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KingCast reviews the 19 March 2006 excessive force OC Spray issue of Bruce McKay vs. Sarah, live on video.

By Christopher King

First thing is that Defendants should be sanctioned for not providing this to me when it was only 18 months old, but they came up with that 2003 video of McKay and Liko at a moment's notice. Attorney Troy Watts didn't lie.

Related post: Don't bring me down..... Bruce.....

Second, there's no real need for McKay to spray her. She's not fully cooperative but she's not threatening him, either and didn't appear to resist his physical touch when he body slammed her on the cruiser. More on this momentarily but keep in mind this is McKay's behavior to someone he didn't already dislike. If he disliked you, well then......things got bad for you quick, fast and in a hurry as noted by a certain denizen of Franconia in the short film, "Franconia 5/11: Injustice on Stilts." As you wait for the upload of the new video you can listen to the RSA 91-A/FOIA hearing video about Troy Watts' complaint filed with the town in this Courtroom clip beginning at 2:35.

And McKay's GPS Communicator.... is on... unlike with Liko 2007, when he probably didn't want too many people to know exactly where he was. For those of you who always wondered what the Lat/Longs are for downtown Franconia at Kelly's/Mac's:
LA N 44 13.663
LO W 71 44.896
Or wait: I know.... with Liko he forgot to turn it on, just as he forgot to prepare use of force reports, yeah that's the ticket.

Anyway, you don't see the spray shot itself very well but the video is interesting for what you do hear and see, vis a vis McKay's police report as filed.
20:08 Bruce McKay: "Secure your vehicle you're in custody....how many times do I have to tell you."
20:08 Sarah: "You only said it once so far.
20:09 Sarah: "Just for the record you never said that."

20:11:35 Bruce McKay: "You can leave the shin guards in the car."
20:11:35 Sarah: "I can't I'm training slalom on Tuesday.... please don't touch me...."

20:13:00 Bruce McKay: "Put your hands behind your back....you're under arrest."

Whereupon all hell breaks loose. Sarah begins pacing with clothing in her hands, never moves toward or in any way threatens McKay, but he pops her up on the hood of the cruiser and it does not appear that she is struggling against him in any measurable manner. Her right arm and hand you can see are on the hood of McKay's car and her hand is open, never a clenched fist. She's not thrashing about whatsoever yet he flips her around pretty hard and OC Sprays her. Through 20:17:40 she's wailing in pain. As Troy Watt's Complaint reads, McKay would be unable to diffuse a spent match stick.

20:18:50 Bruce McKay: "I called an ambulance for you. I don't have a wet paper towel just try to relax i know it hurts like a bastard."
[KingCast says: Wait a minute: The officer is supposed to have those items on hand, duh. In fact in McKay's police report he says "As soon as she was secured and responsive to direction I recovered the deactivating facial wash for her face and being to decontaminate the effects of the spray."

But whatever he was doing wasn't too effective because the police report of Littleton Officer Michelle M. Soares reads "Shortly after my arrival the Franconia Life Squad arrived on scene. Sarah was decontaminated by the EMT's"]

20:20:20 Bruce McKay: "You want some more spray?"
[KingCast says say WHAT?? She's totally subdued by then, and the request to me comes across as to something of a sexual nature, kind of like, "you want s'more baby"]

As his own associates noted, Bruce McKay was a dink.

Full post as published by Chris King's 1st Amendment Page on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).