Colin Kaepernick donated $25,000 to group named after convicted cop killer and former Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur who broke out of jail and fled to Cuba

•  Colin Kaepernick's foundation made the donation to Assata's Daughters in April
• The Chicago-based charity is named in honor of cop killer Assata Shakur
• Shakur was convicted in the 1973 shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper
• The Black Liberation Army member escaped from prison and lives in Cuba
• She was godmother to rapper Tupac Shakur, whose stepfather aided the escape
• Charity is a 'collective of radical Black women' affiliated with Black Lives Matter

Colin Kaepernick's $25,000 donation to a charitable group honoring a convicted cop killer has been revealed.

Kaepernick's foundation made the donation to Chicago-based Assata's Daughter's, named after former Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur, in April as part of a $1million charitable pledge.

Shakur was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1973 shooting death of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster and sentenced to life in prison, but staged a daring jailbreak and now lives as a fugitive in Cuba.

Convicted Murderer Assata Shakur

Murdered state trooper Werner Foerster 

Kaepernick, who is well known for his protests against police during the national anthem as a former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, made the donation as part of his pledge to donate $100,000 a month for 10 months to 'organizations working in oppressed communities'.

Assata's Daughters was founded in 2015 to 'develop and train young people, ages 4-19, in the Black queer feminist tradition and in the spirit of...

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