State Senator David Cappiello (R-Danbury) today filed with the FEC a campaign committee for Connecticut's Fifth District. A two-term state Representative and five-term member of the state Senate, Cappiello may have an easy path to his party's nomination to face first-term incumbent Christopher Murphy. Murphy unseated 12 termer and Connecticut Republican fixture Nancy Johnson last November.
Smart move. Better to file now and start raising money while Mayor Boughton deals with his re-election campaign. If the mayor decides to throw his hat into the Congressional race, there's no way he could file papers until after November and by that time, Cappiello would have a pretty good head start.
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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.
Someone just filed papers...
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.
