Daughter of Malcolm X, Malikah Shabazz, Arrested in NC on Outstanding Warrants from New York

Malikah Shabazz, daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, arrested in NC on several outstanding warrants from New York.

Malikah Shabazz, daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, was arrested Friday and is currently being held in a North Carolina jail. She could face extradition to New York were she is wanted on several outstanding warrants, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Malikah Shabazz was arrested Friday night after authorities responded to a call to a Mars Hill home, said Chief Deputy Michael Garrison of the Madison County Sheriff's Office. Investigators found that the 45-year-old had several outstanding warrants from Queens, N.Y., that include charges for grand larceny, forgery and identity theft.

Garrison and her lawyer, Sean Devereux, said Shabazz is the daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, who is also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. She was born months after Malcolm X was assassinated exactly 46 years ago Monday. Shabazz is scheduled to appear for an extradition hearing Tuesday.

Devereux said the warrants appear to be from 2009 but that she was never served with the papers. Her attorneys are not sure about the circumstances of the charges. He said prosecutors in New York have known her most recent address in South Carolina, where she owned a home and had a driver's license. Source

Seems like this woman has demons and it is a sad commentary for her 13 year old daughter, who is now in the custody of the local Department of Social Services.