The daughter of a police officer who wrote a letter conspiring that the NYPD and FBI were involved in Malcolm X’s assassination says the letter is completely false.
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Kelly Wood, daughter of former NYPD officer Raymond Wood, confirmed the letter’s legitimacy during an interview with NY1 on Friday. According to the New York Post, Kelly said her father’s cousin, Reggie Wood, forged the letter and read it out loud during last week’s press conference to earn publicity for himself.
A letter purportedly from a retired NYPD officer accused the FBI and NYPD of being involved in Malcolm X’s death. But Kelly Wood, the officer’s daughter, told NY1 it’s a fake, and that he didn’t write it.
Watch her interview with @DeanMeminger on NY1 at 4 pm. pic.twitter.com/8ejSjikjoU
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) February 26, 2021
“I know that is not his signature and I know the envelope they’re using to somehow justify that the letter was mailed is also a fake.”
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She said the signature on the letter is not her father’s and he wouldn’t want the letter to be released after his death in November. In response to the letter, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that they are actively investigating the situation.