Condemning Joanne Chesimard and those who celebrate her and her actions, and honoring the law enforcement members killed by her and groups she was connected to.
HRES 1120 is a symbolic House resolution condemning Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur), a convicted murderer linked to the Black Liberation Army, for her role in violent attacks that killed or injured law enforcement officers. It specifically honors six officers killed by her or her associates, including Trooper Werner Foerster and NYPD officers Piagentini, Jones, Foster, Laurie, and Scarangella. The resolution rejects any celebration of Chesimard and calls on Cuba to extradite her, as she remains a fugitive living in Cuba after escaping U.S. custody. As a non-binding resolution, it does not create new law but expresses congressional condemnation.
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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