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KingCast NPR/This American Life epiphany #1: Missing audio as Bruce McKay ignored actual dispatch requests on 5/11.

By Christopher King

In preparation for next week's North Country guests and for the lawsuit I just filed with the assistance of retired LE (KingCast v. McLeod et al, Grafton Superior 08-E_192) I figured I would take a deeper look into things. Here?s what I see after another review using the dispatch calls. Note: There is about a 6-minute difference between the Dispatch time and the dash cam time (an eternity in baking a cake, much less effective law enforcement but that?s another issue).

I will check to see if I have the same audio as these online clips (fixed link) at Concord Monitor. Update: Those are the Concord Monitor clips so either they didn't get everything either or they selectively posted. I'll be getting another copy from Kelly next week to clear things up.

Tape One: 6:04:03 ? 6:07:24
* Early on in the first few seconds McKay calls for backup, at about dash cam time 19:09:40 as he turns around on 116. However, he never tells Liko Kenney he called for backup when Liko tells him he would like another officer present. Liko telephoned his uncle three (3) times to be a witness, but he missed the calls. His uncle, a well-respected business man, lives about 700 feet from the tragedy, where Liko was pointing to McKay to go to so he could have an adult witness.

* Last thing you hear from 44K is ?subject disobeying,? at 6:07:03 as Liko Kenney and Caleb Macaulay pull away after McKay tells Liko he?s not entitled to have another officer present. Consistent with the time discrepancy, this occurred at 19:13:00 by dash cam time.

Tape Two: 6:07:24 ? 6:09:15
* Whoops. There is no Tape Two. Sorry. The action resumes next at 6:09:15 just before McKay exits his 5,500lb Tahoe. I?ll be notifying GCSO and Kelly Ayotte about this. At any rate, McKay is indeed incommunicado for the entire time that he drives up 116, does the ?10 point turn? as described by Rebecca Bell, and then bashes Liko?s car and OC Sprays him as he violates 8 pursuit and OC Spray directives. Sadly, we do not hear from McKay or Liko Kenney again. Exactly three (3) minutes elapsed from the time that Liko and Caleb drove off and what is apparently the first gunshot at 19:16:00 dash cam time, or about 6:10 Disptach time.

Tape Three: 6:09:15 ? 6:10:08
* ?Grafton to 44K?? (repeat 3 more times). Note that McKay should have been situated in his cruiser, responding instead of getting ready to copiously violate town policies as his last act on this Earth. Dispatch would have likely told him to order Liko to remain in his car with a bullhorn and wait for backup, duh. But Bruce had to John Wayne it. Read the GTi story.

Tape Four: 6:10:21 ? 6:12:37
* ?Grafton to 44K?.? then as Grafton is advising another responder 520D, Floyd Jr. announces ?Officer Down, Officer Down,? at 6:11:21. This was just about one minute after the shootings, which started at 6:16:00 by the dash cam, which would be about 6:10 Dispatch time.

Wherefore, I want ?Tape Two.? Has anybody out there ever heard ?Tape Two?? It may exist but I don?t see it on the files I have, so we need to fill that gap, yah.

Related post: A sexy case from Canada on "Malicious abuse of public office."
Related video: Liko Kenney speaks on life in North Country.

Full post as published by Chris King's 1st Amendment Page on August 16, 2008 (boomark / email).