WEBVTT - Way Black History Fact - New Details on The Assassination of Malcolm X

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's time for the Way Black History Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Way Black History Fact is going to be a little

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<v Speaker 1>different because we're not going to go all that far back,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're going to give you some perspective on something

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<v Speaker 1>that happened many moons ago. We're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>Malcolm X's assassination. So buckle up. Is from the Black

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<v Speaker 1>Information That Work. Three daughters of Malcolm X are suing

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<v Speaker 1>the CIA, FBI, the York and the New York Police Department,

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<v Speaker 1>and many others for their role in the nineteen sixty

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<v Speaker 1>five assassination of the civil rights leader. On Friday, November fifteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>Malcolm X's daughters and a state filed a one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million dollar lawsuit in Manhattan federal alleging that law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>officials were aware of and involved in the assassination plot.

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<v Speaker 1>Per The Associated Press, attorney Ben Crump said he hoped

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<v Speaker 1>federal and city officials would read the lawsuit and quote,

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<v Speaker 1>learn all the dastardly deeds that were done by the predecessors,

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<v Speaker 1>and try to write these historic wrongs. Speculation and questions

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<v Speaker 1>have surrounded Malcolm X's death for decades. The thirty nine

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<v Speaker 1>year old civil rights icon was killed while he was

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<v Speaker 1>speaking to a crowd of hundreds at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom

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<v Speaker 1>on February twenty first, nineteen sixty five. Three men were

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<v Speaker 1>convicted of crimes in connection to the killing, but two

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<v Speaker 1>were exonerated in twenty twenty one after investigators determined they

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<v Speaker 1>were tried on shaky evidence and withheld information. Man How

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<v Speaker 1>deep does this go? The lawsuit accuses the prosecution team

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<v Speaker 1>of suppressing the government's role in the assassination. According to

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<v Speaker 1>the suit, law enforcement officials had a corrupt, unlawful, and

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<v Speaker 1>unconstitutional relationship with ruthless killers that went unchecked for many

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<v Speaker 1>years and was actively concealed, condoned, protected, and facilitated by

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<v Speaker 1>government agents. The suit further alleges that NYPD and federal

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement agencies arrest did Malcolm X's security detail days

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<v Speaker 1>before the assassination and intentionally removed officers from inside the

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<v Speaker 1>ballroom where he was killed. Federal agencies also had personnel

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<v Speaker 1>in the ballroom who failed to protect him. According to

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<v Speaker 1>the suit, Malcolm X's wife, Betty Shabbaz, the plaintiffs and

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<v Speaker 1>their entire family suffered have suffered the pain of the

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<v Speaker 1>unknown for decades. Per the lawsuit, quote, they did not

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<v Speaker 1>know who murdered Malcolm X, why he was murdered, the

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<v Speaker 1>level of NYPD, FBI and CIA orchestration, the identity of

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<v Speaker 1>the governmental agents who conspired to ensure his demise, or

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<v Speaker 1>who fraudulently covered up their role. The damage caused to

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<v Speaker 1>the Shabbaz family is unimaginable, immense, and irreparable, the suit states. So, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>for those that may not know, you might know the

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<v Speaker 1>name Malcolm X, but there's been some questions surrounding his death.

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<v Speaker 1>We've known this for pretty much the entirety of our lives,

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<v Speaker 1>but a lot of people that just see the active

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<v Speaker 1>sanitation of you know, Malcolm X in recent years and

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who, what he stood for, who he fought

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<v Speaker 1>for fully, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad that that these things are coming to light,

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<v Speaker 1>because of course these are things that we we knew

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<v Speaker 1>this and for a long time, but you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that they are coming to the table with enough

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<v Speaker 1>evidence to actually make a case for it. That's that's

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<v Speaker 1>not nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, god speed to Ben Crump. Our federal

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<v Speaker 2>government has shown that it's not eager to right the

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<v Speaker 2>wrongs of its predecessors. So you know, we'll see how

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<v Speaker 2>this turns out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, But obviously this is something that we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to keep following, and if nothing comes from it, at

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<v Speaker 1>least there there's finally a moment in time when all

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<v Speaker 1>the evidence gets presented and we don't look as paranoid

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<v Speaker 1>and aasually as we always have