Two allege authorities arrested them to stop them from protecting Malcolm X

NEW YORK — Fifty-nine years to the day of the assassination of Malcolm X, two new witnesses shared affidavits Wednesday that Ben Crump and other civil rights lawyers say support theories of a conspiracy in Malcolm X’s death. For decades, some civil rights leaders have said the New York City Police Department and the FBI were behind the assassination of Malcolm X, which took place at Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965. Over the years, bits of information have trickled out that could support the conspiracy theory. And now, two former members of Malcolm X’s security detail are saying they were falsely arrested a few days before the civil rights leader, born Malcolm Little, was fatally shot in front of his wife and daughters. They are claiming they were arrested to prevent them from being around to protect Malcolm X when he was killed. Khaleel Sultarn Sayyed, 81, and Walter Bowe, 93, were part of Malcolm X’s security detail in the 1960s. Both men are now saying through affidavits that they were wrongly arrested for an alleged plan to bomb the Statue of Liberty that they believe was concocted by authorities. They say they believe they were arrested to...