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New witness at scene of Malcolm X assassination says he wasn’t interviewed

New witness at scene of Malcolm X assassination says he wasn’t interviewed

A police informant saw a "dry run" of Malcolm X's 1965 assassination a week prior and a new witness at the scene says he was never interviewed by authorities, attorneys and Malcolm X's family announced Tuesday. Why it matters Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Ray Hamlin alleged at a press conference more information they say points to efforts by the FBI to cover up a conspiracy to murder Malcolm X...... read the full article at Axios, source... The killing of ... Read more

Malcolm X’s family announces lawsuit over handling of assassination

Malcolm X's family announces lawsuit over handling of assassination Tuesday marks 58 years since Malcolm X was assassinated. Prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump joined family members of the slain civil rights leader to announce a new lawsuit related to his murder. CBS2's Lisa Rozner reports.   See full story on cbsnewyork.com   Read more

New evidence in Malcolm X assassination points to possible conspiracy

Full Story HERE By Naveen Dhaliwal, ABC Eyewitness News, Sunday, February 21, 2021 1:06AM WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Fifty-six years after the death of Malcolm X, lawyers revealed what they called new evidence of a conspiracy, perpetrated by the NYPD and the FBI to assassinate the Civil Rights activist in Harlem. Ray Wood was an undercover police officer at the time - his family and their attorney now claim Wood wrote a letter on his deathbed confessing the NYPD and the FBI conspired ... Read more

Reggie Wood to Deliver New Evidence Regarding the Assassinatin of Malcolm X to his Daughters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: press@bencrump.com  Press Conference: Reggie Wood to Deliver New Evidence Regarding the Assassination of Malcolm X to his Daughters NEW YORK, NY –– Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and co-counsels Ray Hamlin and Paul Napoli will hold a news conference on Feb. 20 where Reggie Wood (relative of Ray Wood) will reveal evidence of a conspiracy perpetrated by the NYPD and the FBI to assassinate civil rights activist icon Malcolm X in February 1965 in Harlem, ... Read more

Formerly Incarcerated Lawyer Who Inspired the ABC Drama For Life Announces Run for Mayor of New York

Isaac Wright Jr. says: "In my experience in life, nothing good happens, most of the time, without a fight" An afternoon walk to the drugstore isn't the sort of activity that one would typically label "profound" — though Isaac Wright Jr. says that's exactly how he would describe what happened a few months ago. Read More Read more

Raymond L. Hamlin has worked with the Shabazz Family to launch Autobiography of Malcolm X on Audible

On September 10, 2020, Audible launched the Autobiography of Malcolm X. It is a project that Raymond L. Hamlin worked on for the last few years along with the Shabazz Family and the folks at Audible. Learn More! Read more

Raymond L. Hamlin named in “Top 50 Verdicts in NJ 2019”

Proudly, we are pleased to present the list of the top 50 plaintiff jury verdicts* obtained in New Jersey in the year 2019. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of New Jersey. Raymond L. Hamlin was name as achieving one of the Top 50 Verdicts in New Jersey in 2019 for his win of $848, 362.00 in Adderley v NJ Transit Age Discrimination, Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Failure ... Read more

State’s Largest Black-Owned Firm Reaches 25 Year Milestone

HHR Serves as inspiration for communities of color The Law Firm of Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley, the state’s largest black-owned law firm, is proudly celebrating 25 years of legal service to the community.  The firm was founded in1995 by three ambitious attorneys, Ronald C. Hunt, Raymond L. Hamlin, and the late Terry Ridley, who first met at a small Newark firm in the late 80’s. Starting out in three small offices in Newark’s Military Park Building, the firm expanded adding new associates, of-counsel ... Read more

‘For Life’: How 50 Cent Helped One Man’s Tale of Injustice See Daylight

By Austin Considine, NY Times, March 24, 2020 It’s not often you’re with a guy who’s been shot nine times — and gone on to become a famous rapper and actor — and his story isn’t automatically the wildest in the room. Still, it happened in February, when Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, came together for a joint interview with the lawyer Isaac Wright Jr. Only three decades earlier, Wright had been charged with being a drug kingpin, convicted on false ... Read more

Distinctive pants, social media post cited as key evidence in Passaic drive-by murder trial

Prosecutors haven't provided a motive or murder weapon yet in the case of a 2017 drive-by shooting in Passaic that killed Hansel Castillo.  Instead, as testimony continued on Tuesday, they cited a Facebook page and a distinctive pair of pants as two key piece of evidence against defendant Chrstian Reynoso.  The city police detective who led the investigation, Ray Rodriguez, took the witness stand and testified that investigators received an anonymous tip days after the May 15, 2017 shooting on Federal Street that led ... Read more
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