Karen Read trial: How accounts of first responders have differed

As the second-degree murder trial against Karen Read continues, the emergency crews who responded to the death of John O'Keefe are expressing different recollections on the witness stand.
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[@selmeb1291]

Several of them have changed their stories ON THE STAND! Not one of them had “ I hit him “ in their reports. This case is dirty.

[@TheSuzanneDeloris]

Whenever an officer dies they ALWAYS are taken to the States medical examiner. EXCEPT for Officer OKeefe !

[@PostalWorker14]

Authorities should go by the regulations any deviation is suspect

[@michellebailey4769]

And don’t forget to mention that the judge seems to loudly sigh in disgust when the defense is at the podium.

[@Caroline.722]

I’ve also noticed that. 🤨

[@debrashawcross170]

And the 'Sniffing' by the Witnesses.

[@ThomasWinn-sg4vr]

I can't stand listen to these reporters If she confessed to hitting him she would have been arrested and taken in for questioning right away how can nobody see that that they made that up later on as soon as the cop pulled up you hear her say I dropped off my boyfriend and he never came home they don't say that she said that but clearly she did answer their questions I can't wait to hear what Katie McLaughlin says seeing how she's friends with the people that live there and did it disclose that in the direct and the other two I want to hear of course Jen McCabe she has a lot of explaining to do and of course corrupt pervert Michael proctor I can't see how they testify without pleading the fifth because they know the FBI is going to be watching every single word they say on the record

[@lhr8833]

Reporters care more about sensationalism, than being rational. They are saying Lally is strategical and methodical. The guy talks in circles, I feel like Charlie Brown hearing him. Repeats “sorts of” 10 times per sentence. I wonder if these reporters are watching the same trial. And Katie is a joke. I don’t believe so many first responders hear her saying that and didn’t ask her what she meant or even arrested her. Also all of them forgot to write the confession. They had dash cams where you can hear her screaming, but she said repeatedly, running side by side and screaming “I hit him”, but is not in the videos. Or they are lying, or this is the most incompetent group of people. Now, miss Katie defends herself saying that is because there was a cop there by her side. These people have been in the grand jury before, so if she doesn’t remember his name first, at least when she sees him would recognize him. No, two years after is still the mystery officer.

[@VenoLiquori]

Judge said yesterday to wear comfortable shoes knew they were going on a field trip

[@Starsfullaskies]

Just wait until we hear Karen’s damming voicemails!

[@Starsfullaskies]

@@lhr8833He is an assistant district attorney for Norfolk County Massachusetts. That’s really not child’s play. His job is putting monsters like Karen the angry drunk behind the wheel, in prison every single day. Show some darn respect.

[@lhr8833]

@@StarsfullaskiesDo you know what respect is? Because what I said has nothing to do with respect. If he has such a high position, he should put more effort representing it. He needs to learn how to talk in public. I think is disrespectful to look so unprepared in such an important case. I think is disrespectful the way he makes everybody else lose time. Yesterday even the judge told him to skip the long introduction he does, when he was interviewing the firefighter No. 100 that he has interviewed in this trial. He started wrong since the opening. Day 4 and he still has not explain what exactly is the theory, how did she “hit” him? The quality of his presentation is not to the level of his position. Or he doesn’t have the skill, or in a very disrespectful way he went to this trial unprepared and defending a butchered investigation that is the definition of human rights violation.

[@RichardVetstein]

Wait until McLaughlin gets cross examined today. She's besties with the Albert daughter who was in the house that night - they have photos of her drinking together on spring break. It's gonna be a buzzsaw.

[@CeliaMedeiros-y4d]

She lied on the stand that she wasn’t friends with Caitlin when there’s pictures of them together!!!!!! Liar this is so planned to convict this girl she is innocent!

