Morris Students Censored on Ferguson Issue, Morristown Pastor Says

At an event designed to highlight the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one Morristown pastor claimed students in several Morris County school districts were unable to speak about the issues in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York from 2014.

According to morristowngreen.com, Pastor Sidney Williams of Bethel AME Church in Morristown, told a group of guests at the Morristown Interfaith Breakfast Monday morning students from Parsippany, Randolph, and Morris school districts were not allowed to discuss the shooting death of Michael Brown and choking death of Eric Garner, both at the hands of police officers, with teacher or while in school.

“They were told what to think and how to respond, and they trembled, and they cried, and they are afraid,” Williams said during his speech at the event, which can be seen in the video below.

Williams led the group in prayer at the 30th annual event, the report said.

Morris School District board of education president Leonard Posey told the publication that was the first he had heard of the allegation.

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