The daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Manhattan federal court, alleges that these agencies not only knew about the plot but also failed to intervene and stop the killing, Fox News reports.
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He was shot 21 times in front of his wife, Betty Shabazz, and their daughters, who were in the audience. While three people were initially convicted of the crime, two were acquitted in 2021 after new evidence emerged that showed key details had been ignored or concealed by authorities.
The testimony of Mustafa Hasan, who was part of Malcolm X’s security detail at the time, further complicated the case. Mr Hassan claimed that he tried to stop one of the attackers, Thomas Hagen (also known as Talmadge X Hair), from fleeing the scene. However, police officers reportedly intervened to protect Heyer, with some officers reportedly asking each other, “Is he with us?”
Now, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the daughters and the Malcolm Death. The complaint accuses the government of enabling a network of “brutal killers” who operated with impunity, concealing their actions for years.
“The government’s fingerprints are all over the assassination of Malcolm X,” Mr Crump claimed at a press conference. “We believe we have the evidence to prove it.” He said the Shabazz family has faced decades of uncertainty, without knowing who was truly responsible for the murder or the extent of the government’s involvement. “The harm caused to the Shabazz family is unimaginable, immense and irreparable,” the lawsuit says.
Malcolm “We fought mainly for our mother, who was here,” Ms Ilyasa said, according to ABC News. “My mother was pregnant when she came here to see her husband speak; Someone she completely admired and who witnessed the horrific murder of her husband.”
Malcolm His eventual separation from the organization led to death threats from former colleagues, many of whom considered him a traitor.
The case also references the assassinations of other black leaders, such as Fred Hampton, president of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, who was murdered by Chicago police officers in 1969. It makes a connection between these murders and COINTELPRO, a secret FBI program designed to disrupt and discredit black political groups.
