Checkpoint-arrest case ruled homicide
“The cause of death is the vicious beating, the blunt force impact,’’ King said in a telephone interview. “That’s what killed Kenny. He was murdered.’’King said she has reviewed 43 photographs taken by a photographer for the Eagle-Tribune newspaper who was nearby because the newspaper’s headquarters is in North Andover, close to where State Police, North Andover police, and Essex County deputy sheriffs had set up the checkpoint. She said the photographs span an 11-minute period. “There is absolutely no way reasonable force was used in this case,’’ King said. “He has handcuffs on part of that time and leg irons and [police] beating him to death.’’