NAACP Press Conference to address Hate Crime Charge in Danielson Superior Court

Mar 28, 2023

NAACP Windham/Willimantic

PRESS RELEASE
 Windham / Willimantic NAACP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     CONTACT INFORMATION:
Date: March 28, 2023     Virginia Monteiro (860) 989-8379

 NAACP PRESS CONFERENCE – CALLS FOR THE CONNECTICUT STATE’S
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE OF THE DANIELSON SUPERIOR COURT
TO MAINTAIN THE HATE CRIME CHARGES
WITHOUT NEGOTIATIONS FOR A LESSER CHARGE

Speakers: Scot X. Esdaile, State President, CT State NAACP
  Leah Ralls, President, Windham/Willimantic NAACP
  Rodney Alexander, 1st Vice President, Windham/Willimantic NAACP
When: Monday, April 3, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Where: Danielson Superior Court
  120 School Street, Danielson, CT

WINDHAM, CT – The Windham/Willimantic NAACP along with the Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches will hold a PRESS CONFERENCE on Monday, April 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Superior Court at Danielson to address the Hate Crime Charge of the arrested store manager of the Wendy’s Restaurant in Plainfield, CT.

The NAACP calls for the degree of charges to reflect all of the elements based on the Hate Crime Statutes. Connecticut General Statutes (CGS) § 53a-181i, as amended by PA 21-78, a person commits the 1st degree crime of intimidation based on bigotry or bias if he or she, maliciously and with specific intent to intimidate or harass someone, motivated in whole or substantial part by any of the attributes listed above, whether actual or perceived, caused physical injury to that person or a third person.

Any individual who commits this form of Hate Crime must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law according to applicable, federal, local and state laws.

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Founded on February 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s foremost, largest, and most widely recognized civil rights organization. More than half–million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, leading grassroots campaigns for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization. Our mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the well–being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color.