[@MiaPuhar]

More like a nothingburger

[@lucas_knight]

If Karen Read admitted to hitting John O'Keefe with her SUV at the scene in front of cops then don't you think she would have been arrested on the spot? However, Karen was allowed to leave the scene unhindered. That tells me that there was no such admission and if Karen ever said those words then it was in response as a question and not a statement of fact. Of course, it is beneficial for the prosecution to accuse Karen of admitting her guilt (because their evidence is circumstantial and vague to begin with) but it seems that was an afterthought as they attempted to build a case against her.

[@User12347ejdj]

That only applies if she was black. Learn your American history.

[@prmpatti]

WELL SAID!

[@Lisa_leelee]

Shameful!

[@PostalWorker14]

@@User12347ejdjDefinitely a black guy did it

[@Hudini-g7]

Did you see opening statements!!

[@QuinnanScott]

The house was sold right away, basement dug up, and dog surrendered.

[@Lisa_leelee]

It stinks something awful!

[@Hudini-g7]

The local police are afraid of the homeowner!! He is a tough highly trained detective and has townie political influence!! It’s very interesting

[@Lisa_leelee]

@@Hudini-g7 I see he’s some dumb ass beef head fighter, but that gives him no pass to cover crap up!

[@lindagabovic1966]

And below asking price for house

[@limasierra6639]

I want to know who's the main person intimidating these witnesses into lying on the stand.

[@Hudini-g7]

The reports and perjury will reveal the the truth this is a case for the history book

[@keli449]

Michael Procter. Sgt.

[@WhitePaint5775]

Some of it didn’t make its way into reports because it didn’t happen. Come on.

[@MakerInMotion]

In a police coverup things that happened get left out of the reports.

[@AshleyMarieMommy]

I know right. Hey plenty of fake news

[@sd560]

Such conflicting accounts by those first responders,,its ridiculous! Sheesh 🙄🙄🙄

[@MiggySpeaksTruth]

Did Karen Read's Lexus SUV bite John O'Keefe's right arm?

[@ByronTexas]

RIP Chloe

[@kristenpino4635]

Yes, it did!

[@prmpatti]

Apparently 🙄

[@ByronTexas]

@@kristenpino4635 What part of the back on an SUV has the ability to make so many multidirectional lacerations from bumping into a human? (Of course that’s ignoring the three FBI experts that have concluded that John wasn’t hit by a vehicle and that the damage to the taillight was not caused by a human.)

[@ByronTexas]

@Thomas-sx6mc Show me one expert that knows more and you can also show me ONE THING he got wrong. If not, just go back to collecting welfare or whatever you do

[@deborahkline1715]

Could the judge be sending signals to the prosecution when to object?

[@mariabengtssonviking]

All the first responders were working on John O'Keefe, but they all heard and observed different things about it. Just play the dashcam video from the scene and let them make sense to what they now are saying happened 😅😂. If you want to believe them, it must have been 50 people there, and taken a looong time before they got into the ambulance. Its Its all bullcrap😊

[@NannarchyintheUK]

So, 3 or 4 first responders allegedly heard her say I hit him and None of them asked her about it. What happened, What did you hit him with, when did this happen ? Interesting

[@MaryPoppinnnn]

Katie McLaughlin is very close friends with Brian Albert’s daughter

[@LVCopsTV]

they are all to close..

[@truecrime98]

No it’s not that it didn’t make it in the report, it’s that he got caught in a lie by his own words and the video. I am a nurse and if it doesn’t get recorded in your notes, it didn’t happen legally.

[@Usermemo8787]

Exactly! 101 in healthcare; if you don’t write it down, it didn’t happen.

[@tinydancer867]

AMEN!!!!

[@ByronTexas]

Take the behavior of all these family members when confronted about being a murderer in public vs how YOU would react being confronted if you were innocent. Even if you ignored mountains of exculpatory evidence, just their behavior tells you everything

[@debrashawcross170]

This Case is already over! 💥

[@prmpatti]

Ther is NOTHING enjoyable about that judge!

