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Thomas Hagan, the only man to admit being involved in the murder of Malcolm X, has been granted parole.

According to Hip-Hop Wired, Hagan will be released from prison on April 28th after being granted parole on March 3rd.

Hagan has recently been allowed to spend 12 hours a week in a work release program and to spend time at home with his wife and kids prior to being paroled.

Hagan, along with Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson – both of whom maintain their innocence, assassinated Malcolm X on February 21, 1965 in New York City’s Audobon Ballroom.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LovingMeNaturally/ LovingMeNaturally

    He’s served his time. The transition will not be easy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Pocahontas_/ Pocahontas_

    What a sad day. This racist murderer is getting out of jail yet, Malcolm X will never come home to his family again. It should have been a life for a life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/romanrlc/ romanrlc

    HE KILLED ONE OF D@ REAL LEADERS OF THE CIVIL MOVEMENT
    ROM@N RC CL3MENT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/symphonee/ symphonee

    @Pocahontas_ -You do know that Hagan is Black right? It is maintained that the men charged for Malcolm X’s murder killed him on orders from the American government after infiltrating the Nation of Islam.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1AML/ 1AML

    WOW!!! I wonder if this is going to get the major news attention like Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (the Charles Manson follower).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/munq/ munq

    I think someone commenting needs to atleast watch the movie, pocahontas

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/infinite_question/ infinite_question

    wow, hes still alive, huh? so much 4 karma. he should never get out, and i know he didnt act alone. it just makes me sick that someone who mudered a minister can ever get out. i dont want my comment deleted, but i would like the point to be made that if thomas hagan had shot at the pope, he would be put to death and would possibly be held as a terrorist at gitmo. i dont even know y i comment anymore, millions of muslims have been killed by the same government agencies and no one comments for them. i feel that america learned its lesson about killing the leaders of anti american propaganda machines in that now, they kill the scapegoat before the crime can be investigated. however, i would like to hear the testimony of the acused murderer, to find out any info about the assasination plot as well as who funded it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    infinite_question, “but i would like the point to be made that if thomas hagan had shot at the pope, he would be put to death and would possibly be held as a terrorist at gitmo”..

    Man you never lied with this one…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nubiian_queen/ nubiian_queen

    This is crazy. They shot the man in cold blood. He can’t spend time with his family. I guess this is the reward after following government orders.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_Epitome_of_Thick_/ Da_Epitome_of_Thick_

    What the Hell?!… I’m sorry… This does not sit right with Me… How does one live behind doing something as such and think it’s going to be sweet when they get out?!… Chile please… Let the wrong person find out he’s out of prison and seeing the light of day… It surely will be his last… However, The blame lies as much with the Government as it does him for following the governments orders… They saw Malcolm as a threat… The exact words were… “No Black man (N****r) should have that much power.” So they had to eliminate their threat… They knew if Malcolm were to have lived… The world as we know it would have been Completely Different… and “LovingMeNaturally”… Sweetie, No offence but, you sound Delusional as Hell… What do you mean “He’s served his time. The transition will not be easy.”… That Fool should never be allowed to see the light of day… The only reason he is going to is because he followed orders like a good lil Monkey and to make it look good he had to do time… And since people such as yourself feel as though he has spent enough time in prison… He is now being released… How do you think he lived so long in prison????… RIGHT!!! He was being protected by the Government… You know as well as I do that with all the Muslims in prison they would have slaughtered him and left the pieces for the Guards to find… I do hope more people do their Home Work before they spew Imbecilic remarks.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Zaakira37/ Zaakira37

    How the hell this funky trick is getting paroled. What on earth is the world really coming to. Even with going to school for law I still have a problem with our judicial system. A murder is a murder and how is it that some murderers can get out of prison for taking a life and then others get the death sentence which is a joke or life. Same as how a rape has a statue of limitation are you kidding me. The X family of Malcolm has been through so much and now to know that his killer is getting out in April is down right pathetic and sad. The only way his ass should get out is when Malcolm X get up out of his grave and say it’s okay and since we know that isn’t going to happen it would be best to keep that KILLER right where he deserves to be.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shyne29/ shyne29

    When this guy is released, he will have to be watched 24/7. Someone will take him out just because he killed Malcolm X. What if this was Martin Luther King Jr we were talking about? This guy would not be alive period right now.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RichardMann11/ RichardMann11

