Malcolm X‘s surviving family members are demanding his murder case be reopened after claiming they now have a letter that ropes the NYPD and FBI directly into his death.
The late civil rights leader’s three daughters spoke out at a news conference this weekend, asking the Manhattan D.A. to re-open the case and take a hard look at new evidence they claim to have … which alleges a conspiracy at the highest levels.
It’s a letter written by a former NYPD officer, Raymond Wood, who often worked undercover … and who purportedly confessed on his death bed he had been instructed by his bosses to get some of Malcolm’s security guards arrested in the days leading up to his assassination.
The letter reportedly claims Wood was told by his bosses to lure a couple guards into committing crimes just days before Malcolm was killed, which then got them taken into custody … away from the action at the Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965.
Wood says had they not been arrested, they would’ve been handling door security. It’s no coincidence either, per the letter. Wood explicitly says the FBI and NYPD planned for all this, so the people who fatally shot Malcolm could more easily get inside, armed.
Today, 56 years after Malcom X was assassinated while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom on, let’s continue to offer our prayers to his family and honors his LEGACY. He was Black Lives Matter before there was a #BLM movement! pic.twitter.com/rYNzm0LSLs
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 21, 2021
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In light of this new alleged evidence, Malcolm’s family wants the whole investigation reexamined … echoed by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who’s repping the fam and leading the charge in getting the D.A. to give what he calls “restorative justice.”
One note we should mention — many accounts of the days leading up to Malcolm’s murder say he himself had reduced security at speaking engagements, including door checks. While he still had his own personal detail, he wasn’t rolling nearly as deep as he had been earlier in the ’60s when he was still on good terms with the Nation of Islam.
The letter, as described, doesn’t seem to address that — but in any case, it’s alleging bad actors beyond the men who were convicted for the assassination.
Malcolm was gunned down by three men, fatally suffering 21 shots. He was 39.
RIP