An elderly member of the Black Liberation Army who killed a NJ State Trooper was ordered to be released from prison because the parole board could not show evidence there was a substantial likelihood that he would commit a crime again, the state's high court has ruled.
On May 2, 1973, Acoli was driving on the NJ Turnpike with two fellow members of the BLA in the early morning of May 2, 1973 when Trooper James Harper pulled them over for a broken taillight.
In the meantime, Acoli attempted to grab Trooper Foerster’s gun from him. In the course of that struggle, Acoli claims that Trooper Harper fired at him, grazing the top of his head and causing him to blackout. According to Acoli, when he regained consciousness, Trooper Foerster’s body was lying on the ground nearby and Acoli fled with Costan and Chesimard, both severely wounded.
Acoli first became eligible for parole in 1993. The Parole Board has denied Acoli parole every time he became eligible for release. Acoli has lived the last 49-years in various federal prisons.
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