    I’m in a state of omg right now.This man killed one of the greatest men to ever walk this planet we call Earth. This dude admited to killing El Haj but what was wild was that he said the other had nothing to do with it. what is also wild is that the ones that did the shooting were not the only ones involved. Gene Roberts who was one of Malcolm’s bodyguards is also gulity. Gene Roberts, one of Malcolm’s chiefs of security, was an NYPD undercover cop. Roberts was an agent with NYPDs Bureau of Special Services (BOSS), a super-secret police. A book called The Judas Factor covers this in detail. its strange thatthe night before Malcolm was killed he told one of his bodyguards that he did not want people searched before they came into the meetings, that it was a custom of NOI to do that which he was not a part of. Then the very next day 4 men, if i’m not mistaken, slip in with shotguns and pistols and shoot Malcolm dead. This s**t is a lot deeper than one man getting out of jail. u’d think they would have killed dude in jail the day he got there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    He paid his debt to society, so get over it. That’s what you all say when a black man is released from prison. Unless you’re racist, the same applies to this guy…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    kill that noise calling Malcolm a civil rights leader. GO read and study his speeches, and youll know why Malcolm is more valuable to the government dead than alive, and why his vision is more valuable to black people than the civil rights movements ever did. Malcolm spoke of tings that had came to fruition and still coming into reality as we speak.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/craig185/ craig185

    Lastmanstandingtall….Are you serious? He Paid his debt to society? Tell that to Malcolm’s wife and kids. That man should be shot as soon as he is released.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/get_wit_eman/ get_wit_eman

    if he was involved…i hate to say it but..he needs to be shot a gang of times as his wife and children stand there, just like they did malcom..

    im jus sayin…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/apinckney75/ apinckney75

    I understand and somewhat agree with most of your comments. He shouldn’t be released at all. However, please remember that this person is someone’s husband and father..he, as well as, his family have been disgraced enough. Whether he was 100% responsible or not.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/it_wasnt_me_72/ it_wasnt_me_72

    WELL I’M HAPPY THAT HES BEING RELEASE BUT NOT FOR HIM BUT FOR HIS FAMILY WITCH I DO BELIEVE STILL LOVE HIM VERY MUCH. HE GOTTA BE IN HIS MID 70s DAMN HE PAID THE PRICE OVER 40 YEARS BEHIND BARS LET HIS CHILDREN(S)AND FAMILY HAVE WHAT REMAIN OF THIS POOR BASTARD LIFE I’M SURE THEIR ARE A LOT OF THING’S HIS LOVE ONES WANT TO ASK HIM AND MAYBE WE MAY GET A BOOK ABOUT WHAT REALLY WENT DOWN…CAN YA DIG IT…NOW I’M JUST AS MAD AND UPSET ABOUT HIM AS YOU ARE TRUST ME AND I NEVER AND I DO MEAN I NEVER HAD A THOUGHT IN MY MIND ABOUT CHOKING THE HELL OUT OF AN OLD PERSON BUT HIS OLD ASS WOULD CATCH ONE I’M SERIOUS. AND MALCOLM X COMPLETED HIS TASKS AND HOW I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I’M READING THE COMMENTS OF SOME OF THE STRONG BLACK MAN AND WOMEN WHO SOUNDING JUST LIKE HIM…BECAUSE I AM MALCOLM X YOU ARE MALCOLM X WE ALL ARE MALCOLM X…PEACE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/it_wasnt_me_72/ it_wasnt_me_72

    shyne29 WHAT DO YOU MEAN IF IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HIS DEATH ALREADY… LOOK I LOVE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BUT HE SACRIFICED NO MORE THAN WHAT MALCOLM HAD SACRIFICED WE AS BLACK PEOPLE LOVE THEM BOTH THE SAME AND LET NOT FORGET ABOUT MEDGAR EVERS ALL THREE OF THEM GREAT MAN SACRIFICE A LOT FOR US THEY HAD A WIFE AND CHILDREN(S) THAT WAS GETTING DEATH CALL EVERY DAY 24/7 ON THEIR LIVES AND YET THEY STILL WENT OUT EVERY DAY AND FIGHT AND GAVE THEIR LAST BREATH SO WE CAN HAVE OURS… AND THE WHITE PEOPLE GOT THE kkk WELL WE HAVE THE M.M.M. AND IT STAND FOR (MARTIN.MALCOLM.MEDGAR) 3M ALL DAY BABY CAN YA DIG IT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chefbizz/ chefbizz

