Family of Malcolm X Files Lawsuit Against CIA and FBI
The daughters of the murdered activist have alleged that government agents played a role in facilitating their father's assassination. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Three daughters of Malcolm X have initiated a lawsuit against the CIA, FBI, and New York Police Department, alleging that these agencies were complicit in the assassination of the prominent black activist.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan on Friday, claims that the CIA, FBI, and NYPD were aware of a conspiracy to murder Malcolm X but failed to take action to prevent it. It specifically asserts that the NYPD arrested his security team just days before the assassination, while undercover agents from the CIA and FBI were present during the shooting but did not intervene.
The suit describes a “corrupt, unlawful, and unconstitutional” relationship between these agencies and the "ruthless killers," suggesting that this collaboration went unaddressed for many years and was actively protected by government operatives.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, stated at a press conference on Friday, “We believe that they all conspired to assassinate Malcolm X, one of the greatest thought leaders of the 20th century.”
According to Crump, the agencies concealed their involvement in the assassination for decades, obstructing the Shabazz family’s quest for truth and justice.
Rising to prominence as the national spokesperson for the Nation of Islam (NOI)—a black Muslim organization that views white people as “devils” and promotes racial segregation—Malcolm X later distanced himself from the group in the early 1960s. He adopted the name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz during his time with the NOI.
Malcolm X was fatally shot while preparing to speak at a New York ballroom in 1965. Initially, the killing was attributed to three NOI members: Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Khalil Islam, and Thomas Hagan, who were charged, tried, and convicted.
After spending more than 20 years in prison, Aziz and Islam were exonerated in November 2021 and awarded $36 million for wrongful convictions, following the Manhattan district attorney’s discovery that key evidence, which could have led to their acquittal, had been withheld by prosecutors and the FBI.
Distinct from Martin Luther King, who advocated for racial integration in the United States, Malcolm X called for the complete separation of whites and blacks. He argued for reparations for black Americans and their establishment of an independent state in the southern U.S., advocating the use of violence to achieve these ends if necessary, though he later moderated his views and worked alongside various civil rights organizations.
His segregationist stance even led to a tentative alliance with the Ku Klux Klan, which promoted segregation, while he famously met with American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who expressed agreement with the NOI’s objectives of racial separation.
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The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan on Friday, claims that the CIA, FBI, and NYPD were aware of a conspiracy to murder Malcolm X but failed to take action to prevent it. It specifically asserts that the NYPD arrested his security team just days before the assassination, while undercover agents from the CIA and FBI were present during the shooting but did not intervene.
The suit describes a “corrupt, unlawful, and unconstitutional” relationship between these agencies and the "ruthless killers," suggesting that this collaboration went unaddressed for many years and was actively protected by government operatives.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, stated at a press conference on Friday, “We believe that they all conspired to assassinate Malcolm X, one of the greatest thought leaders of the 20th century.”
According to Crump, the agencies concealed their involvement in the assassination for decades, obstructing the Shabazz family’s quest for truth and justice.
Rising to prominence as the national spokesperson for the Nation of Islam (NOI)—a black Muslim organization that views white people as “devils” and promotes racial segregation—Malcolm X later distanced himself from the group in the early 1960s. He adopted the name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz during his time with the NOI.
Malcolm X was fatally shot while preparing to speak at a New York ballroom in 1965. Initially, the killing was attributed to three NOI members: Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Khalil Islam, and Thomas Hagan, who were charged, tried, and convicted.
After spending more than 20 years in prison, Aziz and Islam were exonerated in November 2021 and awarded $36 million for wrongful convictions, following the Manhattan district attorney’s discovery that key evidence, which could have led to their acquittal, had been withheld by prosecutors and the FBI.
Distinct from Martin Luther King, who advocated for racial integration in the United States, Malcolm X called for the complete separation of whites and blacks. He argued for reparations for black Americans and their establishment of an independent state in the southern U.S., advocating the use of violence to achieve these ends if necessary, though he later moderated his views and worked alongside various civil rights organizations.
His segregationist stance even led to a tentative alliance with the Ku Klux Klan, which promoted segregation, while he famously met with American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who expressed agreement with the NOI’s objectives of racial separation.
Camille Lefevre for TROIB News
