Comments on: BREAKING: Municipal ID Bill Passes New Haven’s Board of Alderman

By: NutmegNoLonger

NutmegNoLonger — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:49:00 +0000

That’s a strawman, Gabe, and a fairly transparent one at that.

If you’re really going to claim that street criminals and would-be muggers consciously target people who appear to be illegal immigrants because they’re more likely to be carrying cash than members of the general public, I’m afraid I’m going to ask for something more than a liberal hypothesis and some anectdotal evidence from Miguel.

I find it extremely difficult to believe that the illegal community is both well-heeled and rolling around town with large amounts of cash that expose them to increased risk of muggings.

If I’m wrong, and if this is the case, then prove it. Where is your evidence that this is the case?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:06:21 +0000

The ID card, in addition to being able to be used as a limited debit card, allows the bearer to be able to open a bank account. As the post above and the linked articles indicate, undocumented aliens are extremely vulnerable to violent robberies, precisely because they have no recourse but to carry cash.

By: NutmegNoLonger

NutmegNoLonger — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:49:23 +0000

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070605/D8PISTEG0.html

Approval of the new IDs was good news for immigrants like Miguel Cienfuendes, whose brother was stabbed to death in a robbery last fall. Cienfuendes, who moved to New Haven from Mexico, lives in fear of being robbed.

“I don’t walk the streets any more,” Cienfuendes said recently, speaking through an interpreter. “Where we live it’s scary. We don’t know when they are going to come after us thinking we have money.”

Welcome to the club, Miguel. I don’t think an ID card is going to help you, though…

By: toucan

toucan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:13:26 +0000

straight from the CSO’s office::As part of the plea agreement, federal authorities agreed not to indict Mr. DeLuca for comments made to an FBI agent in September 2006 and for his actions taken to threaten or injure the individual who had allegedly abused Mr. DeLuca’s relative.

http://www.ct.gov/csao/cwp/view.asp?Q=382632&A=1801

By: toucan

toucan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:06:29 +0000

Yeah sure, LenS. I have often wondered why Judge’s benches are still made of wood but I didn’t bring that up just because Louie was in court before a judge yesterday

By: LenS

LenS — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:57:31 +0000

Toucan, I’m proposing no hypothetical and not applying it to DeLuca’s situation. I’m simply pointing out that making an arrest is not the same someone being convicted of domestic abuse or actually resolving a domestic abuse situation. It only separates the parties for a brief period of time.

By: toucan

toucan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:50:37 +0000

LenS; your hypothetical is ridiculous on its face as well as being a red herring that LOuie the Liar wanted you all to buy into; it’s pretty clear there never was any domestic violence or the prosecutor wouldn’t have asked Louie the Liar’s target if he was OK with the plea.

By: LenS

LenS — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:46:12 +0000

But Toucan, that’s just to make an arrest and remove one of the parties from a potentially explosive situation, right? I think it would be hard moving the arrest forward and actually getting a conviction without a cooperating witness or victim.

By: toucan

toucan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:24:35 +0000

Stark; In CT the victim of domestic violence doesn’t have to press charges; in fact, the victim has no say if the PD has probable cause to make an arrest the PD must make an arrest, period. And Louie should know that law and how it came to be on the books although I can’t say how he voted. Plus read my links on the other post for the veracity of Louie the Liar’s allegations. Louie lied to the FBI and avoided prosecution for that felony by pleaading out to a lesser state charge – a charge of which the statute of lims had expired and the state judge was reluctant to approve.

By: Tony Stark

Tony Stark — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:14:19 +0000

Yes I would. Who wouldn’t do anything to stop their granddaughter from getting the crap kicked out of her on a regular basis when she refuses to press charges. If we’re bringing up mafia movies, did anyone disagree with Sonny beating the bag out of his brother-in-law for beating on his sister

By: toucan

toucan — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:08:48 +0000

[quote post="600"]What makes you think a “family guy” like DeLuca would ever squeal on a paisan?[/quote]

What makes you think Louie ratted out a paisan?

By: TrueBlueCT

TrueBlueCT — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:02:43 +0000

C’mon Keith. “Rat” is a term of the past. I think the new politically correct term is “cooperating witness”. Isn’t that how the Courant referred to DeLuca today?

You really shoudn’t go around calling him “Louie the Rat”, without some shred of evidence. What makes you think a “family guy” like DeLuca would ever squeal on a paisan?

I tell you one thing, you keep this up and one day you’re going to get whacked. Whacked, I tell you…

By: ctkeith

ctkeith — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:42:33 +0000

QUE UP THE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER,

My Sources say Lou Ratted out another Republican Member of the Senate and now he’s also SINGING to the FBI.

By: TrueBlueCT

TrueBlueCT — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:40:36 +0000

Tony–

If the Feds hadn’t intervened, the “visit” had occurred, and the target had gotten his “bitch-slapping”, would you still describe this as a sympathetic story?

Still too many unanswered questions for this one to go away. Was there really a family member getting abused? How deeply was DeLuca in bed with Galante? How many “appointments” has DeLuca made, and how many of them weren’t on the up and up?

Finally, DeLuca told the undercover FBI agent to reach him next time through this contact that nobody knew about. Who was this go-between?

And oh yeah, when DeLuca said he would do whatever he could to help the convicted Galante, did he ever act on his promise?

By: LenS

LenS — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:39:01 +0000

[quote post="600"]“Louie the Lash” is SQEALING like the guy in the movie Deliverence .The FEDS had him on about 10 federal charges that would have put him in prison for life and the fact they let him skate on a misdemenor means he had PLENTY to squeal about.
“Louie the Lash” is now a RAT and before this is over may need to be put in the Witness Protection Program. [/quote]

No more Sopranos Keith. Turn off the tv and step away from the remote

By: ctkeith

ctkeith — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:25:23 +0000

KEEP LOU ALIVE

TS,

“Louie the Lash” is SQEALING like the guy in the movie Deliverence .The FEDS had him on about 10 federal charges that would have put him in prison for life and the fact they let him skate on a misdemenor means he had PLENTY to squeal about.

“Louie the Lash” is now a RAT and before this is over may need to be put in the Witness Protection Program.

By: Tony Stark

Tony Stark — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:06:02 +0000

I actually don’t think this will hurt Lou or the CT GOP one bit. Although illegal, it’s kind of a sympathetic story.

By: TrueBlueCT

TrueBlueCT — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:04:14 +0000

KEEP LOU ALIVE!

As the face of the Republican Party, — PRICELESS!

Heck, he even makes Amann look like a grown-up by comparison…

By: Headless Horseman

Headless Horseman — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:19:00 +0000

[quote comment="11654"]BREAKING

KEEP LOU ALIVE campaign is a huge hit in the Dem Caucus in both houses and Republican Caucus Too (if you get Republicans in Small groups they’re said to be Lauging their asses off)

KEEP LOU ALIVE[/quote]

Wow. You’re really single-handedly changing the face of Connecticut politics. Why don’t the Dems hire you? They could use some creative brains at this stage. And it would be a job. That pays money…

::YAWN::

By: ACR

ACR — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:20:28 +0000

Governor Rell Signs Energy Bill