    Man I can Dig It MMM @ 1t-wasnt….. Nuff Said

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Wow…

    It_wasnt_me, Lastmanstandingtall, and Lovingme he’s done his time?? It’s okay that he’s being released for killing someone coldly?? He should serve life in prison…I can’t possibly understand how someone can disgustingly kill someone in cold blood, causing his family members to lose him forever..and he gets to go back to his family. Why?? I believe in forgiveness…but in this case I don’t see it

    And by the way lastmanstanding they were black…so the “if he was black blah blah” doesn’t make sense

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    Are people forgetting that the Malcolm X speeches people love to call upon became irrelevant late in his life?? The views he expressed early on are not the views he held in the late stages of his life…but no one ever advertises that. He became anti-racist in general…not just as it relates to blacks

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/it_wasnt_me_72/ it_wasnt_me_72

    brother Perionne27 i understand your point…but like i said the first time its not about him its about his family and i bet he have some kind of fatal illness that we don’t know of yet that law in some states if a inmate is ill and living his/hers last days are to be release to their love ones and it not in Courtesy for the prisoner it for his family. and i like to believe that he can do some good in his last day like put out a book about who was the puppet master behind Malcolm x assassination, because we already know who was the puppets…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    While I’m not an avid fan of Capital Punishment (siting the fact that MANY innocent people have been murdered by Lethal Injection/Electrocution/Gas Chamber or otherwise), I do agree that this guy WOULD NOT be seeing the light of day ever again had he even PARTICIPATED in the assassination of someone of the ‘Caucasian Persuasion’. I do also believe that Malcolm X’s murder DEFINITELY carries the ‘U.S. Government Seal of Approval’ stamp. Yes. A MAJOR CONSPIRACY. If they’d do this to their OWN KIND (e.g. J.F.K. & R.F.K.), then they’d DAMN SURE do it to one of us. Conspiracies take MANY forms and involve MANY LEVELS of complexity. It can have just TWO PARTICIPANTS, HUNDREDS of PARTICIPANTS, or even THOUSANDS of PARTICIPANTS (e.g. U.S. Military). The more you know.. The more you grow. ;-)

    If you cannot deal with REALITY, PHUCK YA! ;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_woman/ 1_woman

    On March 8, 1964, Malcolm X publicly announced his break from the Nation of Islam. He said that he was still a Muslim, but he felt the Nation of Islam had “gone as far as it can” because of its rigid religious teachings. Malcolm X said he was going to organize a black nationalist organization that would try to “heighten the political consciousness” of African Americans. He also expressed his desire to work with other civil rights leaders and said that Elijah Muhammad had prevented him from doing so in the past.

    The Nation of Islam and its leaders began making threats against Malcolm X both in private and in public. On March 23, 1964, Elijah Muhammad told Boston minister Louis X (later known as Louis Farrakhan) that hypocrites like Malcolm should have “their heads cut off.

    Tensions increased between Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. As early as February 1964, a member of Temple Number Seven was given orders by the Nation of Islam to wire explosives to Malcolm X’s car

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_woman/ 1_woman

    On July 9, John Ali, a top aide to Muhammad, answered a question about Malcolm X by saying that “anyone who opposes the Honorable Elijah Muhammad puts their life in jeopardy.The December 4 issue of Muhammad Speaks included an article by Louis X that railed against Malcolm X and said that “such a man as Malcolm is worthy of death

    John Ali, national secretary of the Nation of Islam, was identified as an FBI undercover agent.[181] Malcolm X had confided in a reporter that Ali exacerbated tensions between him and Elijah Muhammad. He considered Ali his “archenemy” within the Nation of Islam leadership.[181] On February 20, 1965, the night before the assassination, Ali met with Talmadge Hayer, one of the men convicted of killing Malcolm X.[182]

    In 1977 and 1978, Talmadge Hayer submitted two sworn affidavits re-asserting his claim that Butler and Johnson were not involved in the assassination. In his affidavits Hayer named four men, all members of the Nation of Islam’s Newark Temple Number 25, as having participated with him in the crime. Hayer asserted that a man, later identified as Wilbur McKinley, shouted and threw a smoke bomb to create a diversion. Hayer said that another man, later identified as William Bradley, had a shotgun and was the first to fire on Malcolm X after the diversion. Hayer asserted that he and a man later identified as Leon David, both armed with pistols, fired on Malcolm X immediately after the shotgun blast. Hayer also said that a fifth man, later identified as Benjamin Thomas, was involved in the conspiracy

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_woman/ 1_woman

    The Shabazz family, have accused Louis Farrakhan of being involved in the plot to assassinate Malcolm X.In a 1993 speech, Louis Farrakhan seemed to boast of the assassination:

    Was Malcolm your traitor or ours? And if we dealt with him like a nation deals with a traitor, what the hell business is it of yours? A nation has to be able to deal with traitors and cutthroats and turncoats.

