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Malcolm X- — Protests to” NLY. Mayor i “Elijah Muhammad's chief dis- at ciple, Malcol has authored lc Hy : ~~ fs seater or pees to Mayor Wag: mM A olm =4 _ Ter which reads as follows: tree} } 102 W. 116th St. Ley! } ,o- New York, N, ¥. Soe ; May 23, 1963 sot . . Hon. Mayor Robert Wagner Gracie Mansion. New York, N. ¥. oN Honorable Mayor: - The outraged Moslems of the African-Asian world join us in | calling for an immediate investi- } gation by your office Into the in- ; | sane conduct of irresponsible ; 4 white police officers who seem t -to have thought their white faces were sufficient “badge” to force Pittsburgh, Pa. their way into the private homes PRESS of innocent, law-abiding citizens sTECRATACOCSCOSCS~S —— under the false pretense that they SUN-TaLEG oe were looking for an (unknown, POST-GAZETTE ae unidentified) party called “Mar- a garet Dorsey.” The officers of the New York ah police force shot wildly and with- : out just or sane cause into our private home, which at the time was occupied by Moslem women, children and babies... a re- ligious home where no crime had 4? ever been committed. Only Allah at fete Prevented their innocent lives Author of’ aArcicie : from being snuffed out by the ae eweey. : wild shooting of these white de- Bditor (on editorial ° tectives, who were acting more itor (on € oriais) like “mad dogs” than law offl- cers, (There were five Moslem ra) women, one man and six babieg in the line of fire at the tlme of the shooting, on the first floor.) The white “officers of the law” | were rot satisfied Invading and. oi endai.gering the home and lives; of the first floor occupants, In-| stead of searching downstairs Where their professed “suspect” Was supposed to be, they dashed : up the back stairs and smashed | aa | their way into the upstairs apart: | : ment too, which is the home of Malcolm X, the teligious leader. of the New York Moslems, and John ITX, secretary of Muhatm- mad’s New York Temple of Is- They battered down the door to my private apartment, ahat- tering glass throughout my res! h dence. In their frenzy, the white “ "maniacs, representing the New wey TEE 7 a om eae a ea -_ *