NOT GUILTY MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #39 Retrial

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The Karen Read fallout continues — and its ripple effects are spreading beyond Canton into Boston City Hall.

Read’s attorney in a blistering letter to Mayor Michelle Wu is slamming Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox for being “caught in a lie” about ex-cop Kelly Dever, a controversial witness in the murder trial.

Read’s lawyer Alan Jackson in the bombshell missive to Wu is calling for Cox to be placed on the Suffolk DA’s list of officers with credibility issues — known as the Brady list.
 
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Am I understanding this correctly that the FBI gave Michael Cox a heads-up on Officer Kelly Dever when the FBI was investigating possible misconduct and corruption by police and the prosecution in the investigation into John O'Keef's death?
 
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What I found real interesting is that Cox scheduled Officer Kelly Dever for a 1 hr meeting.
That's a lot of time for a Police Commissioner to give a newbie officer just to chit-chat.
imo
 
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What I found real interesting is that Cox scheduled Officer Kelly Dever for a 1 hr meeting.
That's a lot of time for a Police Commissioner to give a newbie officer just to chit-chat.
imo
Yes, and the day after receiving the FBI email mentioning Dever IIUC? Is that confirmed as fact?
 
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Yes, and the day after receiving the FBI email mentioning Dever IIUC? Is that confirmed as fact?
Assuming what Alan Jackson put in his communication to Mayor Wu is true - it's actual Fact- JMO

"On February 22, 2024, the FBI’s Boston Field Office sent Commissioner Cox an email explicitly referencing Dever and the Read investigation," the letter says. "The email, from Assistant Special Agent in Charge Stephen Kelleher to Cox stated: 'Just a reminder, the documents were released to the DA's office late last night. The officer we spoke about is Kelly Dever.'"

Read's legal team states the next day on Feb. 23, 2024, at 11 a.m., Cox's official calendar listed a meeting with Dever, "exactly as Dever would later testify and Cox would deny."

 
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Here's a recap of what occurred with Dever and Cox:


“This is not a political issue,” Jackson argued. “It is a question of credibility and public trust. When Boston’s top law-enforcement officer lies about his own knowledge of a case under federal scrutiny, the stain spreads across the entire system. Accountability cannot stop at the Commissioner’s door.”

He said adding Cox to the Brady list and opening the POST inquiry is the “only one responsible course” in light of documented evidence. Jackson previously made a similar request that Dever be added to the Brady list; she resigned from the force last month.

“The people of Massachusetts deserve law enforcement leaders who tell the truth — not those who hide behind it,” he asserted Monday.


One question I have regarding Dever, now that she quit, will her name still be considered for the Brady list or does that become void. What if she tries to get on with a different police department.
 
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Here's a recap of what occurred with Dever and Cox:


“This is not a political issue,” Jackson argued. “It is a question of credibility and public trust. When Boston’s top law-enforcement officer lies about his own knowledge of a case under federal scrutiny, the stain spreads across the entire system. Accountability cannot stop at the Commissioner’s door.”

He said adding Cox to the Brady list and opening the POST inquiry is the “only one responsible course” in light of documented evidence. Jackson previously made a similar request that Dever be added to the Brady list; she resigned from the force last month.

“The people of Massachusetts deserve law enforcement leaders who tell the truth — not those who hide behind it,” he asserted Monday.


One question I have regarding Dever, now that she quit, will her name still be considered for the Brady list or does that become void. What if she tries to get on with a different police department.
I think it would surely stay, I've seen a bunch of LE on the stand who've changed role, changed careers or retired testifying about their role in the case. So Brady would be worthless if it didn't cover them, not just active duty cops.

MOO
 
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Can anyone direct me to where I can find or let me know about the 4AM ‘call’? I was just on YouTube and it’s mentioned a few times in the comments of a video. News to me for sure. TIA!
 
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Can anyone direct me to where I can find or let me know about the 4AM ‘call’? I was just on YouTube and it’s mentioned a few times in the comments of a video. News to me for sure. TIA!
Can you be more specific? Who are you referring to?
 
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Wouldn’t it be great if he videod the missing ring footage using this phone? Or a photo of the broken taillight at Karen’s parents’ house?
And this might be the exact same thing I am thinking…… but if not, how about something to do with that IIRC that other officer that lives across the street from the Alberts? Where that video was deleted because it wasn’t relevant or something like that? Or how about something in the ‘sally port’? The reversed imagery from the vehicle in the sally port garage? Or how about something from was it the library in town and whether or not KR vehicle was (or was not) seen?

I am still wondering how and when this gets to the DA Morrissey? MOO
 
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And still not a word from Cox or Wu regarding Jackson’s public letter.
 
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And still not a word from Cox or Wu regarding Jackson’s public letter.
Oh they will try to ride this one out in silence for sure, hoping it disappears with the next news cycle
Wu is up for reelection but she is unopposed.

I think not addressing it though will bite them in the butt tho.

On the other hand look at Morrissey and all his words and actions. No accountability there either.
JMO
 
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Can anyone direct me to where I can find or let me know about the 4AM ‘call’? I was just on YouTube and it’s mentioned a few times in the comments of a video. News to me for sure. TIA!
Not sure, but I know that was about the time of the call made by John O'keefe's niece to Jen McCabe, telling her that Karen had come home without John and was very upset that she couldn't get hold of him and didn't know where he was. I think it was actually almost 4:30 am though.

ETA It was also right about the time of the niece's call that Karen called her own mother.
 
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It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor..... Just another day in good ol Canton, USA!! How many officers in and around this case have been suspended, demoted, FIRED now?? There's so many I've lost count.

 

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