On Tuesday, the family of murdered civil rights activist Malcolm X announced plans to sue several organizations, including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department, and others, for $100 million, alleging they were complicit in his killing. The announcement came on the anniversary of his 1965 murder.
In midtown Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was fatally murdered on February 21, 1965, as an audience gathered to hear him speak, two of his daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz and Qubilah Shabazz, joined lawyer Ben Crump for a press conference.
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Who killed him has been a subject of discussion for many years.
Three men were found guilty, but in 2021, two of them were found innocent after a new review of the charges against them revealed that the evidence used to support the convictions was suspect and that the government had withheld some material.
Ilyasah Shabazz, the co-administrator of her father’s estate, filed notifications of claim, which is the first stage in the procedure, alleging that the agencies “conspired with one other and with other persons and acted, and failed to act, in such a way as to bring about the wrongful death of Malcolm X.”
“For years our family has fought for the truth to come to light,” During the news conference, she said. “We want justice served for our father.”
Emails requesting comment were addressed to the CIA, FBI, Department of Justice, and the legal division of New York City. NYPD refused to comment.
Since that time, according to Crump, “there has been speculation as to who was involved in the assassination of Malcolm X,” he underlined the anniversary date.
He highlighted the 2021 exonerations and noted that the Manhattan district attorney, the NYPD, and the FBI “had factual evidence, exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the men who were wrongfully convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X.”
When asked if he thought there had been a conspiracy amongst federal agencies to kill Malcolm, Crump responded, “That is what we are alleging, yes. They infiltrated many civil rights organizations.”
