Downtown New Haven is just too damn loud.
At least, that’s how a number of downtown residents described life at the center of the Elm City, where the sounds of revving motorcycles, blaring car stereos, and late-night bar crowds have become an unwelcome part of their days and nights. https://t.co/LCiLFccs9k
More than five years after New Haven firefighter William McMillian died by suicide, a police form documenting what officers knew about him the morning they arrested him — but then let him go — has never been found.
That still-missing Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) form has led a judge to find that a jury could “infer” that the document was deliberately hidden or destroyed.
State Superior Court Judge Matthew E. Frechette issued that ruling on Nov. 2 as he denied motions by the City of New Haven and three police officers to throw out a wrongful-death lawsuit filed in October 2022 by McMillian’s mother, Angela Ruffin, on behalf of her son’s estate.
McMillian’s estate is seeking $2.5 million in damages from the city on the grounds that police should have taken William McMillian into custody — and should have checked to see if he owned a gun — back in May 2021. https://t.co/dJkGsnHHHh
As Judy Birke reads from her memoir, and recounts her family’s flight from Germany, during a Kristallnacht memorial event at Mishkan Israel. https://t.co/QGx5XwUI6R
“Education is everything, right? If we don’t invest in our education, where’s our future heading to?” Javier Cabrera asked the alder candidate vying for his vote.
Cabrera posed that question Saturday outside his Maple Street home, where Ward 24 alder hopeful Randall Furlow had stopped to introduce himself before Tuesday’s special election. https://t.co/fbru4hkrMb
Stanley Street resident Jonathan Engbith told Edgewood alder candidate Lindsey Eichler Tengatenga that he wants to see a cleaner neighborhood.
Tengatenga, donning a “Libraries are for Everyone” shirt, was knocking on door after door throughout Ward 24 on Saturday in the final stretch before Tuesday’s special election to fill a seat recently vacated by longtime incumbent Evette Hamilton. https://t.co/YzzIeYLu6m