Liko Kenney /// Part 1 /// 388 | Forensic Files

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[Music] foreign to statistics reported to the FBI 106 law enforcement officers were killed in
line of duty incidents in 2018. of these 55 officers died as a result of felonious acts and 51 officers died in
accidents fbi.gov cites 19 different circumstances in which the 55 officers were
feloniously killed of those two officers were listed as killed while conducting traffic violation stops
two others that were killed were involved in vehicle Pursuits so you can see thankfully this is a rare
occurrence this week we take a hard look at a case that involves a traffic violation stop a
vehicle Pursuit and the murder of an officer but this in the line of duty incident
resulted in two deaths and with much of the incident recorded via dash camera in the officer's police
vehicle why are we left with so many questions the dash cam footage was later released
on the internet and on YouTube it has been viewed over 1.4 million times this no doubt is an extremely tragic and
horrific story however one would think this would be a simple open and shut case
but this is just not so there is little doubt the bad behavior and bad blood was the fuel for murder
but does this True Crime Story have a hero or was there more than one murderer at this crime scene
and was the Fallen officer a good cop a bad cop or possibly an evil man with a badge
[Music] [Music] [Music] it was a cold dark snowy night in late January 2003 this in New Hampshire when
Franconia police Corporal Bruce McKay was driving his usual Patrol route when he spotted an older model white Subaru
in the parking lot at the entrance of the Fox Hill Park now special note here this is an area that is surrounded by
Woods the Subaru was parked engine off and the lights off it appeared to be abandoned McKay called in the license
plate and learned that the car belonged to a Michelle Kenny McKay got out of his
vehicle and approached the Subaru he spotted a young man sitting inside with the driver's seat reclined all the way
back this was 19 year old liko Kenny he told officer McKay that he was just waiting for some friends to come back
from a Super Bowl party then liko started the engine and asked the officer for his name at this officer McCabe
requested that liko hand over his driver's license and that it was the last normal thing that happened in this
confrontation which is viewable in its entirety thanks to the dash cam video and audio which is available online yeah
there's three videos or three parts to this arrest and then there's another video I will post all four of those
videos on our website at True Crime garage.com this is January 26 2003 at 8 39 PM if
the dash cam clock is correct and on the first video the audio starts at one minute and 12 seconds
so when officer McKay requested liko's license liko initially refused to hand it over he wanted to know why the
officer wanted it he became combative and belligerent almost immediately arguing with the officer challenging
McKay's authority to take his license demanding that the officer's flashlight not be shined in his face maintaining
that he was allowed to sit in a public place undisturbed by police officer McKay finally got the license
and took it back to his Cruiser to run it when he saw the name on the license officer McKay said quote Oh I was
wondering why you had such an attitude end quote clearly the name on the license was one familiar to the officer
according to the book Bad Blood McKay knew this family by reputation let's listen to a couple audio clips from this
initial rest in 2003. okay foreign [Music] 100 people around you're not [ __ ] God
why are you giving me an order you have no reason to order me around this book yeah and you have a state Cop
come here I'm feeling harassed you're putting your hands on me you're telling me I have to sit in my car yeah I don't
know what you're doing what are you doing you don't have that Authority in my life no
no why you have my license I sit down why you put your hands on me because you should be sitting in my car right now
why should I be sitting in your car right now disobeying an officer why is an officer
even telling me to do anything why are you because you're not complying complying with your orders you're not
here to order people around you're here to Serve and Protect why currently investigated and I'm here to protect
and it's not you and get you investigate me what why you put your hands on me why did you put your hand to an attempt
to if that's an arrest not to put your hands on me you don't have that Authority I don't have the authority to
tell someone not to put their hands on me no I was a police officer you have a requirements right on the street beating
your kids up you just go this next clip is from part two of the rest in 2003. can I request look I have white
sensitive eyes can you not Shine the Light of Mine I'm back in the car please have an officer come here to help me
they're responding please have an officer that says can I call you escalated this no I you took my
license I asked you what your name was you came back to my car you took my license I asked you when I can have my