    In a 60 Minutes interview that aired during May 2000, Farrakhan stated that some of the things he said may have led to the assassination of Malcolm X. “I may have been complicit in words that I spoke”, he said. “I acknowledge that and regret that any word that I have said caused the loss of life of a human being.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_woman/ 1_woman

    I posted these so that we may draw and know what lead to the death of a great man. Lot of us want to know and we think different things. I think that the nation of islam had something to do with his death, but that fact remains that a man is free after 20yrs. and i agree with soe on here i jus hope that he does something more with his life or try and live the rest of his as god sees fit.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chefbizz/ chefbizz

    I must say that with all due respect cherronw you are very wrong and you should not make statements like that without proper research. In the Sept. 1963 of the Muhammad Speaks Farrakhan referred to him as a traitor to his father ( Elijah Muhammad) and that he deserved death. But he did not have the power to have him murdered! Do Your Research! As Malcolm X Said “Of All Our Studies, History is Best Qualified to Reward All Research! Malcolm was Murdered by the United States Gov. because he was going to take the U.S. Gov. before the U.N. The World Court and Indict them for genocide against black ppl. here in this country. He went to Africa for support of the World because he said it was a Human Rights issue and not a Civil Rights Issue (meaning trying to get justice in the confines of the US Gov.; That’s the same as calling on a white Jesus as your Lord and Savior, Seeking freedom from your captures. So he made it an Issue for the World to deliberate on and they (US GOV) could not let them happen so they murdered him and hired hit men. The U.S. created an organization called COINTELPRO Counter Intelligence Program By J Edgar Hoover -CIA&FBI and they used black informants paid to join/infiltrate our organizations-get info. and report back to master. So yes they were black men (House N****rs for Master) that pulled the triggers but they were the puppets for the US government to be able to say that it was Black on Black. Why there were so many police across the street from the Audubon unless they knew what was being carried out by the hired killers! And then why was Malcolm not allowed to speak in France unless the French Gov didn’t want him murdered on their own soil. He was told to get back on the plane and leave the country. Now do you really think the Nation of Islam was communicating with French? No, it was the US Gov. that informed them of their plot to Murder El HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ. MALCOLM X

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/critical22/ critical22

    I bet that dude is still going to be watched by BIG BROTHER ..umm well better yet lets just say if he really holds the key to the solving of this case, he definitely will not still be alive!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/it_wasnt_me_72/ it_wasnt_me_72

    critical22 you are so true that old man knows nothing he just a puppet who being control by the puppet master and you better believe that puppet master are being control by the puppet grand master and who knows how far up in ranks are responsible for Malcolm X death because if that old man really knew any thing he never would have came out of prison alive and that for damn sure… so with that said in done he may be able to hand over the (puppet master/N.O.I) BUT NOT THE (puppet grand master/C.I.A/F.B.I)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/it_wasnt_me_72/ it_wasnt_me_72

    THE
    (F.B.I)FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION = BIGGEST MOBSTERS IN THE WORLD
    (C.I.A)CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY = BIGGEST TERRORISTS IS THE WORLD
    (D.E.A)DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION = BIGGEST DRUG CARTEL IN THE WORLD
    (A.T.F)ALCOHOL TOBACCO FIREARM = BIGGEST ARMS DEALER IN THE WORLD
    (L.P.D)LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT = BIGGEST STREET GANG IN THE WORLD
    I TELL NO LIE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AllBizSumPlay_1/ AllBizSumPlay_1

    Utterly Repulsed .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/123step/ 123step

    Malcolm X can’t go home to his family.. Why should they be allowed to .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/228SOUTHBOYGPT/ 228SOUTHBOYGPT

    i hear he was gay

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/get_wit_eman/ get_wit_eman

    i also understand..paying a debt to society, BUT..what about Malcoms little girls…who watched their dad get pulvarized with Bullets!!

    I mean geez..if those little girls saw the guys faces, just imagine how they will feel to see them again..if in fact this guy was one of them?

    its a little different to tell a child..”your dad was shot and killed”, BUT to SEE IT live..thats HAS to be traumatic for LIFE!! This man spent time in jail, and all that, BUT im just looking at it from Malcoms lil girls view..

    its easy for someone to say..let him live his life now, BUT wow…what about the “Trauma” malcoms girls will ALWAYS have wether they claim to have gotten over it or not?…its a tough call….

