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Hartford – At the Capitol Thursday afternoon, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (D) held a press conference with NAACP President Benjamin Jealous. The NAACP President was visiting Connecticut because his organization wanted to use our state’s current legislative session which is determining whether to keep the death penalty or abolish it in favor of keeping convicted murderers alive with life in prison sentences. The NAACP’s goal is to eliminate the death penalty in all fifty states. Right now, sixteen states in our nation have repealed capital punishment, and Jealous said their strategy for now was to focus on more liberal legislatures as we have currently in Connecticut and California to add ten more states to the count. Once they have ten more states that have repealed capital punishment, they can go to the Supreme Court and argue that it is not just “cruel” punishment but “unusual,” as well. Their argument would be if the majority of fifty states have repealed the death penalty, then it must be unusual.Hartford – At the Capitol Thursday afternoon, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy... more
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Hartford – This afternoon West Hartford’s John Decker, 45, announced in the City Place atrium his intention to run for the First Congressional District seat. Seeking the Republican nomination, if this May’s State Republican Convention’s delegates make him their party’s candidate, he would face veteran incumbent John Larson (D). Mr. Decker works in Hartford for Morgan Stanley in the City Place building.Hartford – This afternoon West Hartford’s John Decker, 45, announced in... more
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Running in a special election today being held to fill the now vacant 24th district State House seat, the democrat candidate Rick Lopes should be remembered for his harassment of a female House Republican Appointee to the Government Administration and Elections Committee.Running in a special election today being held to fill the now vacant 24th district... more
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All Jokes Aside Mixtape
Filmed in the Bronx NY this trailer gives you Aristadoe Hip Hop Artist.
Directed by Aristadoe & Babie Isis
Edited by Babie IsisAll Jokes Aside Mixtape
Filmed in the Bronx NY this trailer gives you Aristadoe Hip... more
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If you think Hip Hip is dead, then you dead wrong. This Artist is about to prove you wrong. He goes by Aristadoe & you'll find out why. . .If you think Hip Hip is dead, then you dead wrong. This Artist is about to prove you... more
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Ahhh….but what’s in a name? It’s all about pronunciation. Read about the horrors of a woman named Gina and the hell she experiences at the DMV loudspeaker when a woman can’t get he name right. You thought the check-out girl asking over the loud-speaker about tampons was bad…read this doozy!Ahhh….but what’s in a name? It’s all about pronunciation. Read... more
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Following a round-the-clock debate, the state Senate voted early Friday morning to abolish the state's death penalty and replace it with life in prison without the possibility of release.Following a round-the-clock debate, the state Senate voted early Friday morning to... more
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CEO Dona Young, who began her career at Connecticut-based The Phoenix Cos. company as a summer intern, is retiring.CEO Dona Young, who began her career at Connecticut-based The Phoenix Cos. company as... more
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The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet says two of its vessels - a submarine and an amphibious ship - collided in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian peninsula early Friday.The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet says two of its vessels - a submarine and an amphibious... more
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Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has told a national TV audience that the governor of Illinois, who is the target of a corruption probe, should step down immediately.Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland has told a national TV audience that the... more
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A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away.
The chilling scene - captured on video by a streetlight surveillance camera - has touched off a round of soul-searching in Hartford, with the capital city's biggest newspaper blaring "SO INHUMANE" on the front page and the police chief lamenting: "We no longer have a moral compass."
"We have no regard for each other," said Chief Daryl Roberts, who on Wednesday released the video in hopes of making an arrest in the accident that left Angel Arce Torres in critical condition.
However, Roberts and other city officials backtracked on Thursday. After initially saying he was unsure whether anyone called 911, he and other city officials appeared at a news conference in which they said that four people dialed 911 within a minute of the accident, and that Torres received medical attention shortly after that.
"This moved too quickly," said Calixto Torres, City Council president. "People were putting information out too quickly."
Roberts said his initial angry reaction was based on what he saw in the video. "The video was very graphic and sent a very bad message," the police chief said.
The hit-and-run took place in daylight last Friday at about 5:45 p.m. in a working-class neighborhood close to downtown in this city of 125,000.
In the video, Torres, a retired fork-lift operator, walks in the two-way street just blocks from the state Capitol after buying milk at a grocery. A tan Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people ) and a dark Honda (nyse: HMC - news - people ) that is apparently chasing it veer across the center line, and Torres is struck by the Honda. Both cars then dart down a side street.
Nine cars pass Torres as a few people stare from the sidewalk. Some approach Torres, but most stay put until a police cruiser responding to an unrelated call arrives on the scene after about a minute and a half.
"Like a dog they left him there," said a disgusted Jose Cordero, 37, who was with friends Thursday not far from where Torres was struck. Robert Luna, who works at a store nearby, said: "Nobody did nothing."
One witness, Bryant Hayre, told the Courant he didn't feel comfortable helping Torres, who he said was bleeding and conscious.
The accident - and bystanders' apparent callousness - dominated morning radio talk shows.
"It was one of the most despicable things I've seen by one human being to another," the Rev. Henry Brown, a community activist, said in an interview. "I don't understand the mind-set anymore. It's kind of mind-boggling. We're supposed to help each other. You see somebody fall, you want to offer a helping hand."
The victim's son, Angel Arce, begged the public for help in finding the driver. "My father is fighting for his life," he said.
The hit-and-run is the second violent crime to shock Hartford this week. On Monday, former Deputy Mayor Nicholas Carbone, 71, was beaten and robbed while walking to breakfast. He remains hospitalized and faces brain surgery.
"There was a time they would have helped that man across the street. Now they mug and assault him," police chief said. "Anything goes."
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