license back you wouldn't tell me when I could have my license back all I asked you was when can I have my license back
you give me my license back you still now you're preventing people from leaving I have to be back with my mom's
car you're preventing me from leaving you have my license right there why don't you give me my license and let me
go home instead of doing this why don't you give me police assistance I'm requesting police assistance do you not
hear me can I please have some police assistance you're torturing me why are you torturing why are you
tormenting me what are you doing why are you rocking can't you go arrested drunk
leaving the bar or something why why bother me all I asked you was when could I have my license back
because I have to get somewhere by a certain time why are you harassing me are you denying me police assistance I'm
requesting that you turn off the light that's in my eyes now requesting police assistance at this
point Bruce McKay's backup shows up and they're going to arrest liko oh can I please get some assistance this officer
here is harassing me he won't answer any of my questions I've been asking him he
took my license put hands on the car why are you doing it put your hands on the car get away do not touch me do not
touch me I don't trust this officer please keep him away from me he's been very timing he's put his hands on me all
I've asked him into return always please okay please don't touch me look look I haven't done anything look no stop
touching me please stop touching me not touching me like all of me quack with me
get off of me why somebody help me like this way oh my gosh excuse me all right let's
go I can't wait for me [Music] I didn't do anything I can't breathe with you on problems
oh listen listen your feet okay what are you doing today I'm not dead what the [ __ ] are you doing there on
your knees do you kill me no I want you to stand up why are you doing this to me
what have I done I'm just saying you're asking and then Bob's been hurting me I'm not doing anything
you can stand up do you want to cooperate I would rather keep the snow allowed to
be tortured you know what I mean you're quirking me already all I was doing was sitting here waiting why did he why are
you doing this to me I asked for police assistant and you came and told me to the ground I need help from inside the
walls I asked him for his name and he wouldn't respond I asked him what he was doing he wouldn't tell me
well that's fun on the old ears what we hear here Captain I think we need to do a little breakdown because we
just played a couple Clips it's it's very lengthy if we were to play the whole thing hey stop molesting me and
it's a lot of a lot of back and forth a lot of annoying yelling but you can hear
how this whole thing is escalating as we go through it so basically what you have
here captain at the start of this is liko he's not content to sit in his car while his license is being run so he
gets out of his car he goes over to officer McKay's police vehicle now well let's take us one step back because
when he initially when officer McKay goes up to liko's car right away I think liko is going to challenge the officer
by saying well what's your name who are you you have to prove yourself to me I think that is the the match that got
lit that started the whole thing and I think at that point the officer said well I have a right
and it's my job to make sure people were safe and this is a vehicle parked in a public area late at night no lights on
they're allowed to run your information so take it away from there well on that note I'm curious you know where he says
liko says I have the right to be sitting here it's a public place I I get that from his standpoint I'm on
board with liko there where my first question goes and I know this varies by area by state and often even by County
so I'm not up to speed on this current situation here but he's at the entrance of a park
and I know here in Franklin County Delaware County most Ohio counties the parks close at dusk you're not supposed
to be there so that in itself is suspicious Behavior so officer McKay may be right in his statement of hey you're
in a suspicious place at a suspicious time right but I also think it's it's bigger
than that too let's say you're right outside this park that's closed most officers are not going to care but
they stop and they see you there and they go okay well let me just approach the vehicle
hey what are you doing here once you get that Kickback of what's your name who are you what right do you have to talk
to me I think as an officer to me I would be suspicious of that person then well why are they so combative I'm
just trying to see why they're parked here so if they're going to be combative with
law enforcement maybe they have a reason to be competitive with law enforcement so I need to look up this individual to
see if he has any warrants uh to see if you know who this individual is yeah and the the big issue I have
immediately is the you know what I was getting at is is liko getting out of his vehicle and approaching the officer's
vehicle that's a big No-No that no officer wants to see that during a traffic stop
so and or or whatever you want to call this even if he's just checking maybe who who knows maybe McKay went up there
