Civil Right Quotes
There was freedom of religion for Protestants in early New Jersey. Note that Catholics and Jews were not allowed to hold office. This constitution was in force until 1844 when the prohibition was repealed by new constitution. Under the original constitution, men were convicted for blasphemy. See {621063} .
He was referring to a case where an unarmed criminal suspect was being arrested by 5 police officers who choked him to death in what the coroner ruled was a homicide. Some police union spokesmen justified the homicide on the grounds that the victim had resisted arrest (in great question from viewing the video tapes). “Had he not, he would not be dead”. The spokesman ignored the fact that the choke hold that the police used was prohibited by the Police Department Manual and Rules as well as imprudent and unnecessary in that case. Surely 5 trained policemen can physically control 1 unarmed man without choking him Sharpton observed, and with this pithy quote, put the tragedy into perspective as a violation of civil rights.
