Cleared last November for the assassination of Malcolm X, which occurred in 1965, Muhammad Aziz announced claiming tens of millions of dollars in compensation for his injury.
A broken life. One of the men recently cleared of the 1965 murder of Malcolm X after more than 20 years in prison, claims tens of millions of dollars from New York State and the city itself, to repair his damage , his lawyers announced on Tuesday.
Muhammad Aziz, 83, who has always proclaimed his innocence, had to wait until November 18 for New York State Supreme Court officially exonerates him from assassination of controversial African American icon. Manhattan prosecutor Cyrus Vance then offered his “apologies” for “decades of injustice”.
This historic court decision also concerned one of the other two convicted in 1966, Khalil Islam, who died in 2009.
However, “for decades, including immediately after the assassination of Malcolm X, the New York Police (NYPD) and the FBI were in possession of evidence which not only proved the innocence of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, but also identified the real killers of Malcolm X “, assure in a press release their lawyers David Shanies and Deborah Francois.
At least $ 60 million requested
They recall in particular that in 1977, the third convict, who admitted having shot Malcolm X on February 21, 1965 in a Harlem room, had revealed the identity of his accomplices, once again exonerating the other two accused.
In a first civil summons filed in a New York State court, Muhammad Aziz maintains that because of this “unfair” conviction, he spent “20 years in several high security prisons in the State” of New York, from whom he is claiming damages for “no less than $ 20 million”. In separate proceedings, he formally warns the city of New York, on which the NYPD depends, of his intention to claim $ 40 million in particular for “illegal detention” and “serious emotional, psychological and physical damage”, if no agreement is reached. ‘is found.
“Those who deprived me of my freedom and deprived my family of a husband, a father and a grandfather must be held responsible,” said Muhammad Aziz in a statement from his lawyers.
The latter specify that they are preparing similar actions for the heirs of Khalil Islam.
Original article published on BFMTV.com
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