Taco lovers — or, rather, people who find bigotry distasteful — are sending “care packages” to East Haven’s mayor: tacos. And more tacos.
The tacos come courtesy of a group called Reform Immigration FOR America.
The group launched a Facebook and Twitter campaign in the wake of comments East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo made Tuesday after the feds arrested four of his cops for allegedly targeting, brutalizing, and falsely arresting Latinos as a matter of course, and then lying about it with the help of higher-ups. When a reporter from new York’s WPIX TV asked Maturo what he’d do for the Latino community, he responded, “I might have tacos when I get home.” (Watch it here.)
That remark caused lots of laughs. It also prompted the governor to brand Maturo’s comments “repugnant.” It sparked Register editor Matt DeRienzo to write this blistering editorial, which has helped spark a recall campaign against Maturo, whose administration the feds say has tried to stonewall an ongoing civil-rights investigation.
The national reform group created this Facebook page for its campaign. “Tell Mayor Maturo we won’t stand for racial profiling and public displays of ignorance by our elected officials,” the page reads. “Text TACO to 69866 and we’ll send a taco to Mayor Maturo’s office this week.”
I can't stand behind a group that makes such a mockery out of the fine art of photoshop.
PHOTOSHOP FAIL