with the idea that he was going to offer some type of Assistance or right just to
see if the vehicle was abandoned there for any number of reasons and you're right the the match was lit and I
believe the the match was lit by liko in the beginning but I'm I'm a little shocked here
that and I really want to encourage everybody to go and watch this for yourself because I don't want anybody
sitting there going well you guys were too easy on the officer too hard on liko or too hard on the
officer because I think that that my opinion of the of each's behavior of each of these individuals Behavior at
the end of the day I'm not not 100 happy with either one of them no it's almost like they're pushing each other's
buttons yeah like like they're still like between them is a fire and they each have a gas can and they're just
they're just tossing a little bit on it as they go and part of me see we don't know what
the officer went through that day we don't know how many um you hear this a lot from officers is
that they start having a disdain for people in general only because they're normally dealing with the worst of the
worst they're not getting to deal with just the regular citizen every minute of every day they're getting calls out to
domestic violence drugs all that stuff drunk drivers so but he he goes this kid is now pushing
his buttons obviously like you said you pointed out this name means something and I don't
think it's liko that means something I think it's I think it's Kenny that means something
to to Bruce McKay right and I actually think that McKay maybe not 100 of the time but I think
most of the way he handled this as best he could you know I think we have a situation where liko challenges him
right away and then liko approaches his vehicle the police vehicle while he's running the license
and then we have another situation where eventually liko gets back in his car and
attempts to drive off and you hear officer officer McKay can be heard telling dispatch that the subject turned
hostile and was attempting to leave the scene well yeah two things right there one the approaching the vehicle getting
out of your car approaching the officer big no no no that don't do that getting in your car and then moving it
around and having the the cop have to get in their car and and maneuver in a way so you can't get out
big big No-No right those those two things are big no-nos because the officer has to think about his
safety but he also has to think about the safety of this individual well but but I would also argue that
before any of this there are maneuvers uh or tactics or protocols that he could have used being McKay could have used to
just de-escalate the situation a little bit like hey to sit in your car don't worry about
it if if you're not doing anything wrong let me just run your license and I'll get it right back to you and you'd be on
your way so you're now giving the person that you pulled up you didn't pull over but you
approached you don't have a real reason to arrest them but you have at least caused to figure
out who they are but just give that in you can give that individual some direction I'm going to
take your information I'm going to see if there's any warrants if there's no warrants I'm going to send you on your
way you know you just can't sit here and the reason why is the park is closed so the
entrance is closed as well and then you let you let the person go I just don't see any attempt from McKay to
de-escalate the situation yeah I mean it appears McKay is is content to leave liko in the dark let's say about as to
what is going to happen next right um I mean he did tell him a hundred times to get back in his vehicle yeah
and then later we have liko complaining hey I have sensitive eyes you're shining
the light in my eyes will uh dude you turned your car around and you are facing my headlights now
right you know before and it look this this is complete police protocol this is how any traffic stop is going to take
place at that time when it's dark out they're going to keep their lights on the back
of your vehicle to make sure you're not pulling a gun out of the glove box or from underneath the seat yeah but a few
things hey liko I'm going to show you respect you show me respect right I'm going this is what we're doing uh I
think Bruce wanted to act differently obviously but he is he's under watch got the dash cam plus
you have the audio um so I think this was his way of winning but he had to remain calm he had to watch what he
said um but again I think there was there's simple tactics he could have done to to
put a little water on the fire instead of putting gasoline on the fire what what would you have used in that
situation gasoline I want to just lit the cream I mean what tactics would you have used to
to de-escalate well like I said I think the first thing is just letting the liko
know that I'm going to check to see if you have a record and if you don't I'm going to send you on your way and and
the and explain why I have the right to to check your information um and then also I think
liko if you're not going to be cooperative I am going to call for backup and we will arrest you
