Feb 21 (Reuters) – A daughter of Malcolm X, the civil rights activist assassinated 58 years in the past to the day on Tuesday, has filed notices that she intends to sue the FBI, the CIA, New York City police and others for his loss of life.
Ilyasah Shabazz accused numerous federal and New York authorities companies of fraudulently concealing proof that they “conspired to and executed their plan to assassinate Malcolm X.”
“For years, our family has fought for the truth to come to light concerning his murder,” Shabazz stated at a news convention on the website of her father’s assassination, now a memorial to Malcolm X.
The New York Police Department stated it will not touch upon pending litigation. The FBI and the CIA didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Malcolm X rose to prominence because the nationwide spokesman of the Nation of Islam, an African-American Muslim group that espoused Black separatism.
He spent over a decade with the group earlier than turning into disillusioned, publicly breaking with it in 1964 and moderating a few of his earlier views on racial separation, angering some Nation of Islam members and drawing loss of life threats.
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[1/4] Attorney Ben Crump speaks arrives with Qubilah and IIyasah Shabazz, two of the daughters of the late slain civil rights chief Malcolm X, for a news convention asserting a lawsuit in opposition to authorities companies and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for the alleged assassination and concealment of proof surrounding Malcolm X’s homicide, in New York City, New York, U.S. February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
He was 39 years outdated when three males with weapons shot him onstage as ready to communicate at New York’s Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965. Shabazz, who was then 2 years outdated, was current together with her mom and sisters. Soon after, some associates of Malcolm X stated they believed numerous authorities companies have been conscious of the assassination plan and allowed to it occur.
Talmadge Hayer, then a member of the Nation of Islam, confessed in courtroom to being one of many assassins.
In 2021, a New York state decide threw out the convictions of two different males who wrongly spent many years in jail for the homicide of Malcolm X, saying there had been a miscarriage of justice. Hayer had lengthy stated the 2 males have been harmless and that his accomplices have been different Nation of Islam members.
The two males have been exonerated on the request of the Manhattan district lawyer’s workplace, which stated an investigation had discovered that prosecutors and legislation enforcement companies withheld proof that, had it been turned over, would seemingly have led to the pair’s acquittal.
In Shabazz’s notices of claims, which New York legislation requires be served on sure authorities companies earlier than a lawsuit may be filed, Shabazz stated she seeks $100 million in damages.
The notices have been served with the companies she intends to sue on Tuesday primarily based on new information that solely not too long ago got here to mild, in accordance to Ben Crump, her lawyer, who stated he supposed to take depositions of presidency officers.
“It’s not just about the trigger men, it’s about those who conspired with the trigger men to do this dastardly deed,” Crump stated on the news convention.
Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York and Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; Editing by Leslie Adler
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