Now, I'm very flattered with the great show of support. Heck, I never thought this site would take off the way it did when I started it nearly two years ago; I was more concerned with getting my other site off the ground and started this one because I lived in Danbury and followed local politics for about the last ten years...funny how things work out.
So here goes my shameless plug.
If you like what you see here, please go over to the Fairfield Weekly website and vote for this site in the 2007 Best of reader's poll.
As a side note, there will be a MAJOR PR push for this site throughout the Danbury area. Be on the lookout for HatCityBLOG material in the mail or in certain locations throughout the city.
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
06.03.22 (OP-ED): KUSHNER: "Career Academy ‘a great deal for Danbury"
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.
I couple of readers informed me that they voted this site for best local blog in the Fairfield Weekly 2007 Best of series.
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.