um I think that's also letting the person know hey if you comply with me I'm going to let
you go you're not going to be in trouble but you keep this up it's going to end in our you're going to
be in jail so I think that a couple of those things might uh calm the situation yeah I just
wish liko would have complied with McKay at some point because we have liko asking for another officer on the scene
and McKay complies with that so well and then on top I think in a give and take situation I see one individual taking
and not giving well and like we said he goes from asking for assistance and then
asking to be let go and it's you know he and he's obviously being completely rude and disrespectful
and then when you hear their arrest you know at some point you know McKay is saying you know liko
grabbed his balls and the it's a it's resisting arrest I mean once you get to that point
and maybe it's not uh a law for arrest but once it gets to that point and you start resisting
they have to do everything in their power to protect themselves at that point you don't matter if your arm gets
smashed a little bit if they have to put your face in the ground a little bit that's what's going to happen and that
and we have given these individuals the right to do that so once he starts yelling all your
molesting me you're breaking my arm my hurt neck you know it's like you know grow up kid yeah so you got you kept
throwing gasoline on the fire you kept on poking the bear you know eventually you mess with the bull you're going to
get the horn well and if if anybody wants to scream brutality here um go for it but that wouldn't be the
hill that I would want to die on because from me viewing this so let's go through this real quick when
when the backup officers arrived they did approach liko who was now standing off camera they physically seized him he
can be heard yelling for a while that the group you know the group appears in the video frame just for a brief minute
but it does take the three officers three officers to wrestle liko down to the ground this is behind his car and
now out of the view of the dash cam Lico screaming the whole time you heard some
of that he's screaming that they're hurting him he yelled over and over about his neck being broken by the cops
which we know didn't happen well no he was young I got a hurt neck you're hurting my neck at one point he says
that they they broke my neck right because he's acting like an idiot the problem I have here with these officers
is you know that you're on dash cam you know that this guy you're you're coming to the scene because one officer cannot
handle this individual and now you have three of you you just arrest him in front of the car so we can see it on
camera I don't think that was an option though I think they're reacting to this individual possibly not you you possibly
could be I mean I I think in I think in a perfect world they they would very likely have wanted to
have full view of the arrest itself because here here's what I see anybody that wants to screen brutality watch the
video have your own opinion you don't have to believe me what I see here is that if these three officers wanted to
beat the [ __ ] out of this kid they could have they had the opportunity to do so
and it does not appear to me from the information I've reviewed that they did that it looks to me like they simply
made an arrest foreign [Music] [Music] cheers to you Captain cool real quick I just want to say this when I was playing
all over the state and traveling a lot real early in the morning to get back home you know sometimes going through
these small towns at four or five A.M only car on the road you'd get pulled over
a lot more than you think you should oh yeah and I kept feeling like I was being
harassed and having a police officer then later a detective as a father asking him for some advice on this hey I
keep getting pulled over I'm not doing anything wrong sometimes I don't even know why they're
pulling me over and I feel like I'm being harassed and he just said to me simply hey yes sir no
sir that goes a long way so when the officer would approach you know can I see your uh license and
registration yes sir you know yes or no sir goes a long way yeah and I I believe you to be right on
all ends of that that story because it's weird and I think it's just like a country thing
to get pulled over just because you're driving I mean it was like that happened to me plenty of times and and you know I
did the yes or no sir thing too uh because I always wanted I always believed whether it be sitting in the
principal's office or at a traffic stop or anything like that if you show a little bit of respect and just
it it will end up being better for the both of us at the end of the day hopefully and and if not look there look
there sometimes there's just bad people out there yes and no sir and yes sir is not going to matter a lick of difference
that's right but for most cops it really does matter you you showing them a a sign of respect
showing them that you um or are compliant and everything they're doing also know your rights as a
citizen um but the you know look at this case in particular the actions of liko are so immature that
would be hard to side with him even if he's in the right he he is in the right on a lot of things
