The Danbury 11 case is about to heat up as it's DEPOSITION TIME! Can't wait to read the mayor's testimony...which should be REALLY interesting seeing that he'll be under oath.
The Common Council had a marathon session Monday night as they went back and forth over changes to the charter. I was on hand to videotape most of the meeting and I'll post the video, and offer my rebuttal to the mayor's comments regarding the position of City Clerk, later...
I couldn't resist shaking my head at last night's ad-hoc committee meeting on the appointment of Mike McLahclan as Director of Economic Development. I'll show you how easy it is to poke holes into the mayor's testimony later as well as highlight at least two occasions where members of the committee and those in attendance had a GOLDEN opportunity to call the mayor and supporters of this appointment out on several misleading statements that were made.
I attended the NAACP Black History month celebration on Sunday and I'll post footage from that event later.
The nonsense surrounding the appointment of Mike Halas continues. I've retrieved the footage from last year's Zoning Commission meeting and you'll be able to see Halas and his goon squad supporters in all of their glory.
I attended the Chris Dodd/Chris Murphy Health Care Forum and I'll file my video report on the event...
...as well as how Elise Marciano's dwindling band of xenophobic maniacs wound up looking like complete morons at the forum...later.
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.
