; Whereas, on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated while delivering a speech at the Audubon Ballroom, which was located in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan; Whereas Talmadge Hayer, also known as Thomas Hagan, is one of three individuals charged with the assassination of Malcolm X, along with Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson; Whereas even at the time of their initial arrest, there was widespread belief that Mr. Johnson and Mr. Butler were not involved with Malcolm X’s assassination and had been erroneously convicted at trial; Whereas such sentiments deepened following Mr. Hayer’s sworn testimony, which was conspicuously disregarded, during trial in which he stated that he and four other assailants carried out the assassination of which Butler and Johnson were not involved, an assertion that Hayer subsequently reaffirmed in two affidavits; Whereas because Hayer’s testimony went unheeded, criminal justice activists such as the Innocence Project have determined that the initial trial proceedings presumably led to the unjust detention of two young men for two decades; and Whereas the recently released Netflix docuseries titled Who Killed Malcolm X? serves as a serendipitous reminder of the injustices surrounding this case by demonstrating the gaps in prosecutorial and investigative processes and the attestations against the four coconspirators named in Hayer’s affidavit, further compelling the need for the Department of Justice to assist the New York County District Attorney’s Office, which has publicly committed to revisiting the case: Now, therefore, be it