STATE LAWMAKER FAVORS KILLING POLICE OFFICERS

CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 2 (AP) -- A newly elected Republican state lawmaker has
enraged his constituents, party leaders and the police by saying he favors
killing police officers when they overstep their authority.

The lawmaker, Tom Alciere, 41, won a seat in the New Hampshire House in
November on his fourth try after a low-key campaign. It was not until
Sunday that his constituents in Nashua learned of his views about police
officers in a local newspaper.

Mr. Alciere acknowledged to the Valley News of Lebanon that in 1999 he
wrote on an Internet chat site, "Nobody will ever be safe until the last
cop is dead."

Mr. Alciere also told the newspaper that he loved it when someone killed a
police officer, saying it was unfortunate that the police made it necessary
to kill them "when they're waging a war on drugs, and I view cops as enemy
officers."

The state's Republican Party chairman, Steve Duprey, said Mr. Alciere
should renounce his views or resign. But Mr. Alciere stood firm.

"There's no way I'm going to resign," he said today.

Mr. Alciere, who is married and has a child, inspects circuit boards at a
factory. He said he was arrested for "petty stuff" years ago but never went
to jail and has no criminal record.