MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #30 Retrial

[jepop]

Ridiculously not true, and calls into question how much of an expert he really is.

By this standard, if im jogging and bump into a car tail light, it will break. That's so wrong. (It might bruise ME of course, because my body is not as hard.)

He's clearly done no testing and is making stuff up.

It's simply unbelievable. He's going to be eaten alive by the real experts. The 8 miles/hour-breaks-taillight-against- a -human -arm claim is a physical impossibility and coming from an expert in the field must either be deliberate duplicity (an outright lie) or extreme stupidity. IMO

Think about how slow it is when you actually manage to stick to an 8 miles per hour speed limit in a car park... you are hardly moving.

ETA corrected 8km to miles. 8 miles is approx 12.8 km which is still ridiculous. Taillight does not break against a human arm at that speed. At a higher speed where it might break/crack, the human arm must also BREAK and CRACK and BRUISE. Jmo

 

[missy1974]

Sounds like this is about Troopers Paul and his report.

Welcher used parts of Paul's report in his slides.

Earlier today he was being evasive about Trooper Paul's report.

 

[Angelwatch]

OMG. He's arguing force was applied during the blue paint test, but he didn't do calculations.

 

[MerlinFalcon]

He knows Judge Cannone is limiting time and he keeps trying to argue or speak over Alessi to take up as much of the time as possible.

 

[missy1974]

This guy is just horrible... just answer the dang questions!

ETA: Even the judge looks annoyed. JMO

 

[Wishbone]

Why is she rushing Alessi. Didn't she agree to a robust cross of this irritating witness? So much for what she says she will do....JMOO

 

[Warwick7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927813434487242818

 

[missy1974]

Why is she rushing Alessi. Didn't she agree to a robust cross of this irritating witness? So much for what she says she will do....JMOO

This is a voir dire. The jury is gone.

 

[Angelwatch]

Why would he test the hand (not the arm) hitting the center of the tail light? What did I miss? I'm not a biomechanical engineer and even I know he didn't shatter the light with his hand.

 

[Amber29]

Someone tell the Dr the jury isn’t present and he doesn’t have to be so argumentative during the voir dire…
ETA fix the auto correct

 

[Bethlamb16]

Someone tell the Dr the jury isn’t present and he doesn’t have to be so argumentative during the void dire…

Now he can answer briefly and yes or no to the prosecutor. How odd! So frustrating.

 

[BUF]

Amazing…..Welcher CAN just answer a question from Brennan

 

[Bethlamb16]

Amazing…..Welcher CAN just answer a question from Brennan

JINX! Unbelievable!

 

[kuromiiiilove]

Amazing…..Welcher CAN just answer a question from Brennan

At this point, I wonder if they are instructed to act the way they do on cross. Buhkenik, Burgess, Welcher, even Ms. Hyde. They suddenly lose the ability to directly answer a question on cross. MOO

 

[missy1974]

So, I think the voir dire is being done because he tried to say he didn't know what was in Trooper Paul's report.

oh look.. he CAN answer the questions when Brennan asks, this just shows how he is being difficult on purpose.

 

[Derph]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927818591648321732

 

[Warwick7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927801340639539520

 

[Anniesflowers]

But no problem with the witness deflecting by bringing up pens and beds so he won't have to answer a question?

. My favorite part of today’s cross has been watching Dr. Welcher get asked a question he doesn’t like! He deflects by asking himself a more palatable question, then subsequently answers himself. . IMO. If he had ‘no dog in this fight’, he’d answer truthfully and succinctly. Engineers are not big equivocators. I should know I’ve been married to one for a loooong time!

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

So, I think the voir dire is being done because he tried to say he didn't know what was in Trooper Paul's report.

oh look.. he CAN answer the questions when Brennan asks, this just shows how he is being difficult on purpose.

Yep, but if the judge just lets it go, pretty much out of options for it to go any other way. JMO

 

[missy1974]

Alessi is about half way through LOL