    I STILL say….one cant speak on something they havent been thru..is it fair for those kids to have watched their dad get shot up?…and this guys kids get a chance to enjoy their dad?….what a sad, crazy world we live in with no real answer on how to fix a horrible situation as this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Perionne27/ Perionne27

    I’m sorry but I still don’t see it. Malcolm’s family will never be able to see him again..this man contributed to Malcolm’s kids and his wife continuing on life without him. All this puppet nonsense I don’t buy…he should not be released

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WHOP63/ WHOP63

    HE KILLED A LEGEND …HE KILLED SUM1 DAT WAS TRYNA FIGHT 4 US CUZ WE WAS GETTIN TREATED LIKE FUKIN ANIMALS…A FELLOW BROTHA 2 THE FULLEST…I HOPE HE GET OUT AND GET MURDERD …LETS SHOOT HIM OVA 20 TIMES LIKE HE HEPLED DO MALCOM

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/phazex_female/ phazex_female

    Head not to ChefBizz, “well stated.”

    “…The U.S. created an organization called COINTELPRO Counter Intelligence Program By J Edgar Hoover -CIA&FBI and they used black informants paid to join/infiltrate our organizations-get info. and report back to master. So yes they were black men (House N****rs for Master) that pulled the triggers but they were the puppets for the US government to be able to say that it was Black on Black. Why there were so many police across the street from the Audubon unless they knew what was being carried out by the hired killers! And then why was Malcolm not allowed to speak in France unless the French Gov didn’t want him murdered on their own soil. He was told to get back on the plane and leave the country. Now do you really think the Nation of Islam was communicating with French? No, it was the US Gov. that informed them of their plot to Murder El HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ. MALCOLM X

    And yet, today some of our clowns (bangers, stick-up kid, etc.) run around killing each other, each perceiving the other as “the enemy.”

    Rest in peace, Black Amerikka.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexiiNCali31/ SexiiNCali31

    THAT’S BULLS**T TO ME! i thought murderers dont get out?? its’ all good though, i have a feelin’ he aint goin be livin’ that long after his release. They goin do tha same thang to him, wha he did to Malcolm X, so he should think bout wanting to stay up in there..Cuz niggaz gon try to get him!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ceeluvNY/ ceeluvNY

    Malcolm X is a Legend..Hero let it be Known..as for that other Fool..God Don’t Like Ugly or Junk…I thought when U Murder U get LIFE…I guess He got a Break….HHHHMMMMM

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CNoriega/ CNoriega

    lol@ that dude being on work release and hanging out with his family while he was in jail for murdering Malcolm X. That right there just proves the government was involved in the assassination of Malcolm X. How he got off so easy for killing a man?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BALLERJAMES/ BALLERJAMES

    Dude goin to get clapped and if not then he should. Man he was part of Malcolm murder and he out cmon I got partner inside for drugs no guns and still got time to spare but he out . Someone in malcolms family need to airthis dude out after gettin the real info out this cat

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Goodiegoods/ Goodiegoods

    I don’t think he should get out. That s**t ain’t right! I agree with homeboy, the government did have some s**t to do wit that murder. Why else would they free a guilty man?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jenkinsderrick/ jenkinsderrick

    Everyone agree. That house nniaga is a dead man.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/M-RED/ M-RED

    Malcolm X murderer???? I didnt even know somebody went down for that! AmeriKKKa murdered malcolm X, not Thomas Hagan. he wrong too, but if you gonna argue. throw all the facts into the dispute. dont shoot the messenger! yall dont give a fuk about malcolm X anyway, cuz if yall did, yall would still be standing up for each other. half of yall running around still killing the black man. the best movement i eva saw was woodstock. we shoulda just kept getting high and having sex lol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/M-RED/ M-RED

    and 2nd. all yall fake, scary, sell out, full of shyt ppl. talking about you would shoot hagan blah blah blah. WHATEVA you aint shoot the cops that killed sean bell. you aint shoot the cops that killed amallio. or plunger raped luima. so stop running ur damn mouth. you would shoot your nieghbor ova fukking your girlfriend tho lol. shoot your brother for smoking all your weed. stupid muthaphuka. yall the house niggaz.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/VocalzOfGold/ VocalzOfGold

    Go figure this a*****e gets out on my 19th birthday wow

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