Overview

• Cuba’s government and Shakur’s daughter confirmed she died in Havana on Sept. 25 at age 78 from health conditions associated with advanced age.
• The Chicago Teachers Union posted a tribute on Sept. 27 honoring Shakur as a revolutionary and elder of Black liberation, citing language from her autobiography.
• Multiple Chicago aldermen condemned the post as glorifying political violence and held a news conference, with Ald. Brendan Reilly and Ald. Debra Silverstein warning it sends a harmful message to students and endangers police.
• New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy denounced the tribute as “shameful and depraved,” and Kash Patel criticized public mourning of Shakur as disrespectful to fallen officers.
• CTU vice president Jackson Potter defended the post and criticized council members’ focus, while Mayor Brandon Johnson declined to denounce the tribute and called Shakur an important figure who claimed innocence.