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Michael Conlon said the action is being taken at the direction of the Attorney General’s Office, which also made the decision to stop the practice of having an investigator meet with grand jurors who were going to hear strangulation allegations first to explain the law.
If at least one Democratic councilor is willing to change his or her vote, MacDonald’s name could be brought forward for a new vote, Councilor Russell Prescott said.
“No one is above the law, and when the court issues an order, we are all bound to uphold it—especially the United States government,” said Gilles Bissonnette, legal director at the ACLU of New Hampshire.
“Instead, the Office has concluded that it could not disprove Mr. Kibbe’s self-defense claim, beyond a reasonable doubt, and therefore no criminal charges will be filed against Mr. Kibbe as a result of Mr. Lafont’s death.”
A man who was has been seeking a new trial in Grafton County Superior Court for more than a decade has filed a discretionary appeal to the state Supreme Court.
At this time, this matter appears to be a contained incident and all individuals involved have been identified. Further, there does not appear to be any threat to the public.
Loudon Police responded to a report of a deceased child at a residence on School Street in Loudon at approximately 3:49 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2019.
Three years after then-Claremont Police Cpl. Ian Kibbe fatally shot Cody Lafont on his front steps, his estate is suing Kibbe, the city and Police Capt. Brent Wilmot claiming Lafont was the victim of excessive force and discrimination because of a disability.
The newly-proposed State Budget agreement to be considered by the Legislature Wednesday would boost funding for local public education, with a substantial increase during the budget biennium and a smaller increase continued over time, and includes upward adjustments to Medicaid reimbursement rates and one-time aid to cities and towns.