[John123]

Never said he was a model citizen. However, the officer should have defused the situation and called in a non-involved officer. It is basic law enforcement 101.

BTW, suppose this officer was in fact a bully that kept picking on you until you blow up? And you couldn't do anything about it because jeez... he is a cop.

The truth of the matter was this officer should have stepped away and called for assistance once he knew the situation. Which he didn't and cost him his life. The article said the officer escalated the situation by spraying pepper spray in the faces of the driver and his passenger after pulling them over the second time. Doesn't sound like a cool, professional police officer to me...

[rogue yam]

And you couldn't do anything about it because jeez... he is a cop.

I've never been to New Hampshire but don't they have, you know, elected officials and courts and lawyers and newspapers and stuff like that?

[tiger-one]

First assistance in the area may be long in arriving. And I guess you are not or ever have been a cop. But as a former cop, I suggest you stop with your advice, because until you have experienced the “tranquility of the day, interrupted by shear terror of the moment” you have no clue what this business is about, unless you are a combat vet.

[Scotsman will be Free]

My guess is that the officer knew who he was pulling over before he pulled him over. I have worked rural areas and it doesn’t take long to ID the problem children and what they are driving.
I don’t know about NH, but in my state we could mail the ticket to the guy if needed.
No doubt in my mind Kenney was a punk. His uncle stated that he was, and the key was the sentence by the uncle that stated that Kenney was finally getting his life together, etc. I’ve heard that line many times from the relatives of a criminal killed by police including the relatives of a guy who shot one of my men four times.