The family of civil rights leader Malcolm X has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the New York Police Department (NYPD) for the role these agencies allegedly played in his death.
The lawsuit accuses these agencies of playing an active role in the assassination of the civil rights leader and engaging in a decades-long cover-up to conceal their involvement. The lawsuit was filed by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on behalf of X’s daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, and his estate.
“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. “We are making history by standing here to confront those wrongs and seeking accountability in the courts.”
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