Malcolm X’s family have asked to reopen the investigation into his murder

The family of civil rights activist Malcolm X have revealed they have received “new evidence,” a posthumous confession from a police officer implicating the NYPD and the FBI in his murder. 56 years ago this Sunday in the Big Apple, according to local media.

Three daughters of Malcolm X, Qubiliah, Ilyasah and Gamilah Shabazz, accompanied by lawyers, asked this Saturday at a press conference that the authorities reopen the case of the civil rights leader in the light of “new evidence” presented by the relative of a deceased undercover police officer named Raymond Wood.

Wood confessed in a letter before his death that the police (NYPD) and the FBI had conspired to “undermine” the civil rights movement and that their mission was to infiltrate it to encourage its leaders and members to commit crimes., as reported in a press release from his parent, Reggie Wood, and his lawyers.

In the letter, signed in 2011, the deceased policeman explained that he had to infiltrate the movement “to find evidence of criminal activity and that the FBI could discredit and arrest its leaders”, and that “under the direction” of his superiors he encouraged his members to “commit criminal acts”, collects the channel NBC.

Wood said he was responsible for the arrest of two members of Malcolm X’s security team days before the public speech at the Audubon Ballroom., in the Washington Heights neighborhood (Manhattan), where he was shot and killed on February 21, 1965.

About a year before his assassination, Malcolm X had left the Nation of Islam, prompting death threats from members of the community.

Three men were charged with the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment: Mujahid Abdul Halim (alias Talmadge Hayer or Thomas Hagan), Muhammad Abdul Aziz (alias Norman 3X Butler) and Khalil Islam (alias Thomas 15X Johnson). Islam died in 2009 and the other two are on probation.

“I took part in actions which, in retrospect, were deplorable and detrimental to the advancement of my own black people. My actions on behalf of the New York Police Department were carried out under duress and fear, ”the confession continued, which was read by a member of Wood’s family, according to the channel. Ny1.

One of Malcolm X’s daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz, He said he had lived through decades of uncertainty and said “any evidence that provides more information about the truth after this terrible tragedy should be fully investigated.”.

The Manhattan prosecution said in February 2020 it was reviewing the Malcolm X case and had met with representatives of Project Innocence after a Netflix documentary series raised questions about two of the men convicted in the case.

In a press release made public this Saturday, the NYPD said it has “provided all available records relating to this matter to the district attorney” and assured law enforcement “remains committed to assist in any way.”.

With information from EFE

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