@cathyrusson
Closer….. I still think there are too many questions as to what happened that night not to have reasonable doubt. Also, STOP THE DRINKING AND DRIVING! So much of that in this case.
The jury began deliberating around 1:30 pm ET in
#KarenRead. They will not deliberate past 4:30 pm ET each day.
I grew up in the city of Boston and taught high school (and frequently patronized food/drink/entertainment) in Canton and know people who testified. All below is just my opinion with no inside information.
Like Cathy, I don’t believe in a grand conspiracy either. But this wouldn’t need to be a
grand conspiracy.
All it takes is a 3 or 4 people in the house keeping quiet purely out of their own self interests. And a single investigator (Proctor). Nothing more.
And I honestly believe that Proctor didn’t think he was participating in any kind of conspiracy at all. The moment he learned the law enforcements connections to inside the house he was going to always implicitly believe them. No questions asked.
The outcome from there was predetermined: All fingers are pointed in one direction. Karen did it, right? She must have done it. Couldn’t have been them.
And add to that the sense of urgency. The last thing you want to do is not secure a conviction in this type of case. The victim? Dead cop. Family needs justice.
I think Proctor quickly saw the holes in this case. Saw how weak it was. So he sought out places where he could take evidence that wasnt strong and bolster it. JMO.
In my opinion the taillight is a perfect illustration of this. Did Karen break her taillight when she hit John or was it already cracked from bumping into the car? I honestly couldn’t tell you and I’m not sure it mattered to Proctor. JMO
It’s not that far a leap when you really think about (all my opinion and should be read in jest): She did it. Right? The taillight was already cracked from her doing it right? It’s already evidence against her. Is it strong evidence? No. How do we make it a little stronger? What if we took a little piece of our existing evidence and say we found it at the scene? We KNOW she did it so is it really that wrong?
For most of us the answer to that question would be: yes, it’s wrong. But when there’s a dead cop and a family needs justice and your alternative suspects are all cops you just don’t ask yourself these kind of questions. JMO
Sorry for sounding crass. That is just my opinion.
So when someone asks me “do you think Karen did it?” I always reply with “it doesn’t matter if she did it or not”. And that’s the sad thing for the OKeefe family. They’ll never get justice.
MOO
