With the 24th State Senate Democratic primary well underway, Terry Tierney made an appearance on local access television to talk about his candidacy.
As someone who's staying neutral on this primary, I wanted to see what Tierney had to offer in his first interview on T.V. and what I learned about him was mostly biographical and not much in terms of where he stands on issues. Although the interview focused primarily on his background, Tierney did manage to give a few critical remarks about his challenger Duane Perkins and the Democratic endorsed nominee's recent press conference at City Hall last week.
All in all, I was somewhat let down by the fact that Tierney didn't offer any insight into his stance on the issues plaguing the 24th State Senate District during the interview. It's one thing to have a flier with your stance on the issues, it's another thing to be asked questions directly on where you stand on various topics and in my opinion, that's where this particular interview fell short.
That being said, if I were someone who didn't know anything about Tierney, I would say that Terry's appearance was very informative in terms of educating people about background as his family's ties to the area and for many, that could be a factor in their vote.
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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.
With the 24th State Senate Democratic primary well underway, Terry Tierney made an appearance on local access television to talk about his candidacy. 
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.