it's the attitude in which he presents it yeah in almost the constant nagging behavior and attitude of liko and if if
at any point you watched the video or you heard our clips and you kind of chuckled to yourself
I felt guilty about that because I did as well I don't think you you need to feel
guilty for that because it's just it's so absurd and the longer you listen to it the the behavior is so absurd that I
think that's how you kind of manage hearing what you're hearing and one absurd part one one part that I found to
be a little bit this is maybe some sarcastic humor I don't think anybody was trying to make
this uh a humorous portion of the story I found it humorous was where officer McKay can be seen and heard speaking
into his shoulder Mike saying quote there's going to be a complaint from the arrested party right and you you hear
that and you see him call that in and you're like no kidding no kidding there's going to be a complaint
before we go too much further here Captain a lot of the information we relied on in this case came from two
major sources one of them being John sedgwick's 2007 Boston magazine article entitled Collision Course rightfully
entitled Collision Course the other was the book Bad Blood freedom and death in the White Mountains by Casey Sherman so
let's get into the aftermath a bit of this 2003 Lico Kenny arrest because a lot of listeners right now are going
this is a simple arrest what's what's the big deal Crouch guys right right so as you just
said why would we be discussing this confrontation it hardly merits discussion on True Crime garage right
what we're going to see is this confrontation between officer Bruce McKay and leeco Kenny was just the
beginning of a hostile relationship one that would have fatal consequences so McKay filed a report about the arrest
of leeco Kenny his depiction of the events was partially confirmed by the dash cam video as Boston magazine put it
liko was the one who quote turned heated and combative according to McKay's report in the
course of McKay and the other officers wrestling a belligerent hostile liko to the ground liko grabbed McKay's groin
and began squeezing in response officer McKay applied quote lawful defensive Force by engaging
in a protective maneuver to successfully release Kenny's grip from by striking the left side of Kenny's face
but liko's story was different liko said later that officer McKay had kicked him
in the head and used unnecessary Force liko was taken in handcuffs to the hospital and was evaluated to
to be to determine the extent of the actual entries right he had accused officers of hurting his neck arms and
legs but the evaluation revealed no injuries except some swelling around his jaw presumably where officer McKay had
struck him no broken neck no broken neck it's a miracle police searched the Subaru and found was there any um
evidence of molestation I I don't I don't think so that was none was listed in the report
so police searched the Subaru liko's car found a glass pipe and marijuana residue
under the seat uh found four 22 caliber casings and two knives that were in liko's Pockets
during the entire encounter so to be clear he didn't have a gun the two knives he had I I'm always a
little hesitant on the knife situation you know some people make a big deal this person
had a knife a lot there are a lot of people that carry knives a lot especially in the country uh because
they use them for as a tool right so I don't see anything wrong with the knives and
given his age and maybe this is partly why McKay went up and walked up to the vehicle in the first place given liko's
age it's not really surprising to find a pipe with some leftover marijuana residue in the vehicle I mean that
doesn't shock you does it there captain no and I don't think it's that big of a deal so liko was charged with assaulting
McKay and released into his parents custody on two thousand dollars bail his bail agreement required that he not
possess any weapons this is going to lead us to a situation that takes place in April of the same
year still 2003. so liko's bail agreement still in effect as he awaited the legal proceedings on
the assault charge lico's uncle called the cops on him for trespassing liko's Uncle Bill reported that his
nephew was riding his ATV on his property and Lika was told time and time again that this was not allowed
one of the responding officers was Bruce McKay so McKay busted liko for violating his
bail agreement because when the cops found him he had a blow gun and steal darts in his possession in fact McKay
filed a report stating the weapon qualified as the type of dangerous weapon prohibited by alico's bail
agreement as a result liko was subjected to house arrest and because liko was a royal pain
in the ass he cut off his ankle bracelet right that was issued to him by the courts
well that's not good Bob nobody you know you don't approach the police vehicle during a traffic stop you don't cut off
your ankle bracelet that's issued to you by the courts yeah you don't get in your
car and try to go around the officer you don't go on somebody's property even if
it's your uncle's property when you were told not to you don't carry look if you're on probation
