Activist Malcolm X’s Household Calls To Reopen Investigation Into His Homicide

The daughters of distinguished Black activist Malcolm X have known as to reopen the investigation into his homicide in gentle of recent testimony implicating the New York police and the FBI.

“Any proof that gives biggest perception into the reality behind that horrible tragedy must be completely investigated,” stated Ilyasah Shabazz, one among Malcolm X’s six daughters, throughout a press convention on Saturday.

Thought of alongside Martin Luther King Jr as one probably the most influential African Individuals in historical past, Malcolm X was an outspoken Muslim advocate of Black rights, though critics stated he preached racism and violence.

Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, pictured February 20, 2021 throughout a press convention in New York, known as for any new proof within the case of her father’s demise to be “completely investigated”
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He was gunned down throughout a public talking look in New York in February 1965.

When contacted Sunday by AFP, a spokesman for the Manhattan district legal professional stated the workplace’s “overview” of the case is “lively and ongoing.”

Throughout the press convention, a letter written by former New York police officer Raymond Wooden, now deceased, was learn out, wherein he accused the NYPD and FBI of being complicit within the killing.

In response to his cousin, Wooden, who was Black and labored as an undercover operative, claimed to have approached Malcolm X’s entourage on orders from his higher-ups.

Outstanding Black activist Malcolm X’s daughters, together with Qubilah Shabazz (R, pictured 1997) and her sister Ilyasah (L), have known as to reopen the investigation into his homicide
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Wooden stated he arrange two of the activist’s bodyguards, who had been arrested only some days earlier than the homicide.

On February 21, 1965 — 55 years in the past to the day — El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm X’s Muslim identify, sans the 2 bodyguards, was shot useless by three gunmen as he ready to present a speech within the Audubon Ballroom, a theater in Harlem, within the north of Manhattan.

Wooden, who didn’t need his testimony to grow to be public till after his demise, maintained that the New York police division and the FBI stored sure facets of the case secret.

In February 2020, after the Netflix launch of the docuseries “Who Killed Malcolm X?”, Manhattan district legal professional Cyrus Vance requested his groups to overview the case with a purpose to decide whether or not or not the investigation must be reopened.

When contacted Sunday by AFP, the New York police stated it had launched “all out there information related to that case” to the DA’s workplace.

The NYPD “stays dedicated to help with that overview in any means,” a spokesperson stated.

The FBI’s New York workplace didn’t reply to AFP’s request for remark.