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After 16 parole denials, Thomas Hagan is granted parole.
Review the Malcolm X autopsy and police reports here
Read Hagan's original sworn affidavit
By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
Thomas Hagan, aka Mujahid Halim, the man who confessed to murdering Nationalist and Human Rights activist, Malcolm X in 1965 has finally been granted parole -- 44 years after his conviction.
Hagan, who has been denied parole a total of 16 times, and two other men, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson, were charged with Malcolm's murder, but Hagan is the only one to admit guilt. Johnson and Butler have maintained their innocence.
After the shooting, several men at the Washington Heights ballroom caught Hagan and began kicking and beating him until police arrived rescuing him. Hagan had been shot in the left thigh and his left leg was broken as a result of the beating.
Strangely, Hagan, who has been in prison since he was 22, was placed on a work release program in 1988, which means for the past 19 years, he spends five days a week at his Harlem home and working. During the weekends, he returns to confinement at the Lincoln Correctional Facility in Manhattan.
Khalil Islam today
Officials did not say why it took so long for Hagan, who earned a masters degree while in prison, to be granted parole before March 3. He is scheduled to be released from Prison April 28, less than a month after his 69 birthday.
Initially, Hagan declined to name any of the men involved with the shooting of the former Minister of Islam.
But at some point in 1977, Hagan gave a sworn affidavit naming the men he says conspired with him to kill Malcolm X with the hopes that his confession would exonerate the two wrongfully convicted men, Butler and Johnson.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE SWORN AFFIDAVIT
In all, Hagan fingered four men whom he claimed were members of the Nation of Islam's Temple 25 in Newark, New Jersey.
Hagan stated that a man named "Kinly", later identified as Wilbur McKinley, is the man that stood up and screamed "Get your hand out of my pocket." Then ignited a smoke bomb in order to divert the crowd and Malcolm X's bodyguards attention.
The elderly assassin then said that another brother from the temple named "Willie", later identified as William Bradley, was the first man to shoot Malcolm X after the crowds attention had been diverted in the direction of McKinley.
At that point, Hagan admits that he and a man named "Lee" or "Leon", later identified as Leon David, simultaneously began shooting at Minister Malcolm X with pistols.
Hagan's confession failed to encourage investigators to re-open the murder case of Malcolm X and it did even less to help Butler or Johnson. All three men were convicted and sentenced to 20 years to life.
Butler, known today as Muhammad Abdul Aziz, was paroled in 1985 and named the head of the Nation of Islam's Harlem mosque in 1998. Johnson, now known as Khalil Islam, was paroled in 1987.
Butler (center) with Nation members
As for the alleged actual co-conspirators in the murder of Malcolm X:
William "Willie" Bradley was imprisoned in 1993 on an unrelated charge.
Leon "Lee" David is believed to be residing somewhere in Patterson, New Jersey.
Researchers have failed to dig up much on Wilbur "Kinly" McKinley who is rumored to have died.
READ: The Man Who Didn’t Shoot Malcolm X
View the Malcolm X Files at The Smoking Gun
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Review the Malcolm X autopsy and police reports here
Read Hagan's original sworn affidavit
By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
Thomas Hagan, aka Mujahid Halim, the man who confessed to murdering Nationalist and Human Rights activist, Malcolm X in 1965 has finally been granted parole -- 44 years after his conviction.
Hagan, who has been denied parole a total of 16 times, and two other men, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson, were charged with Malcolm's murder, but Hagan is the only one to admit guilt. Johnson and Butler have maintained their innocence.
After the shooting, several men at the Washington Heights ballroom caught Hagan and began kicking and beating him until police arrived rescuing him. Hagan had been shot in the left thigh and his left leg was broken as a result of the beating.
Strangely, Hagan, who has been in prison since he was 22, was placed on a work release program in 1988, which means for the past 19 years, he spends five days a week at his Harlem home and working. During the weekends, he returns to confinement at the Lincoln Correctional Facility in Manhattan.
Khalil Islam todayOfficials did not say why it took so long for Hagan, who earned a masters degree while in prison, to be granted parole before March 3. He is scheduled to be released from Prison April 28, less than a month after his 69 birthday.
Initially, Hagan declined to name any of the men involved with the shooting of the former Minister of Islam.
But at some point in 1977, Hagan gave a sworn affidavit naming the men he says conspired with him to kill Malcolm X with the hopes that his confession would exonerate the two wrongfully convicted men, Butler and Johnson.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE SWORN AFFIDAVIT
In all, Hagan fingered four men whom he claimed were members of the Nation of Islam's Temple 25 in Newark, New Jersey.
Hagan stated that a man named "Kinly", later identified as Wilbur McKinley, is the man that stood up and screamed "Get your hand out of my pocket." Then ignited a smoke bomb in order to divert the crowd and Malcolm X's bodyguards attention.
The elderly assassin then said that another brother from the temple named "Willie", later identified as William Bradley, was the first man to shoot Malcolm X after the crowds attention had been diverted in the direction of McKinley.
At that point, Hagan admits that he and a man named "Lee" or "Leon", later identified as Leon David, simultaneously began shooting at Minister Malcolm X with pistols.
Hagan's confession failed to encourage investigators to re-open the murder case of Malcolm X and it did even less to help Butler or Johnson. All three men were convicted and sentenced to 20 years to life.
Butler, known today as Muhammad Abdul Aziz, was paroled in 1985 and named the head of the Nation of Islam's Harlem mosque in 1998. Johnson, now known as Khalil Islam, was paroled in 1987.
Butler (center) with Nation membersAs for the alleged actual co-conspirators in the murder of Malcolm X:
William "Willie" Bradley was imprisoned in 1993 on an unrelated charge.
Leon "Lee" David is believed to be residing somewhere in Patterson, New Jersey.
Researchers have failed to dig up much on Wilbur "Kinly" McKinley who is rumored to have died.
READ: The Man Who Didn’t Shoot Malcolm X
View the Malcolm X Files at The Smoking Gun
Malcolm's Pocket: His Bullet-Riddled Belongings (2 pages)Inside The Audubon: Three Eyewitness Accounts (3 pages)
Ballistics Evidence
The Recovered Shotgun Shells (1 page)Betty Shabazz
Shrapnel Removed From Malcolm (1 page)
Court Exhibit: The Mangled Bullet (1 page)NYPD Interview With Malcolm's Widow (2 pages)Assorted
Shabazz's Grand Jury Testimony (13 pages)At The Hospital: Dead On Arrival (1 page)
NYPD Report On Autopsy (2 pages)
Malcolm's Rap Sheet (1 page)
Anonymous Threat To Inmate Butler (1 page)
FBI Teletype On Murder (13 pages)
Malcolm In The Morgue (1 page)
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