you might carry around a knife because that's what you use as a tool but it's against your probation so you don't
carry around anything well in cutting off the ankle bracelet that's a great way to earn yourself a nice stay at the
county jail yeah which it did liko got 15 days in jail I do want to note here that there was a lot of build up between
liko and his uncle before the uncle called the police about the trespassing yeah because the uncle
probably doesn't want to throw his nephew in jail or get his nephew in trouble well and I
think it got very dangerous between the two of them because the the uncle was definitely doing some things to upset
liko and liko was upsetting his uncle what happened before there was a situation just before this situation
where he calls in the police this is terrifying apparently liko cut down a tree this was
a 40-foot pine tree and it conveniently fell on the uncle's home so very dangerous situation here and now Costco
is in 15 days in jail yeah ultimately he would plead guilty to the charges of the
the assault charges of the officer and resisting arrest he was sentenced to 12 months but would only end up doing 15
days this is the 15 days that he was in jail already so time served this is after and this this might shock
some people out there who have reviewed this case but this is something that I found
this was after officer McKay requested that liko be treated with leniency now this was according to to be clear this
was according to New Hampshire State officials so I you take that for what it is but
that's where that came from no that's not me but that's again I think when you look at the
initial arrest it's a officer that's you know he's he's having to reserve himself
because he is being recorded but at the same time it's like we can sit there and
say you say no sir and yes sir blah blah but sometimes you're just like there's good cops and
bad cops sometimes there's just some dumb ass teenagers and and we've all had dumbass teenager moments I've had them I
know you've had them and I won't go into those on the show because I don't want to embarrass you in
front of all your friends I thought you were talking to the listeners uh the judge did order this is interesting the
the judge ordered that liko was to have no direct or indirect contact with officer Bruce McKay
let's step aside just for a minute here and learn a little bit about leeco Kenny
and his family so liko which means bud in the native Hawaiian language is the son of Davey
Kenny and his wife Michelle the Kenny Clan was rather large liko's grandparents Jack and Peg moved to the
Eastern Valley of New Hampshire in the 1950s buying a 450 acre parcel of land there in 1962 they founded the famous
rustic Tamarack tennis camp where kids from all over the Northeast would come to train
the extended Kenny Clan all had houses on this large property the family was known in the area for being quote
adventurous and headstrong this was as described by the New York Times and fiercely free-spirited as described
by Boston magazine in fact these descriptions seem a little forgiving to be honest with you the Kenny's were
aggressive Brash and wild all of them seem to be talented athletes with no fear and big chips on their shoulders
they didn't get into legal trouble so much as suffer physical tragedies as a result of their impulsive
and headstrong behavior for example Bubba Kenny uh this is liko's Uncle not not the one
that he ends up in trouble with he was a talented skier who was known for his Daredevil stunts like free diving off of
bridges he died in a kayaking accident at the age of 25. a different Uncle of liko's
Uncle Mike raced professionally as a skier and then became a coach for the U.S ski team
and you may have heard of liko's cousin Bodie Miller he's a famous U.S Olympic ski racer
now liko's parents split their time between the Tamarack tennis camp in the summer and Hawaii in the winter
Davey and Michelle were the hippie types they homeschooled liko and taught him that freedom and Independence were
Paramount it's appropriate that they lived in New Hampshire the state whose slogan is Live Free or Die
liko in other words was raised to believe he could do whatever he wanted the book Bad Blood tells us that liko
had problems with anger from a very young age and one incident as a toddler he tried to stab a friend who took his
toy one lifetime friend described liko as a psychopath and said if you went on a
hike with him you were never sure if you were going to come back liko was so unpredictable that he was
actually banned from his family's tennis camp while campers were around and he terrorized his little sister to
the point that when she left to go away for college she vowed never to come back
as long as liko was around yeah it almost seems like he has some kind of mental disorder I almost wonder if this
is something that would have that went undiagnosed that they may have discovered later right now liko flunked
out of school this after being diagnosed with dyslexia he had no job prospects as
a young man he was described as smart but liko was frustrated with his failures and his lack of opportunities
and his anger continued to build this was compounded by Major feelings of insecurity one of liko's best friends
