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Police drop charges against video priest

Published: March 27, 2009

Connecticut prosecutors have dropped charges against Fr James Manship who was arrested while videotaping East Haven police officers in an attempt to document alleged harassment of Hispanics.

The Hartford Courant reports that parishioners of Fr  Manship's church also announced Thursday that they filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department seeking an investigation of East Haven police for alleged brutality and racial profiling of Hispanics.

Manship, of St. Rose of Lima Church in New Haven, was charged Feb. 19 with disorderly conduct and interfering with police. He was videotaping two officers who were removing what they called illegal license plates from a wall of a Hispanic couple's food store.

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Charges dropped against CT priest who taped police (Hartford Courant)

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