I attended the prayer vigil at Kennedy Park on Sunday afternoon and I'm in the process of producing the video.
Hopefully, I'll be able to file my video report and bring you everything that happened later today, including what happened when a buffoon of Elise Marciano's whack-pack disrupted the event, as well as other disturbing moments from the usual anti-immigrant suspects this weekend.
The News-Times did a nice write-up of the event, which you can read here.
UPDATE: I'm sorry for the delay. Many of you have emailed me about the vigil and I'm working on the video as fast as I can. It's just that the video footage is taking up a great deal of space so I have to move files around in order to complete the video.
Hello to all who are new to the site who arrived here from grabbing one of my cards from around town. I notice that several new readers are using the language translation tool, which is also a really good sign of encouragement.
Feel free to check out the video links on the right-hand side of this blog or catch up on things by reading the archives. Things will be back to normal on this site very soon.
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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.
