I found this interesting since we have been talking about Malcolm X in class recently.
As I told you, 3 young members of the Nation of Islam gunned Malcolm X down at a rally in Harlem in 1965. We didn't get to go into further detail because of time constraints, but the 3 boys were arrested, convicted and sent to jail in New York. Only one of the 3 admitted to actually pulling the trigger. After 44 years in prison, he was released today. In the interim, he said that the other 2 guys were not active participants in the shooting, they were simply by his side and has also said that he regretted committing the crime.
The other 2 men were released from jail sometimes in the 80's.
hmmm.. interesting. So the other two went to jail, and they didn't shoot him? Weird.
ReplyDeleteWell....just because they didn't pull the trigger didn't mean they weren't involved. They were there, they walked up to the podium with the shooter and they tried to get away with him. They also went to jail for a couple of decades. I guess it's all about the Degree of Guilt. Which by the way is the title of a great novel by Richard North Patterson, if you are into legal/political thrillers.
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