Bad Blood : Freedom and Death in the White Mountains

by Sherman, Casey

• ISBN13: 9781584656791
• ISBN10: 1584656794
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-08
• Publisher: Univ Pr of New England

Summary

In the shadow of the fallen Old Man of the Mountain, on a lonely stretch of mountain road, two men lay dead. A spasm of violence that took only a few minutes to play out leaves a community divided over itself and searching for answers. Bad Blood is the riveting story behind the long-standing feud between Franconia, New Hampshire, police officer Bruce McKay, 48, and Liko Kenny, 24, which erupted into violence in May 2007 when Kenny shot and killed Officer McKay at the climax of a routine traffic stop turned chase. Liko, cousin of ski legend Bode Miller, was then shot and killed by a shadowy passerby. Almost immediately, the tragic incident revealed deep tensions within this otherwise quiet community in the White Mountains with charges that Kenny was a hell-raiser and mentally unstable and counter-charges that Officer McKay was a rogue cop who dispensed justice as a way to settle personal scores. Striving to get at the truth of the story, the author discovers a complex mix of personalities and motivations surrounding the case. Local and statewide interests clash while regional and national media, and even YouTube viewers, supply ready stereotypes to fit their agendas. Amid larger questions of the meaning of individual freedom we are, ultimately, helpless witnesses to an inevitable clash of personalities.

Author Biography

CASEY SHERMAN is a Boston-based journalist and the author of A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler, Black Irish, and Black Dragon. He is the co-author of The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapters 1-15

Author's Note

Bibliography

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