I'll provide video highlights of today's testimony later this evening.
FYI: State Senator David Cappiello is on the Judiciary Committee.
UPDATE: The blogoshpere is burning up over this hearing right now and a new open thread needed to be created on MLN due to the high volume of comments. I'm still in the process of posting highlights from today's hearing and I'll have everything posted on MLN later tonight. Here's testimony from State Senator Edith Prague (D-19th Dist.) offering her support for same sex marriage. She also responsed to a series of questions raised by people on the committee including State Senator Cappiello.
UPDATE 2: Today's testimony at the Judiciary has been incredible. Sorry for the lack of posts but I've been very busy at MLN providing video highlights of the entire meeting for the online community. Due to the high traffic, a third open thread was created to deal with everything.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
