Thursday, September 27, 2007
What an outrageous article (and issue). The City of Danbury arrested 10 illegal immigrants and is now being sued for having done so. Not only is the lawsuit outrageous, but note the AP article as it appears in the Boston Globe: 10 immigrants sue US, Conn. city over arrests. "Immigrants." Danbury is targeting "immigrants." Something's missing from this picture. Oh yeah, the word "illegal" (or even "undocumented"!), which, throughout the entire article, only appears in relation to the arrests! No wonder even legal immigrants are scared.
HARTFORD - Lawyers for 10 Latino men arrested in Danbury in the past year filed a civil rights lawsuit yesterday, accusing city and federal officials of a plot to harass immigrants through illegal arrests and intimidation.
The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in New Haven, alleges authorities violated the plaintiffs' constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, free speech, free association, and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.
Nine of the 10 were arrested during a sting targeting day laborers, while the 10th was detained after an unrelated traffic stop.
Professors and students at Yale Law School, who are representing the men, attributed much of the problem to Danbury's mayor, Mark Boughton, who denied the allegations...
...Danbury has been transformed in recent years by waves of new immigrants. The influx has strained schools, created overcrowded housing, and led to other problems such as unlicensed and unregistered drivers, Boughton has said...
...The lawsuit asks the federal court to declare the actions of Danbury and federal immigration officials unconstitutional. It also seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
[h/t: Michael Graham]
Just another example of how the MSM insidiously pushes its bias down our throats because, you know, we're too stupid and racist to think and do the right thing.
BHG
I tend to agree that if the Feds aren't going to defend their oath to protect the sovereignty of our nation, we will. It's all about "we the people".
Gary (R)
California.
Nauseating. Unsurprising, but nauseating nonetheless.
BHG