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Subject: March and Rally in East in East Haven Against Racial Profiling


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  August 9, 2009   
                                 
                                 .    Sat Aug 15: March & Rally East Haven against racial profiling & supporting immigrant rights  
                                   
                                 
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Sat Aug 15: March & Rally East Haven against racial profiling & supporting immigrant rights  
                                 
                                Friends,

                                Unidad Latina en Accion, a member of the Ct state-wide immigrant rights coalition is organizing an important rally against racial profiling for Saturday August 15th. AFSC-CT has endorsed the event. Please attend this important event. 

                                Please read about the event below. You can contact Unidad Latina at 203-606-3484 or via Email: ulaccion at gmail.com or ulaccion at yahoo.com to endorse or get more information

                                Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009
                                Time: 12:00am - 2:00pm
                                Location: outside of Mc.Donalds at 687 Main St East Haven, CT

                                Facebook Event listing: http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=107981267347

                                Yours in peace and solidarity,
                                David Amdur

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                                Friends,

                                Aug 15, Stop Racial Profiling in East Haven.

                                On Monday July 13, two people from New Haven were detained in East Haven. One was coming from My Country Store, an Ecuadorian owned business on Main Street. The other was coming visiting his girlfriend. Both were taken to jail and turned over to immigration authorities. Since the incident on Monday we have learned of at least five other cases where people were stopped for no other reason than the color of their skin and the streets they were traveling on, then pushed through the inhumane process of deportation.

                                Other cities, such as New Haven and Hartford, have created policies that prevent police from racially profiling Latino, particularly from asking about legal status. All we ask is that East Haven adopt a similar policy.

                                Mayor April Capone Almon says she is meeting with the community to resolve these issues. What she has actually done is meet with business owners and officials from the justice department. Capone Almon says she does not have the luxury of choosing which federal laws to enforce and which ones not to. New Haven and Hartford's policies have proven that mayors do have control over their police departments, and can decide how to handle immigration issues on a local level. By saying her hands are tied she is choosing to turn her back on Latino residents as they are carted off to deportation centers.

                                In 1997, Malik Jones, a New Haven resident, was shot and killed by an East Haven police officer crossing into the city. Jones was unarmed, and committed a mere traffic violation. A federal court ruled Malik's death a violation of his civil rights, but the police officer was cleared of wrongdoing and remained on the force for nine years after the shooting, and even received a promotion before retiring early with full benefits.

                                On August 15 we are going to march into East Haven to say No to attacks on the immigrant community, no to racial profiling, and no to deportation.

                                Contact Unidad Latina en Acion at:
                                2036063484
                                Email: ulaccion at gmail.com or ulaccion at yahoo.com 
                                http://ulaccion.blogspot.com/  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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