Prosecutors showed body camera footage as they argued that some evidence the police said they collected from Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested should be admitted at trial. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations”
‘I Knew It Was Him’: Officer Recalls Confronting Mangione at McDonald’s
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2025
A Pennsylvania patrolman said a superior had offered him a hoagie if he responded to a call at a local McDonald’s. The officer recognized the suspect and then played for time. Source: New York Times
At Mangione’s Hearing, Giddy Fans Whisper and Prison Guards Testify
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2025
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan, are asking a judge to throw out materials gathered when he was arrested in Pennsylvania. Source: New York Times
Luigi Mangione’s Lawyers Challenge Death Penalty Charge in Federal Case
By Gotham Rex on October 11, 2025
The lawyers asked a federal judge to drop some charges, including the only one eligible for the death penalty. Source: New York Times
Posts Calling Luigi Mangione Guilty Did No Harm, Top U.S. Prosecutor Argues
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2025
A judge had demanded an explanation for why Justice Department officials were publicly expressing views on Luigi Mangione’s guilt in the killing of a health insurance executive. Source: New York Times
Judge Rebukes Trump Officials for Saying Luigi Mangione Is a Killer
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2025
They echoed the president’s characterization of Luigi Mangione, even though the judge had warned of endangering a fair trial. Source: New York Times
New York to Pay $26 Million to Men Wrongly Convicted of Killing Malcolm X
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2022
Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than 20 years in prison after the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965. He had broken with the Nation of Islam. Source: New York Times
The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates
By Gotham Rex on August 15, 2022
After the attack, writers and world leaders hailed Rushdie as a symbol of free expression. But the battle lines around his novel “The Satanic Verses” were never cleanly drawn. Source: New York Times
Man Exonerated in Malcolm X Murder Files Lawsuit Against New York State
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
Muhammad A. Aziz filed the claim on Tuesday, along with a notice seeking a settlement with the city, for the toll that being “unjustly branded as a convicted murderer” for 55 years took on his life. Source: New York Times
56 Years Ago, He Shot Malcolm X. Now He Lives Quietly in Brooklyn.
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2021
Mujahid Abdul Halim is the one man who confessed to his role in the assassination. He long insisted that the two men convicted with him were innocent. Source: New York Times
Malcolm X Assassination: Questions About the Case Linger
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
Scholars have never accepted the official explanation for the murder. That is unlikely to change. Source: New York Times
Exoneration Is ‘Bittersweet’ for Men Cleared in Malcolm X’s Murder
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
An emotional crowd burst into applause in a packed Manhattan courtroom Thursday after the judge threw out the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam. Source: New York Times
J. Edgar Hoover Hid That Malcolm X Witnesses Were F.B.I. Informants
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
Mr. Hoover, the agency’s longtime director, gave orders that led “multiple witnesses” to conceal their roles as informants, prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Who Are Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam?
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
In 1965, the two men were members of the Nation of Islam militia, working at the Harlem mosque that Malcolm X led before breaking with the group. Source: New York Times
A New Witness Supports the Alibi of One of the Wrongly Convicted Men
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
The witness is an 80-year-old Brooklyn resident who answered the telephone at the Nation of Islam Mosque in Harlem the day Malcolm X was killed. Source: New York Times