By news reports, 4 different stores were raided by state agents and thousands of dollars of property seized. The only apparent connection for the 4 simultaneous raids seems to be that the owners are of Polish descent. The only reported reason for the medicines being seized was that the labels were written in Polish. Not that there was anything dangerous about the products themselves, but that the labels were written in a language that the state simply disapproved of.
I have little doubt that if these were Spanish markets (bordegas) that were targeted and items were seized simply because the labels were written in Spanish, some of the same radicals who protested in demand of Walmart hiring only Puerto Ricans for store managers would likely already be out in force protesting in front of DCP headquarters, and where is the massive outcry the Hispanics received when a mayor simply made a comment about tacos even if the comment was in poor taste? Or how about the outcry against a local paper when a cartoonist called ghetto residents "losers who raise losers"?
This case goes way beyond what happened in East Haven with the mayor's one comment or simply a cartoonist ridiculing poor people. In this case businesses were raided by government agents, and property was seized, and from the news accounts, only Polish owned markets were singled out for such raids--leading one to believe that the ethnicity of the owner was the only purpose for selecting which markets were to be targeted. If that is true, then is that not called "profiling?" How many markets in town sell products whose labels are only written in Spanish? Italian? Ukrainian? Why were none of those “raided” on this same day?
Since the apparent victims of possible profiling in this case are all Polish people and white, I doubt that anyone in the local left wing movement will even care.
I wouldn't even expect the mayor's wife to be willing to get arrested in protest of this apparent injustice simply because the class of people who were singled out doesn't fall within the favored groups of the liberal movement.
For Polish people, many of whom are no doubt immigrants, there is no occupy movement in so far as Democrats are concerned, even if they do come from a former communist country.
Giving the benefit of the doubt, the difference for our local libs may not even be the fact that these people are all white, but possibly that these immigrants are all here legally?
So for the Polish immigrant, there is no mass protest with tacos, or in this case, pirogies, however, the failure of the Democrats to rally for their cause should prove to be a real eye opener for all local residents of Polish and even Slavic descent.
Exactly Frank! Why not check the Bodegas, Asian stores, Indian stores, etc.?
ReplyDeleteCould be the liberals resent Polish people because they came here to flee the very kind of socialism liberals want for this country?
ReplyDeleteOh where, oh where has our Danny Boy gone? Oh where oh where could he be?
ReplyDeleteDanny Boy was one of the first to criticize the mayor for making his taco comment, but now that his own jack booted thugs have apparently profiled and targeted the Polish community based solely on their ethnicity, we get not one comment from Danny Boy.
Would someone please read the story to him so we can be sure he knows what happened, or could it be that Danny Boy only defends certain classes of races and ethnicities that happen to fit within his own radical extremist agenda and to hell with everyone else?
These business owners should consider consulting a good civil rights attorney to look into why the state chose to target only businesses owned by Polish people!
ReplyDeleteFrank,
ReplyDeleteI remember that when you first started your blog, you told everyone that you started it because you said Sherwood told you that you couldn't fill a council vacancy in your ward simply because you were not a Puerto Rican, and you wanted to be able to inform people about these kinds of things happening here in our city. It is disturbing to read that so many years later, that nothing really seems to have changed, especially since groups can still be targeted simply for their race or ethnic origin. We would never be aware of such actions if it were not for your telling it like it is.
Keep up the good work.
If you read the Herald story, it clearly says that tens of thousands of dollars of products were seized from these businesses.
ReplyDeleteThen if you scroll down and read the comments posted by Representative Rick Lopes, he seems to downplay the entire incident by making it seem to appear like no big deal, as he appears to set the record straight because the Herald article as he described it "seemed to cause a great deal of confusion."
If the Herald story is correct, and the tone of Mr. Lopes letter is at least seeming to imply that it may not have been, then 4 or 5 small business owners had tens of thousands of dollars of products seized from their businesses. I guess to Mr. Lopes, that is no big deal, maybe because they are business owners who he may possibly perceive as rich, and not welfare recipients who would clearly be among a class of people liberals normally see as more deserving of their protection than are seemingly rich business owners?
Generally speaking, the Polish community helped elect these Lib Dem radicals, and now they're suffering the consequences.
ReplyDeleteConnecticut is open for business....just not on Broad Street.
ReplyDeleteSeriously...are you going to vote for these screw ups again....really?
They voted for these socialists, and now they are getting exactly what they deserve!
ReplyDeleteHas it occurred to anyone that the prescription directions were printed in Polish for those who may not read English? Is it possible the Doctor and the Pharmacy want to make sure the patient understood the dosage instructions correctly, that is why it's printed in Polish?
ReplyDeleteMay be a good idea for all prescriptions for all nationalities that cannot read English.
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ReplyDeleteHas it occurred to anyone that the prescription directions were printed in Polish for those who may not read English? Is it possible the Doctor and the Pharmacy want to make sure the patient understood the dosage instructions correctly, that is why it's printed in Polish?
May be a good idea for all prescriptions for all nationalities that cannot read English....
Typical government intervention. They will force these people to get drugs that have directions written in English, and since they don't read English, they will not have any clear instructions to help them understand how to take these drugs, but the government is forcing this upon them for their own good because it is the government's place to control everything about their lives from the cradle to the grave...
And these Polish people thought they escaped communism by coming here?
Welcome to communist New Britain!