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Nation of Islam — Part 3
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were
in
the hall, and that
the suit was merely
an assertion
by
Elijah Muhammad
that
the
Constitution gives
him the right to conduct
a public meeting or
religious
assembly in
a public place with
the public
invited, free
from police
supervision.-
A Trenton,
New Jersey, patrolman approached
two Negroes on
September 2'7,
1964,
to
issue them
a traffic ticket for double-parking. The
two Negroes,
later
identified
as NOI members, knocked
the patrolman
to the
ground, kicked
him repeatedly,
and attempted
to obtain
his revolver. A third
Negro seized
the revolver
and ordered
the NOI
members to
release the
patrol-
man. A passer-by telephoned
for police assistance. The
two NO!
members
resisted arrest. In the attack, the patrolman suffered a fractured elbow and
torn thumb
ligaments.
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One of the NOI attackers was found guilty
of
traffic charges of
failing to obey a signal of a traffic officer, failure to show
a driver's
permit
and an automobile registration,
illegal double-parking,
and failure to notify
the Bureau
of Motor
Vehicles of
a change
of address.
In February,
1965,
the
N01 members
were indicted for atrocious assault and
battery against
the police
officers.
C. Prison
Confinement
Individuals claiming to be Black Muslims and followers of Elijah
Muhammad have
created numerous
problems for prison authorities in recent
years. Some
of the individuals involved
were members
of the N01 prior to
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