By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-18 15:59:23 | Updated at 2024-11-24 00:54:10
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Malcolm X’s daughters sue CIA, FBI and NYPD for $100m over his assassination
www.middleeasteye.net ^ | November 18, 2024 | Staff
Posted on 11/18/2024 7:34:39 AM PST by Red Badger
Lawsuit comes after two of the three men convicted for Malcolm X's murder were exonerated in 2021
Three of Malcolm X's daughters have filed a lawsuit against the FBI, CIA, and the New York Police Department, accusing them of playing a role in the 1965 assassination of the leading Black and civil rights leader and demanding $100m in recompense.
The lawsuit, announced on Friday, was filed by his three daughters and the estate of Malcolm X, and accuses the US government agencies and New York law enforcement of being aware of - and involved in - the plot to kill Malcolm X, and saying they did nothing to stop it.
The family's lawsuit accuses the prosecution team of suppressing the US government’s role in the assassination.
"Their entire family have suffered the pain of the unknown” for decades, the lawsuit reads.
“They did not know who murdered Malcolm X, why he was murdered, the level of NYPD, FBI and CIA orchestration, the identity of the governmental agents who conspired to ensure his demise, or who fraudulently covered up their role,” the lawsuit says.
“The damage caused to the Shabazz family is unimaginable, immense, and irreparable.”
In February 2023, one of Malcolm X's daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz, announced that she intended to sue the US government over her father's murder.
Malcolm X, also known as El Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was born Malcolm Little in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1946, he was imprisoned for robbery. In prison, he was introduced to the Nation of Islam (NOI), a radical Black Muslim movement, and became influenced by the teachings of its leader, Elijah Muhammad.
Malcolm quickly rose to national prominence, becoming known among both white and Black Americans as a fiery speaker who could stand tall and call out white supremacy at a time when the wider movement for Black civil rights was still fighting for traction.
Within a few years, he had helped put NOI on the map, with the organisation opening up temples nationwide and drawing thousands to join their ranks.
After 12 years of serving as one of NOI's most prominent figures, Malcolm X left the Nation in 1964 and embraced Sunni Islam.
In April 1964, he embarked on the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. He said the experience transformed his religious, political, and social outlook.
After this, Malcolm's call for Black empowerment veered into wider critiques of American imperialism and capitalism.
He was assassinated at the age of 39 on 21 February 1965 by three men who opened fire on him while speaking at the Audobon Ballroom in New York City.
Three men were convicted and sentenced for his murder. However, decades later, two of those men were exonerated.
For the more than 20 years that they were in prison, the two men, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, both maintained they did not assassinate the civil rights leader. Talmadge Hayer confessed to the crime in 1966 and was paroled in 2010.
In the mid-1980s, both Aziz and Islam were released from prison. Islam died in 2009.
However, in November 2021, the New York Supreme Court fully cleared their names, saying their convictions were “a failure of justice”.
In 2021, a judge in Manhattan dismissed the men’s convictions after prosecutors said there was new evidence of witness intimidation, which undermined the case against the men.
In 2022, New York City agreed to pay $26m to the two men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the murder. The state of New York agreed to pay an additional $10m in lawsuits filed by them.
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1 posted on 11/18/2024 7:34:39 AM PST by Red Badger
To: Red Badger
She should also sue Calypso Louis.
2 posted on 11/18/2024 7:35:29 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
Benjamin Crump
‘Nuff said.
3 posted on 11/18/2024 7:36:08 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: dfwgator
I thought he had cancer....................
4 posted on 11/18/2024 7:37:03 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: dfwgator
5 posted on 11/18/2024 7:37:35 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Brandon! FCS (Schumer))
To: Red Badger
Any information or files the government has about the assassinations of JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X or any other American political figure should be made public and proper accountability administered.
6 posted on 11/18/2024 7:40:16 AM PST by srmanuel ( the)
To: Red Badger
Getting all those Retirement Funds cobbled together is a lot of work,!
7 posted on 11/18/2024 7:40:51 AM PST by lee martell
To: Red Badger
a lawsuit against the FBI, CIA, and the New York Police Department, accusing them of playing a role in the 1965 assassination of the leading Black and civil rights leader
The problem here is that this is totally believable.
8 posted on 11/18/2024 7:44:30 AM PST by 1Old Pro
To: srmanuel
THESE WERE ALL DURING J. EDGAR HOOVER’S REIGN..............
9 posted on 11/18/2024 7:49:49 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: srmanuel
“Any information or files the government has about the assassinations of JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X or any other American political figure should be made public and proper accountability administered.”
Yep.
Prison upon conviction.
10 posted on 11/18/2024 7:50:39 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
To: Red Badger
Two guys were “patsies”, wrongly convicted. The records and information was obstructed by multiple parties.
Seems to be the usual pattern for government sponsored events. Hope that Trump releases anything that isn’t released, and the Family can no the truth.
11 posted on 11/18/2024 7:51:08 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
To: Pete Dovgan
Does seem like a repeating ‘pattern’, doesn’t it?.............🤔
12 posted on 11/18/2024 7:52:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: dfwgator
13 posted on 11/18/2024 7:52:31 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
To: Red Badger
Elijah Mohammed had him killed.
This is all a grift.
To: Red Badger
Trump needs to reward the trust that those who crossed traditional or ideological lines have placed in him. Releasing all files that deal with this, and other assassinations would be a good start.
15 posted on 11/18/2024 7:56:10 AM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: Red Badger
I don’t really care when the events happened, we need a proper accounting of all relevant information.
16 posted on 11/18/2024 7:58:32 AM PST by srmanuel ( the)
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