named Siri Hayward told his father about liko saying quote he's going to get in trouble or hurt or he's going to hurt
someone else end quote Siri was killed in an auto accident in 2005 and another friend was killed that
same year and liko really started to become unhinged after the deaths of his two friends
he was disappearing into the woods and saying he needed to talk to Siri who who's now dead and mumbling that
something was going to happen now Uncle Bill he's the one that got into it with liko
now in liko's defense Bill had a Schism with the rest of his family with everybody a Schism a Schism the
grandparents deeded the entirety of the property remember it's 450 acres to all five of their children together meaning
that they legally own the property as a group and had equal rights to all of it right but Uncle Bill
who was a survivalist organic farmer and so-called Eco purist as described by Boston magazine he succeeded from the
family and sued for ownership rights of a specific parcel one-fifth of the land so he could
live the way he wanted to this apparently meant alone in a log cabin for 30 years he just didn't like his
family well it gets it gets crazier man Uncle Bill one day decides he wants a wife
so he got a wife named Larissa from Kyrgyzstan Don't make me say that again because I said it wrong the first time
a Central Asian country this is like a mail order bride via website I don't know the name website by which
men can import a woman to marry them well how about we just take a minute you let me know what that website was well I
do a little side note here please don't send me any hate mail I did not create the website nor have I purchased any
people so not yet reading Consumer Reports regarding the purchase of people it turns out they're
a waste of money don't do it so all right let's talk about officer Bruce McKay now that we know who the Kenny
family is the Kenny Clan as I call them McKay was born in Bronxville New York in
1958. he attended a private prep school where he played lacrosse and was captain
of the soccer team he worked as a lifeguard at the local Beach he was described as handsome
popular he was a do-gooder who lived life on the straight and narrow he attended New England College in New
Hampshire and worked as a volunteer fireman and EMT before attending a 12-week law enforcement training course
at the New Hampshire Police Academy after graduating he landed a part-time job on the force in Haverhill listeners
will recognize this as Mara Murray territory then in 1996 he was offered a position
as the third full-time officer in nearby Franconia he was divorced with a young daughter he
was engaged to be married to Sharon Davis their wedding was scheduled for July of 2007.
but that Captain is where the facts end the rest of what we know about Bruce McKay differs radically depending on the
source some say he was a bully on a power trip others say he was a dedicated cop who
was committed to the role of Law and was a credit to his profession according to Boston magazine the
Franconia 1000 residents generally preferred not to have any government interference in their lives and they
also preferred not to have to toe the line with regard to pesky rules and regulations their Live and Let Live
mentality does not mesh well with that of a police officer who sees things in black and white and is committed to
enforcing the laws like Bruce McKay McKay reportedly was responsible for over 300 traffic stops in 2006. the
other two officers in town had a combined total of 11. 300 to 11. yeah winner winner chicken dinner
McKay seemed out to get the citizens of this area for every infraction no matter
how small the vanity plate on his personal vehicle a Nissan SUV red gotcha got him yeah according to Boston
magazine McKay once pulled over a 79 year old woman for an expired registration sticker after she tried to
explain that she was heading home to cook dinner for her husband apparently he made her wait in the car
for two hours Bad Blood rules of rules man right Bad Blood sheds a little bit of
different light on these aspects of Bruce McKay according to the book quote rarely did he let his feelings get in
the way of police work to McKay the law was the law and it applied equally to everyone in his little corner of the
world he would hand a friend a speeding ticket as quickly as he would a stranger
yeah see I just don't agree with that especially like elderly lady it's like tell her Hey get that taken care of be
on your way the book goes on to say that the black and white attitude rubbed many folks the
wrong way but others appreciated the fact that McKay didn't play favorites yeah so there were residents who
supported McKay some said he was a nice guy and a great cop the ones that weren't arrested right the police chief
said McKay was an outstanding officer who was awarded 30 accommodations during his years of service but they also have
a quota and and some of some of the funding for these departments come from the tickets that the that the citizens
have to pay well others obviously felt different in fact according to some of the Articles we looked at complaints
from town residents about officer McKay this was not uncommon there were nine complaints filed against McKay during
