Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary released the following statement regarding Mark Boughton's abandoning Mayor's Against Illegal Guns and the majority of the public who supports sensible gun control legislation.
"I am very disappointed that Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton withdrew from Mayor's Against Illegal Guns in what appears to be a political play for his campaign for Governor. As a former urban police chief I know very well the devastation that gun violence has brought to communities across the country. While I may not agree with all of MAIG's initiatives, many of them are a starting point for discussion. Mayor Boughton's withdrawal from MAIG sends a bad signal to advocates on both sides of this debate about his potential leadership. Real leadership demands that we adhere to our convictions especially on hotly divided issues such as gun control. By quitting and taking his bat and ball out of the game in the manner that he has, vastly diminishes his voice in future discussions."
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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.
Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary released the following statement regarding Mark Boughton's abandoning Mayor's Against Illegal Guns and the majority of the public who supports sensible gun control legislation.
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.
