The family of Malcolm murder.

The lawsuit, filed by Malcolm

“We believe they all conspired to assassinate Malcolm

The wrongful death lawsuit was announced at a memorial center at the site in New York City where Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. It attempts to answer questions surrounding the killing and provide an accurate history of events, Crump said.

“As a direct result of Defendants’ willful, bad faith, willful, wanton, reckless, unreasonable, and/or willfully indifferent acts and omissions, Malcolm he was deprived of his federal constitutional rights. serious physical, emotional and pecuniary harm, including conscious physical pain and suffering,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit also aims to bring reparations to the family. There was no comment from the FBI, CIA or NYPD as of Friday afternoon.

“This cover-up lasted decades and blocked 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 address these abuses and demand accountability in the courts.”

Malcolm

After more than a decade with the group, he publicly broke with it in 1964. He moderated some of his previous views on racial segregation, angered some members of the Nation of Islam and provoked death threats.

Talmadge Hayer, then a member of the Nation of Islam, confessed in court that he was one of the three murderers. But there has been speculation for decades that the government knew about the assassination plan and allowed it to happen.

Shabazz was two on February 21, 1965, when she, her mother and her siblings witnessed her father being shot and killed as she prepared to give a speech at New York’s Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood .

The Associated Press contributed to the reporting