The Assassination of Malcolm X Pt. 2
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What happened immediately after Malcolm X's assassination?
This episode includes discussions of violence and murder. Consider this when deciding how and when you'll listen. It's February 21st, 1965, and Officer Gene Roberts is on the phone with his supervisor. Roberts is an undercover officer embedded inside the Organization of African American Unity, a political group headed by Malcolm X. He's being questioned because he just saw Malcolm get murdered. Roberts' superiors interview him exhaustively about what happened. He walks them through it moment by moment, but the brass gets hung up somewhere unexpected. Why Roberts administered CPR on Malcolm before paramedics arrived? Roberts is confused. It's his duty as a police officer to protect all life.
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After Malcolm X is assassinated in February 1965, police arrest three suspects. The first, Mujahid Abdul Halim, is arrested at the scene. The other two, Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, are arrested within about two weeks. Some of those in Malcolm's inner circle don't think Aziz and Islam are the right guys. They have good reason to feel that way. Police found bullets in Halim's pocket.
Who were the men arrested for Malcolm X's murder and what evidence was used?
Multiple eyewitnesses confirmed seeing him with a gun, and an angry mob was attacking him at the time of his arrest. Authorities also have substantial physical evidence against him. That's not the case with Aziz and Islam. Police are primarily interested in Aziz and Islam because they both have recent assault charges and generally fit eyewitness descriptions of the assassins. Aziz is ultimately arrested based off identification in a police lineup. A process that studies have suggested can be faulty even when conducted well. Most importantly, there's no physical evidence tying either of the other men to the scene or to the murder. But prosecutors proceed with an indictment, charging all three men with first-degree murder.
According to Islam, the first time he ever met Halim was that day in the courtroom when the prosecutor said they'd conspired to murder Malcolm X. The trial begins in 1966. Prosecutors claim that Halim and Aziz distracted security guards with a disturbance in the middle of the auditorium, which allowed Islam to fire the shotgun from the front row, killing Malcolm.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened immediately after Malcolm X's assassination?
0:02–3:45
2
Who were the men arrested for Malcolm X's murder and what evidence was used?
3:45–10:58
3
How did the trial of the accused unfold and what were key testimonies?
10:58–17:54
4
What new evidence emerged years later and what impact did it have?
17:54–27:06
5
Who in the Nation of Islam might have been responsible for Malcolm X's assassination?
27:06–34:41
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