monday, arguing it glorifies extremist violence and sends a harmful message to students.
• New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy denounced the tribute as “shameful and depraved,” citing the murder of state trooper Werner Foerster.
• The union’s Friday post honored Shakur as a “revolutionary fighter” and “revered elder of Black liberation” following reports of her death at age 78.
• CTU Vice President Jackson Potter defended the post in a statement, accusing aldermen of fixating on a tweet instead of addressing constituents’ needs.
• Shakur was convicted in the 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shooting, escaped prison in 1979, received asylum in Cuba, and was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list in 2013 with a $2 million reward.