29-04-2010, 09:11 AM
Malcolm X Assassin Hagan Is Freed on Parole in NYC
Thomas Hagan, only man to admit role in Malcolm X assassination, is freed on parole in NYC
The Associated Press
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK April 27, 2010 (AP)
NEW YORK — The only man ever to admit involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45 years after he helped gun down the civil rights leader.
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FILE - In this 1963 file photo, Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X is pictured at a rally at Lennox Avenue and 115th St., in the Harlem section of New York. The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X has been freed on parole, 45 years after he helped assassinate the civil rights leader in New York City. State Department of Correctional Services spokeswoman Linda Foglia says Thomas Hagan was freed Tuesday, April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Robert Haggins, File) NO SALES![[Image: icon-arrow-up.gif]](http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/icons/icon-arrow-up.gif)
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Thomas Hagan was the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, part of the skein of violence that wound through the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s. He was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a work-release program.
Hagan, 69, has repeatedly expressed sorrow for being one of the gunmen who fired on Malcolm X, killing one of the civil rights era's most polarizing and compelling figures. One of the groups dedicated to Malcolm X's memory condemned Hagan's parole.
Hagan declined to comment after his release.
"I really haven't had any time to gather my thoughts on anything," he told The Associated Press by telephone.http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10489300
Thomas Hagan, only man to admit role in Malcolm X assassination, is freed on parole in NYC
The Associated Press
11 comments
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK April 27, 2010 (AP)
NEW YORK — The only man ever to admit involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45 years after he helped gun down the civil rights leader.
FILE - In this 1963 file photo, Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X is pictured at a rally at Lennox... FILE - In this 1963 file photo, Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X is pictured at a rally at Lennox Avenue and 115th St., in the Harlem section of New York. The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X has been freed on parole, 45 years after he helped assassinate the civil rights leader in New York City. State Department of Correctional Services spokeswoman Linda Foglia says Thomas Hagan was freed Tuesday, April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Robert Haggins, File) NO SALES
(AP)
Thomas Hagan was the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, part of the skein of violence that wound through the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s. He was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a work-release program.
Hagan, 69, has repeatedly expressed sorrow for being one of the gunmen who fired on Malcolm X, killing one of the civil rights era's most polarizing and compelling figures. One of the groups dedicated to Malcolm X's memory condemned Hagan's parole.
Hagan declined to comment after his release.
"I really haven't had any time to gather my thoughts on anything," he told The Associated Press by telephone.http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10489300
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