The Helena Abrantes Campaign set up a special section of their website dedicated to the Democrats call upon Mark BOUGHTon to repeal the BRT/Crosby Street seven year tax assessment deferral. There you can read and listen to all the media coverage from the News-Times and WLAD surrounding yesterday's news conference, as well as any future press releases on the subject.
The campaign also announced that Helena will be a guest on the local access show Community Forum tonight at 9:00 on Comcast Channel 23 Ideas at Work and Beyond today at 12:00 PM on Comcast Channel 23.
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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.