The estate of Malcolm X, including family members, on Friday announced it filed a lawsuit against entities they allege were involved in the civil rights icon’s assassination nearly 60 years ago.
The family and their lawyers spoke from New York City during a press conference at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, formerly known as the Audubon Ballroom where Malcolm X was shot dead at 39 on Feb. 21, 1965, in front of his wife and daughters.
Malcolm X’s estate sues CIA, FBI, NYPD
According to attorney Ben Crump, the lawsuit claims that law enforcement groups like the CIA, FBI and NYPD along with other governmental entities played a role in the conspiracy leading to Malcolm X’s assassination and engaged in a decades-long cover-up that deprived his family of justice.
“This cover-up spanned decades, blocking the Shabazz family’s access to the truth and their right to pursue justice,” Crump said in a statement …