The lawsuit will allege the agencies had 'factual and exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the family of Malcolm X and the men wrongly convicted of crimes surrounding the assassination of Malcolm X.'
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is suing the NYPD and other agencies in connection with Malcolm X's assassination. Ken Rosato reports.Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X are gathering in Upper Manhattan Tuesday to announce their intention to sue the NYPD and other government agencies in connection with Malcolm's assassination.
The lawsuit will allege the agencies had "factual and exculpatory evidence that they fraudulently concealed from the family of Malcolm X and the men wrongly convicted of crimes surrounding the assassination of Malcolm X," Crump said in a statement ahead of a news conference. The announcement of intent to sue comes exactly 58 years since the civil rights leader was shot and killed while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
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