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RECEIVED Tue., Jan. 20, 2015
Dear Editor,
As usual, the media takes what little they know and run with it [“Kleinert's Next Defense,” News, Jan. 16]. What happened to Larry Jackson was a tragedy. But what everyone fails to acknowledge is that there were two families who suffered that day. Since you nor any of the other media folks know Trey Kleinert or his family personally, you assume that the death of Larry Jackson was the only horrible outcome of that day. What you don't know is Kleinert was on the force his entire career and never fired his gun. I saw him as recently as a month before that awful day and he was proud of the fact that he had never had to use force. He was and is a good, kind, loving man. I have known him since I was 15 years old (I am now 51). He is destroyed that this accident happened. That's what this was, a terrible accident. Much comment has been made about why Kleinert chased Jackson. Of course he chased him; he was an officer of the law, and in mid-sentence during their conversation, Jackson ran. What officer of the law do you know who was investigating a case, talking to a suspect, would not give chase when the suspect takes off running in mid-sentence? Larry Jackson was high on PCP. How many times have you heard or read about how uncontrollable a person on PCP is? They fought under that bridge because Trey was trying to arrest him and he was resisting.
As usual, the media takes what little they know and run with it [“Kleinert's Next Defense,” News, Jan. 16]. What happened to Larry Jackson was a tragedy. But what everyone fails to acknowledge is that there were two families who suffered that day. Since you nor any of the other media folks know Trey Kleinert or his family personally, you assume that the death of Larry Jackson was the only horrible outcome of that day. What you don't know is Kleinert was on the force his entire career and never fired his gun. I saw him as recently as a month before that awful day and he was proud of the fact that he had never had to use force. He was and is a good, kind, loving man. I have known him since I was 15 years old (I am now 51). He is destroyed that this accident happened. That's what this was, a terrible accident. Much comment has been made about why Kleinert chased Jackson. Of course he chased him; he was an officer of the law, and in mid-sentence during their conversation, Jackson ran. What officer of the law do you know who was investigating a case, talking to a suspect, would not give chase when the suspect takes off running in mid-sentence? Larry Jackson was high on PCP. How many times have you heard or read about how uncontrollable a person on PCP is? They fought under that bridge because Trey was trying to arrest him and he was resisting.
S. Reneé Scott
[Amy Kamp responds: I appreciate that Ms. Scott took the time to offer this perspective on Charles Kleinert. I have not, at this point, seen evidence confirming that "Larry Jackson was high on PCP." I understand that his autopsy showed PCP in his system. I'm not going to make the leap from that fact to the conclusion that Jackson was under the influence of PCP on the day of his death; PCP can be detected in a person's system for up to a week. More importantly, while there seems to be no debate that Jackson fled the scene, there's been no evidence made publicly available that he was behaving violently.]