[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 136 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H9280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN ANTHONY STANCIL

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Captain Anthony 
Stancil of the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Sheriff's Office. 
Last Tuesday, shortly after 1 a.m., Captain Stancil was murdered in 
cold blood by a shoplifter at the Mallard Creek Harris Theater.
  He leaves behind two children and a wife with a baby on the way. He 
was one of our Nation's best, risking his life day in and day out to 
preserve the peace and freedom that we so often take for granted.
  Our prayers go out to his wife and children. They lost a strong 
husband and a father. In the last few days the citizens of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg have come together to reach out to the family and take care 
of them in their time of greatest need, but they are going to need our 
help for longer than just a few weeks. We all need to reach out to 
Anthony Stancil's fellow law enforcement officers because it has been a 
tough week for all of them.
  I hope we come away from this tragedy with a renewed sense of the 
debt we owe our local police and with a renewed intolerance for the 
cruelty of someone who would end the life of one of Charlotte's best 
citizens.

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