CT Senate Eyes Legislation Clearing Path for Civil Rights Lawsuits Against Federal Agents Including ICE
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Connecticut State Capitol. Photo credit: Ronni Newton (we-ha.com file photo)
The caucus has already been discussing the issue and plans to raise it in the upcoming legislative session.
By Donald Eng, CTNewsJunkie.com
With the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, state Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, is receiving calls from residents concerned about the potential for such tragedies to happen in Connecticut, he said.
With that in mind Lesser and fellow Democratic state senators Martin Looney and Gary Winfield of New Haven and Bob Duff of Norwalk announced their intention to pass a state civil rights law in the upcoming legislative session. The proposal would allow residents to sue ICE agents or other federal officials if their constitutional rights were violated.
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