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The Brass Mill Center in Waterbury and Shoppes at Buckland Hills in Manchester have announced plans to create a mandatory curfew for youth, including a chaperone and ID requirement, during certain times in November and December 2019. The following is a reaction from David McGuire.
The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut.
Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents today entered the Derby, Connecticut courthouse in an attempt to seize Domar Shearer, an Ansonia man, for deportation. The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut.
Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane has postponed his retirement by 30 days, upon a request from the Criminal Justice Commission to complete a report about Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Gail Hardy’s docket of unresolved cases of killings by police.
A young man died last night after being chased and arrested by Stamford police. The following is a statement from the NAACP Stamford Branch, Connecticut NAACP State Conference, and ACLU of Connecticut.
The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut, to racist incidents at the University of Connecticut flagship campus, and to the arrest of two students who yelled racist slurs.