Since we're in the home stretch of the municipal campaign season, I decided to bring back my CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT series.
The first person in my series of campaign interviews is City Council At Large candidate Luis Rodriguez. Here's a brief bio on the candidate.
A recent graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in Economics, Luis is looking forward to making a positive impact on his hometown. He attended Danbury Public Schools from kindergarten through high school and has been active in the community as a volunteer, mentor, and patron of city businesses and organizations alike.
He is a first generation American with his parents coming from the Dominican Republic and is the youngest of 4 children. Luis graduated from the Danbury Public School System and has been a part of and active in organizations like the Danbury Young Democrats, YMCA, and the Good Friend mentoring program.
This week, I caught up with Rodriguez and talked to him about his campaign and why he's running for City Council.
For more information on Rodriguez, visit his camnpaign page on Facebook or email directly at rodril629@yahoo.com.
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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.
Since we're in the home stretch of the municipal campaign season, I decided to bring back my CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT series.
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.
