Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Gov. Dannel Malloy discusses the latest education reform bill with members of the NAACP.
Educators, elected officials and members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) gathered to hear Gov. Dannel P. Malloy discuss the proposed Education Reform Bill he calls a "modern day Civil Rights Movement." The Shiloh Baptist Church in Middletown was packed Monday night with concerned residents eager to hear the Governor defend and promote his reformation, which was best described by NAACP Connecticut Chapter President Scott X. Esdaile as "a touchy subject." NAACP Education Committee Chairman Dr. Benjamin Foster Jr. urged Malloy to promote a more culturally relevant education by "infusing multicultural content." Malloy agreed with the importance of cultural sensitivity and said he wanted teachers to …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Community Immigrants of East Haven is the organizing force behind the Feb. 25 march here. And group leaders hope the event will be an important first step in helping to bring all town residents together to begin a positive dialogue.
A new grassroots organization has been created to help provide a public voice to, and bring together members of, East Haven's immigrant community — while also working to open a positive and productive dialogue among residents of the town as a whole. The group, Community Immigrants of East Haven, is the organizing force behind the upcoming Feb. 25 march here. And group leaders are hoping next weekend's event will be the first of many important steps on a path of reaching out and working with other groups and leaders in town, in hopes of unifying and bringing together all residents of East Haven. "The people are divided and they need to come together," Herman Zuniga, the president of Community Immigrants of East Haven, told East Haven Patch …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The town moves forward with its appeal of the case, which awarded the Jones family $900,000 in damages after the young black man was shot to death by an East Haven Police officer in April 1997.
The Town of East Haven's appeal of the Malik Jones case ruling continues to move forward with judges hearing oral arguments yesterday at the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New York City, according to a report in the New Haven Independent. A federal jury awarded $900,000 to the estate of Malik Jones in October 2010, 13 years after a former East Haven Police officer, Robert Flodquist, chased him into New Haven and then shot the 21-year-old dead at close range. Jones was unarmed at the time. Flodquist later said Jones gave him a "go to Hell" look, and the car may have been slowly rolling backwards, so he thought his life was at risk. After both the the state's attorney and the the U.S. Department of Justice chose not to pursue …
Thursday, December 8, 2011
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights State Advisory Committee heard testimony from East Haven and Danbury advocates regarding incidents of alleged police profiling in both Connecticut towns.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights State Advisory Committee heard testimony from East Haven and Danbury advocates regarding incidents of alleged anti-Hispanic police profiling that has led to lawsuits in both Connecticut towns, according to the McClatchy-Tribune International Services report. In addition to the civil lawsuit, the East Haven Police Department is also the subject of a federal grand jury investigation and a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry into allegations of racial profiling and police brutality against Hispanic residents. This is the second hearing held by the federal civil rights commission in its probe into police profiling in Connecticut. The commission is also seeking ways to "make policing generally more…
Ivanna D. Truth
11:38 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
, the NAACP demands orderly conduct in its dealings. They do? Lololol more ›