Nearly sixty years after the 1965 murder of American civil rights activist Malcom They are demanding damages of 100 million dollars (almost 950 million euros).
The family makes serious allegations against, among others, the federal police, the FBI and the American secret service CIA. According to US media, authorities at the time were aware of the threats against the activist and the assassination plans and allowed him to be killed.
Wants to find out the true circumstances of death
Authorities were also accused of fraudulent concealment and suppression of facts in the investigation. Prosecutors wanted to find justice for their father’s murder and the true circumstances of his death, Ilyasah Shabazz, one of Malcolm X’s daughters, said at a news conference with a legal team. The plaintiffs are seeking damages of more than $100 million.
The circumstances of the crime have not been clearly explained
Malcolm X was shot in New York in February 1965 at the age of 39. The attack occurred during the activist’s speech in a New York ballroom; his pregnant wife and their young daughters were among the listeners. Three men were arrested and sentenced to long prison terms, but the circumstances of the crime were not clearly explained.
Malcom The attackers are said to be members of the Nation of Islam. There was also speculation about alleged police involvement in the attack.
Guilty verdicts against two men quashed
In 2021, after a lengthy investigation, the guilty verdicts against two of the men convicted of Malcom X’s murder were overturned. Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, who had maintained their innocence, were acquitted due to conflicting testimony and lack of evidence in the original trial.
Khalil Islam spent twenty years in prison after his conviction and died in 2009. Aziz was released from prison in 1985. New York City and the state of the same name paid millions in damages in 2022 after the guilty verdicts were overturned. The third convict, who did not deny the crime, was released from prison on probation in 2010.
Source: Krone
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