Trial starts in conspiracy-fueled case of girlfriend charged in Boston police officer's death

(29 Apr 2024)
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Dedham, Massachusetts - 29 April 2024
1. Tilt-up view of Massachusetts’ Norfolk County Superior Court building
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Lally, Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney:
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"What I will submit to you at that time, that second time, is that the only true and just verdict based on the evidence is that the defendant, Karen Read, is guilty of murder in the second degree, striking the victim as Mr. O'Keefe with her car, knocking him back onto the ground, striking his head on the ground, causing the bleeding in his brain, swelling, and then leaving him there for several hours in a blizzard with temperatures in the teens, wind swirling around, snow piling up on his body until she comes up with Mrs. McCabe and Mrs. Roberts just after 6 a.m. And she is also guilty of the vehicular manslaughter, operating under the influence of liquor and that she is also guilty of leaving the scene."
3. Pan of the judge entering the courtroom and walking to her seat
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4. Karen Read turns around to look at her family in the courtroom
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Lally, Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney:
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"His (Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor) examination of the vehicle, his examination of the scene, his examination of specifically some Toyota techs - because Lexus is essentially owned by Toyota or vice versa, so there are some data that he is able to recover from that and back the vehicle up, based on its known locations and travel, heat cycles - essentially opines, anticipate he'll opine that around 12:45 in the morning when the vehicle was in front of the residence on Fairview, after some perceptible period of time, that vehicle travels over 60 feet in reverse at over 20, approximately 24.2 miles per hour."
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Dedham, Massachusetts - 29 April 2024
6. Signage at the court building
7. A placard proclaiming that Read was framed
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Yannetti, Defense Attorney:
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"Karen Read was framed. Her car never struck John O'Keefe. She did not cause his death. And that means that somebody else did it. You will learn that it was no accident that John O'Keefe was found dead on the front lawn of 34 Fairview Road in Canton on January 29th of 2022. You will learn that at that address lived a well-known and well-connected law enforcement family in Canton. The Alberts. Because the Alberts were involved and because they had close connections to the investigators in this case, Karen Read was framed for a murder she did not commit."
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Dedham, Massachusetts - 29 April 2024
9. Various of Read’s supporters outside the courthouse
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10. Read listens to court proceedings
11. SOUNDBITE (English) David Yannetti, Defense Attorney:
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"You will learn that when John O'Keefe was found, he did not look like he had been hit by a car. You'll learn that he looked to have been attacked and beaten up. You'll learn that John O'Keefe was a large, six -foot-two man who, if positioned behind a Lexus SUV, would have had his torso completely exposed to the rear of that vehicle, including to the taillight. You'll learn that no part of his torso was injured."
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12. Read’s family in court
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[@TeresaAnnAskew]

Karen Read is innocent 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻

[@user-ii2uh1xq7b]

are you insane?