February 22, 2021 by NNPA
Wood’s purported death bed letter was delivered to three of Malcolm’s daughters – Qubiliah, Ilyasah, and Gamilah, pictured here with Attorneys Benjamin Crump, Ray Hamlin and Paul Napoli along with Reggie Wood, whose relative, NYPD Officer Ray Wood, allegedly confessed in a deathbed declaration letter.
(NNPA) – Almost 56 years to the Feb. 21, 1965, assassination of Malcolm X, the slain leader’s daughters and a noted civil rights attorney are shining a light on those whom they believe are responsible for the heartless murder.
The group gathered on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the old Audubon Ballroom – since renamed The Shabazz Center – with lawyers Ray Hamlin and Paul Napoli and Reggie Wood, whose relative, NYPD Officer Ray Wood, allegedly confessed in a deathbed declaration letter.
Who Killed Malcolm X? New Questions Raised About Assassination of Black Leader
On 2/21/21 at 2:15 PM EST
The three daughters of slain Civil Rights-era leader Malcolm X are calling for the investigation into his murder to be re-opened, citing a deathbed confession from a former undercover police officer who said the NYPD and FBI conspired to kill the Black activist in 1965.
Three Nation of Islam members were convicted in the murder of Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little), which took place at Washington Heights Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965 exactly 56 years ago this Sunday.
But a letter unveiled at a Saturday news conference purports to be from Ray Wood, an undercover New York police officer at the time of the murder. Wood s deathbed confession accused his NYPD supervisors of pressuring him to arrest Malcolm X s security detail just prior to the fatal shooting.
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