his 11-year tenure some believed McKay would rely on using Force too often during the course of
performing his duties I've reviewed the ones that I could find and will say in my humble garage opinion the
overwhelming majority of these quote use of force incidents were Justified but not all of them some
are cause for debate one in particular was the arrest and pepper spraying of college student Sarah
emberly the dash cam footage of this encounter is available online as well this incident has mixed reviews some
people believing that McKay unnecessarily escalated things and some believe that he was totally within his
rights to spray the young woman in 2005 a fellow officer this is Mark Taylor wrote a letter to the police
chief and the letter says based on my previous knowledge of Corporal McKay's demeanor this matter of fact attitude
can come across as hostile and confrontational and he advised McKay to be less confrontational
shall we get back to liko here Captain yeah okay so now we're at January of 2003. this is when liko got himself a
handgun this was a high point 45 caliber gun according to his family and friends
he adored this gun shooting it into the air at parties and sleeping with it under his pillow
but in January of 2007 the gun disappeared from his room liko knew who took it it was his 15 year old cousin liko
suspected this because the same cousin took Legos PlayStation the previous year liko confronted the teen cousin and
things quickly got physical apparently strangling the kid and threatening him during the course of
this encounter to be clear he didn't kill him he he just I mean but it shows how out of
control the situation got now this method of theft investigation didn't work for liko
and he was unable to get the gun back so he called the state police and reported
it stolen the officer dispatched by the staties got the teenage cousin to confessed to
taking the gun but the cousin also reported that liko had violently attacked him and this was
witnessed by other family members liko told the officer that he had just shook him a bit the state trooper was
required to file an assault complaint against liko and a trial was scheduled for April 24th of 2007.
this would be liko's second trial for assaulting someone the first being officer McKay in 2003. at this trial the
cousin and liko's grandmother testified against liko and before this trial went down Lico
ever the charmer threatened members of the young cousin's family telling them that if the cousin and his grandma
testified against him he would kill them despite all of this misbehavior liko was
only ordered to pay a 250 dollar fine after the conviction polico really started to unravel
liko told his boss at his job this is at Agway supermarket that he felt like he was being followed
he told others that the cops were out to get him and the officer McKay was hunting him
he started to isolate himself and write about his quote last days this was in his daily planner
his parents were still in Hawaii at this time but his extended family began to be
concerned that liko would commit suicide but the paranoia you start again wondering about the mental health of
liko I do want to point out too that something that might add to this whole thing here Captain being the let's say
evaluation by others of liko at this time there were several persons that reported that he was pretty much living
by himself for months and months and months leading up to what I would call the final confrontation right and we know at
least it's my belief that if somebody is potentially suffering from something or going through
something being alone for an extended period of time usually doesn't seem to help
the situation that makes it worse right so you just wonder what he was going through
now the book Bad Blood details a memo that officer Bruce McKay circulated to his fellow officers after liko's trial
this memo was titled officer safety notice and informed officers of liko's conviction and states that liko
attempted to influence the witnesses at the trial the other members of his family
influence them to not show up for the trial telling them bad things would happen if they did the witnesses feared
for their safety liko was known to own a gun had a drug history and had a history
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Brief Summary

A traffic stop escalates into violence, revealing complex issues of police conduct and Liko Kenny's troubled background.

Key points

Tragic Officer Deaths. In 2018, 106 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty, highlighting the dangers they face.
Dash Cam Footage Released. The dash cam footage of the incident has been viewed over 1.4 million times online.
A Night of Tension. On a cold night in January 2003, a routine traffic stop escalated into a tragic confrontation.
The Arrest of Liko Kenny. Liko Kenny's confrontation with Officer Bruce McKay escalates into a heated arrest.
The Consequences of Actions. Liko's actions lead to a series of legal troubles and conflicts with his uncle.
Liko's Troubled Background. Exploring Liko's upbringing and the family dynamics that shaped him.

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