Posting will be on a bit on the light side here as I'm VERY VERY busy covering the Democratic Convention over at My Left Nutmeg.
My Left Nutmeg was picked by the Democratic National Committee as the blog from Connecticut to cover the convention. We have several bloggers right now in Denver covering everything convention-related so you can imagine the what I'm going through right now.
Local tidbits I'll cover this week:
* I'll offer my take on the Film Festival ad-hoc committee meeting.
* President Joe Cavo and City Clerk Jean Natale have some serious explaining to do but for now, I'm keeping my mouth shut until the appropriate time.
* Xenophobic, well known racists volunteering for Cappiello?
* The fall of the Big(o)T: one year later. You don't want to miss this...
* Holding them accountable: The smear job against the Hispanic Center. From the repeated slander from Lynn Waller and Joel Urice, to the spread of misinformation from Elise "deer in headlights" Marcaino and her band of morons, I'm going to lay out a compelling case where the Hispanic Center for Greater Danbury could (and should) file a defamation lawsuit against these anti-immigrant extremists.
* Why does the News-Times hate veterans?
Tick-tock...weeks away from teh Galante state trial on charges of illegal bundled campaign contributions to Mayor Boughton, David Cappiello, and former State Senator Lou DeLuca. I'll take you by the hand and take a look back at Boughton's dirty hands in this case.
Back to dealing with a mountain of emails, twitter posts, and instant messages...ugh!
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.
Posting will be on a bit on the light side here as I'm VERY VERY busy covering the Democratic Convention over at My Left Nutmeg.
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.
