Exactly 58 years after Malcolm X was murdered in a Manhattan shooting, the civil rights activist’s family is suing the NYPD, NYPD, FBI and CIA, accusing them of preserving classified evidence in the murder. Attorney Benjamin Crump said the family plans to seek $100 million in compensation after a New York judge acquitted two of the three Nation of Islam members convicted of the 1965 murder two years ago.
As a result of this ruling, New York City paid $26 million and the state of New York $10 million to the family of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam in compensation for wrongful convictions. “The rhetorical question is, if the government has compensated these gentlemen tens of millions of dollars, what is the compensation for the daughters who suffered most in the assassination of Malcolm X?” the attorney asked, explaining what he “to get meant the truth of what happened”.
“We want to have a strong hearing, we want people who are still alive to testify to make sure there is justice,” he added, speaking alongside Qubilah Shabazz and Ilyasah Shabazz, two of Malcolm X’s six daughters. in The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center, the institute center in the theater where Malcolm X was assassinated 58 years ago on February 21.
The lawyer recalled that the involvement of police and federal authorities in the death of the African-American activist had been discussed for some time: “The government had evidence that they were hiding from Malcolm X’s family and unjustly convicted men,” he concluded repeating allegations of a government plot to assassinate Malcolm X, who was killed with 21 shots fired in front of his wife and children.