DOCUMENTARY RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO ASSASSINATED HIM.
HERE IS REHEMA ELLIS.
>> Reporter: THE
OFFICIAL COUNT OF WHO
KILLED MALCOLM X, IT’S
NOT TRUE.
>> Reporter: AN
EXPLOSIVE DOCUMENTARY
CAST DOUBT ON THE
ASSASSINATION OF
MALCOLM X 55 YEARS AGO
THIS MONTH.
NOW THE MANHATTAN
D.A.’S OFFICE SAYS IT
WILL BEGIN A
PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF
THE MATTER, SOMETHING
TO DETERMINE WHAT
FURTHER INVESTIGATIVE
STEPS MAY BE UNDER
TAKEN.
MALCOLM’S FAMILY
ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
MORE.
>> IT’S IMPORTANT TO
GET ANSWERS ABOUT WHO
GUNNED DOWN MY FATHER.
>> Reporter: IN A
BRAZEN ATTACK, MALCOLM
X WAS GUNNED DOWN IN
FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN WHILE GIVING
A SPEECH IN HARLEM.
>> WE’RE BRUTALIZED
BECAUSE WE’RE BLACK
PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
>> Reporter: MALCOLM
IS A MORE
CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE
AFTER HIS PUBLIC
FALLING OUT WITH THE
NATION OF ISLAM.
>> I DO BELIEVE THERE
WILL BE ATTEMPTS ON MY
LIFE.
>> Reporter: TREE
MEMBERS OF THE NATION
OF ISLAM WERE ARRESTED
AND CONVICTED OF
MALCOLM’S A
ASSASSINATION IN A
CASE THAT RAISED
QUESTIONS FROM THE
START.
ONE CONFESSED AND
MAINTAINED THE OTHER
TWO WERE INNOCENT.
HIS STORY SAYS THE
ALIBIS OF TWO OF THOSE
CONVICTED WERE
IGNORED.
ONE OF THEM DIED IN
2009 MAINTAINING HIS
INNOCENCE.
ANOTHER MOHAMMED
RELEASED AFTER 20
YEARS IS NOW 81 YEARS
OLD.
HIS LAWYER AND THE
INNOCENCE PROJECT SAY
THEY’RE GRATEFUL THE
D.A. IS TAKING ANOTHER
LOOK AT ONE OF THE
MOST HIGH-PROFILE