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Aziz and Islam’s convictions were overturned in 2021 by Judge Ellen Biben after new evidence emerged that the NYPD and Federal Bureau of Investigation withheld information that would have cast doubt on them as suspects, reported the Associated Press . It’s now known that there were also undercover cops in the ballroom at the time of X’s killing, some of whom testified to interfering with X’s security team.This past Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Malcolm X & Dr.
“I was asked by a close follower of Malcolm X to serve as security at Malcolm X’s home, after it was firebombed on February 14, 1965,” said Sayyed. “I was offered this opportunity because it was widely known I respected Malcolm X and ws interested in the OAAU.” , said Taylor who worked on the case for 13 years. In December 1969, special police raided the Black Panther Party apartment in Chicago, and Hampton and Clark were left dead in a hail of gunfire. The police falsely claimed that there was a fierce shootout where shots were fired back at the police. However, bullet holes and blood pools proved that bullets were sprayed into the rooms as the men slept. Hampton was shot at point-blank range in his bed.