As we enter the final stretch of the campaign season, candidates and political groups are working non-stop to get out the vote and encourage supporters to not overlook next month's elections.
Earlier this month, I paid a visit to Danbury Democratic Town Committee (DDTC) headquarters to witness their slate of state candidates rally their troops before setting them off or a day of dook-knocking across the city.
Here are video highlights of the rally including comments from the former mayoral candidate and current DDTC chairman Roberto Alves, Senator Chris Murphy, State Senator Julie Kushner, State Rep. candidate Farley Santos, and Judge of Probate candidate Joe DaSilva.
If you like to volunteer for the Danbury Dems, then visit their website for more info.
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.