In total, Himes defeated Shays by a good margin—53 to 45 percent. Yet, if Bridgeport had been cleaved off of the Fourth District, a wildly diverse cluster of 17 municipalities, he would have lost the race.
Himes received 160,081 votes in last week's election to Shays' 146,801. Subtract the whopping 30,659 votes Himes won in Bridgeport, the district's biggest city, and the measly 7,146 Shays garnered from it, and the final outcome is 129,422 votes for Himes and 139,637 for Shays. The congressman wins another term and there remains one Republican representative from New England.
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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.
