Weather Underground Radical Kathy Boudin Has Died At The Age Of 78

Kathy Boudin, a member of the radical Weather Underground militant group involved in a 1981 robbery that killed two police officers and a security guard, died of cancer on Sunday. Boudin, 78, spent decades in prison for serving as an escape guide in the October 1981 robbery, in which members of her team worked with the Black Liberation Army to rob an armored truck carrying cash. BANKING ROBBER IMPRESSED WHEN THE BASIS CANNOT READ OBJECT The fighters first stopped Brink’s armored truck, killing security guard Peter Paige. They then left with about $ 1.6 million in cash and were transported to a nearby U-Haul vehicle, where Boudin was waiting. However, he soon fell into the hands of the police. As the vehicle stopped and was immediately handed over, her accomplices opened fire, killing two police officers, Edward O’Grady and Waverly Brown. ALLEGED NEW YORK BANK RECEIVER HITS ANOTHER TWO AFTER RELEASE WITHOUT GUARANTEE Boudin served 22 years in prison for robbery and was released on parole in 2003. Boudin last made a splash when Columbia University announced she had hired her as an assistant professor at the university’s School of Social Work in 2008. She then hired her as a full-time professor in 2013, according to the New York Post.