Malcolm X Holds Press Conference in Los Angeles
May 5, 1962 - Malcolm X, Minister of Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7 in Harlem, traveled to Los Angeles and held a news conference today concerning the clash between police and Black Muslims on April 28 that resulted in the death of Muslim Ronald T. Stokes. Mr. X accused Los Angeles Police Chief William H. Parker of Gestapo tactics and false propaganda. He charged that a squad of 75 officers shot or clubbed 16 Muslim members during the clash. The violence began, he said, when th