Showcasing the strong support for his candidacy within Danbury's diverse immigrant community, yesterday State Senate candidate Duane Perkins held a press conference outside City Hall highlighting his solidarity with minority groups within Connecticut's 24th District.
Perkins is one of the few Common Council members who has consistently questioned Danbury's anti-immigrant/xenophobic legislation, the most recent being the ICE ACCESS program. Perkins is running against Mike McLachlan, Danbury's mayor Mark Boughton chief of staff and the darling among the anti-immigrant/racist/bigot-minded community for his god-awfully disgusting stance against the immigrant community and their supporters.
From yesterday afternoon, here's highlights of Perkin's presser along with comments from prominent and supporters of Danbury's immigrant community regarding their support for Perkins.
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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.
