Farrakhan Seeks Suit in Crack Controversy

Louis Farrakhan said he wants the Nation of Islam to file a class-action lawsuit on behalf of crack addicts if his group’s lawyers find evidence that CIA operatives funneled crack cocaine into America’s black communities. The suit also would include the families of crack addicts “and those who have been victimized by crime as a result of the crack addicts,” Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, told Newsweek. Farrakhan also said he would like to speak with Jewish leaders while in New York this week for Wednesday’s World Day of Atonement, a demonstration he is sponsoring to mark the one-year anniversary of the Million Man March in Washington.