A daughter and granddaughter of slain black nationalist Malcolm X have been charged with stealing a rental truck that was found in southern Maryland carrying seven pit bulls in what police described Friday as inhumane conditions. The truck's enclosed cargo area contained seven dogs, locked in crates and covered in their own waste, the documents state. Both women are charged with stealing the truck, valued at $40,000. Malikah Shabazz is one of six children of Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, and Betty Shabazz. She was born seven months after her father was assassinated in February 1965 in New York City by three members of the Nation of Islam, which Malcolm X had left a year earlier.

Source: ABC News January 27, 2017 17:25 UTC