Who Killed Malcolm X? Family Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against FBI, NYPD & Others to Find the Truth

[Uncle Joe]

On the 58th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination, civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump announced a new lawsuit from Malcolm X's surviving family seeking compensation from the NYPD, CIA and FBI for its role in concealing evidence in his murder case. This lawsuit comes more than a year after it was confirmed that federal and local agencies had a role in the wrongful conviction of Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam for the murder. Aziz and Islam's convictions were overturned in 2021, and they were awarded a $36 million settlement for wrongful imprisonment by the state and city of New York. We air excerpts of Tuesday's public comments from Crump and one of Malcolm X's daughters, Ilyasah Shabazz, of their intent to file a wrongful death lawsuit over evidence concealed in the murder investigation, in part to seek answers on the extent of the government's involvement in the civil rights leader's death.

[peppertree]

1. Hoover was a one man crime wave

In many ways, the founder of the modern GOP.

A John Bircher, a Jim Crower, a fascist, a pathetic closet case, and always on the take.

Pretty much the modern GOP, all rolled-up in one creature.

[MichMan]

2. Yet, one president after another, refused to reign him in

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3. They wouldn't dare!

Hoover made it a point to gather - and at yooge taxpayer expense - dirt on all whos-who in Washington, big business, religion, and entertainment.

He could've written whole books about the sex habits (and other pecadillos, including monetary) of every president, congresscritter, governor, CEO, Hollywood A-lister, and prominent clergy of his day (especially Cardinal Spellman - as he was a big believer in keeping an eye on friends).

And they knew it.

JFK came the closest to firing his ass - but, there was a but:

There was a well-known anecdote about JFK, calling Hoover into the Oval Office sometime in '63 - ready to fire him.

"I suppose you know why I called you in heah, Mr. Hoovah," the President began.

"I'm well aware, Mr. President. So I came prepared."

Hoover pulled out a reel tape player from his briefcase, pressed play - and, ooh boy, you can imagine...

"You were saying, Mr. President?" Hoover oozed.

Kennedy, paper-white, swallowed hard. "We'll speak again, Mr. Hoovah."

They never did.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Well said, thanks!

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5. You're very welcome

Would it that it hadn't been so.

But J. Edgar was, I think, the closest thing this country ever had to a dictator - more even than El Cheetolísimo.

Trump, after all, was in power just 4 years - and never really managed to hijack power, over both the public and private sector, in the way Hoover did or for 27 years (effectively, after FDR died) like Hoover did.

Though not for lack of trying, that's for sure.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I have actually thought about that.

Like TFG, he had a nefarious agenda. And also like TFG, he had his supporters. Though with Hoover, given the times, it's less likely that as many people knew what he was really like and what he was up to.

[peppertree]

7. Among the general public, absolutely

Hoover, despite hating the press, was good at working them - and even better at keeping them "in line."

Same went for film and tv executives - some of whom fell over themselves putting out puff/propaganda pieces to stay in good graces with the Director (he insisted people call him that - except, presumably, his toy boys).

Consequently, the public, in the '50s and '60s, generally had this "heroic" imagine of Hoover - as devoted to flag and country, even to the point of being 'married to his job' as they say.

But Washington insiders knew him for the extortionist he was - or soon found out the hard way.

And he liked it that way, as it kept people afraid of him. He especially made a point of collecting dirt on U.S. presidents, who secretly had 'favorite' secretaries (FDR and Ike), yooge libidos (JFK and LBJ - who famously referred to his own as "akin to an Arabian sheikh's" ), and bisexuality (Nixon - who was an inveterate horse gambler besides).

Of course, J. Edgar had a warehouse - full of skeletons, as you know - including a gambling habit, for which he began embezzling from the FBI to cover, until the mafia began fixing horse races for him after he whined that "there is no mafia in the United States today" (!).

But because they knew who they were dealing with, the mafia made sure to gather its own dirt on the Director.

Well - let's just say it looked like what Trump probably has on his pal Lindsey.

History's mysteries.