[justiceforpat] My umpteenth letter to Governor Rell & other Connecticut officials regarding the death of Patrick J. Smith
October 21, 2010
Governor Rell;
re: My brother Patrick J. Smith killed 12/5/2007 by an impaired noncompliant diabetic and why CT police officers Agosto & Ludemann who were also struck by impaired diabetics that were charged by the state and the man who killed my brother IN THE SAME MANNER has not been.
I am attaching the most recent unanswered email forwarded to your office in a voice of utter disgust and disbelief. I have repeatedly sent emails to you and other officials requesting an explanation as to why The State of Connecticut will charge impaired diabetics who strike police officers (Trooper Agosto 1989, I have the accident report & Enfield Officer Ludemann 2002 who I have spoken with) yet will do nothing in the SAME situation when a civilian in involved. To date Wilfred Lebeau of Mansfield Center has YET TO RECEIVE even a traffic ticket for his involvement in the death of my brother DESPITE the fact this accident was a hit and run. In fact the ONLY thing the state did was INSIST that my brother undergo an autopsy as there was a fatality involved in this accident….thanks to that his family (including his young son) had to endure an open casket wake and funeral with a full autopsy scar across his scalp due to his military style haircut.
I have sent letters and emails to everyone I can think of in a position of power in hopes to garner some explanation as to how this can happen….I have been met by absolute silence from Kevin Kane to Commissioner Danaher to The Office of The Victim Advocate. I simply cannot accept dead silence for a reply which started with Tolland County DA Gedansky while this whole investigation was ongoing until now when I cannot obtain a response from anyone.
It is simply unacceptable for a constituent to ask for answers to a glaringly obvious issue and hear nothing in reply. I will continue to ask anyone and everyone for an acceptable description and I will do everything possible to bring attention to my questions. It will be 3 years on the 5th of December that my brothers life was snuffed out by the negligent actions of one person, I will not accept “silence” for an answer.
Michael R. Smith
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