Malcolm X's family announces $100 million lawsuit alleging NYPD and other agencies concealed evidence in his murder
CBSN
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and family members of Malcolm X — the legendary activist who was assassinated in Feb. 1965, at the age of 39 — announced on Tuesday their plans to file a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department and various government agencies, alleging they intentionally concealed evidence related to the murder after it happened.
Crump appeared at a news conference in Manhattan alongside two of Malcolm X's daughters, Qubilah Shabazz and Ilyasah Shabazz, to provide what he called "formal notice" of the legal complaint to the city of New York, the state of New York, the NYPD, the district attorney's office and various federal law enforcement agencies including the FBI and the CIA.
The attorney said Malcolm X's family intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit for $100 million, alleging that the entities named "had factual evidence and exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the men who were wrongfully convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X."
