Muhammad A. Aziz is suing the New York Police Department and the Manhattan district attorney’s office over his wrongful conviction in the murder of civil rights leader Malcolm X in 1965.
Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were wrongfully convicted in 1966 of playing roles in the assassination. Now Aziz and Islam's estate have announced plans to sue.
The Manhattan D.A. began re-investigating the case nearly two years ago after a Netflix documentary unearthed documents that likely would have prevented the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam.
“For 10 years, I have carried this confession secretly in fear of what could happen to my family and myself if the government found out what I knew,” ex-police officer Ray Wood's cousin said of the letter he said he'd been carrying since 2011.
In the new Netflix docu-series "Who Killed Malcolm X?" an expert on the iconic civil rights leader accuses a man named William Bradley, also known as Al-Mustafa Shabazz, of gunning down Malcolm in 1965.
Abdur-Rahman Muhammad claims to know who was the true assassin of black activist Malcolm X, and the historian and imam is extensively featured in Netflix's new docu-series.
