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Malcolm X's Kids File Blockbuster Lawsuit Accusing Government, Police of Direct Involvement in Assassinating Dad

Three of the daughters of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz enter the Islamic Cultural Center in New York for private funeral services 27 June, 1997. (Credit: Bob Strong/Getty Images)

The daughters of Malcolm X filed a $100 million lawsuit in Manhattan federal court Friday, accusing the CIA, FBI, NYPD, and other agencies of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the iconic civil rights leader.

The lawsuit, filed alongside the Malcolm X estate, alleges that law enforcement and government agencies "were aware of and involved in the assassination plot" and intentionally failed to stop the killing, AP reported. It also claims there was a "corrupt, unlawful, and unconstitutional" relationship between law enforcement and the assassins, which was actively concealed for decades.

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