[@Usermemo8787]

The only person I’ll ever believe is the one who keeps the same story! I didn’t find 3 of the 4 paramedics truthfully/credible. Also, “I hit him?” And “I hit him!” are two very different statements. Karen is showing actual signs of being in shock. The other lady is just standing there like nothing happened. Her being nonchalant, is a huge red flag! You could drive a truck through the reasonable doubt in this case.

[@CassCassidy-qs3gx]

Thank you from Scotland

[@stoutie18]

No way she did this . Gmab

[@LVCopsTV]

the evidence doesn't support it.

[@TeresaAnnAskew]

Karen Read is innocent🙏🏻💙🙏🏻

[@Yogib123]

Probably not 🧐

[@selmeb1291]

Lally is methodical? 😂 no, he’s a mess.

[@CPAries0404]

PRECISELY!

[@ajmprovidence]

This is some real life Departed sheit

[@PostalWorker14]

I feel for Karen’s parents

[@jasminerosepetal]

Karen had the most invested in finding John. She probably washes his clothes and certainly knew exactly what he was wearing. All she had to see was a piece of his clothing to realize it was him. So what is the big deal. It is also very possible that someone inserted the idea that he was hit before Karen even saw him.

[@powder2575]

Methodical? The prosecution asks compound, confusing questions, and jumps back and forth in the timeline of events. I can't remember a single thing he said in his opening statement.

[@itsbittersweetest]

was her vehicle impounded that night? I missed this detail

[@prmpatti]

Lally nor Jackon’s/Vanetti’s styles should matter. They are conduits of information.

[@WhtePrivlageJesusFollowerWoman]

Any Lawyer that has a tick toc and is proudly expressing what she does there, scares me to death..a lawyer giving opinions and feed back that trusts tick toc says I'm watching the wrong coverage of day 3 trial reviewing ....wow 😳

[@Starsfullaskies]

😂 Yeah you’re right. if they were any good attorneys, they’d be in the courtroom.

[@LVCopsTV]

that's funny..

[@PickledPepperz]

For the love of God- someone in Dedham Court tell Bev to stop sighing into the microphone!

[@holleyb7861]

It's a cover up

[@debrashawcross170]

Did they find John O'Keefe's missing Shoe?

[@LesleyKerr-r2v]

Think the guys are trying to save a life , not take dictation

[@junecleaver748]

So this woman, Katherine, is saying that they are not lying and they just didn’t put it on the report. SMH. Cop lover.

[@juanacastillo7154]

Their testimonies were honest, why will they lied. Proud Professional Firefighters on the stand. GUILTY💯⚖️

[@katchristensen4211]

😂😂 Their testimonies were far from honest, and they all got caught in lies. It certainly doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the past week. It's quite ridiculous to think that Katie Mclaughlin doesn't recall anything but what she thought Karen said, which is because she's lying. When you're telling the truth, you don't have to remember lies of which shoe doesn't remember and / or recall.

[@keli449]

How do you know they were honest? Not 1 reported Karen saying she hit him?.

[@PostalWorker14]

Canton’s finest

[@Fergie66813]

I don't think police officer would leave a person they beat up or killed leave him on their Driveway.Or would know how the Events that happened that night line up to Frame Karen.

[@CPAries0404]

Excuse me, the prosecutor is NOT METHODICAL AT ALL!

[@mariannerogers8003]

Neither the prosecution or the defense has convinced me, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Karen Reed is guilty...or innocent. If I were a juror how would I make a decision when neither side has proven anything to me? I guess, that I would be the hanger, on a hung jury.

[@ElleDuderino]

There is no innocent option. There is only guilty or not guilty. If they haven’t proven without a reasonable doubt she killed him then you wouldn’t be a hung juror, you would be a not guilty juror. Big difference between innocent and not guilty.

[@CPAries0404]

Hold your horses lady! The trial isn’t over yet. Wait for the autopsy report and experts to testify, and there are a lot more witnesses coming to the stand.

[@prmpatti]

So dumb. 🙄

[@Hudini-g7]

Did you say horses 😂

[@Yogib123]

The trial is not over so hard to say..

[@joshkeeling82]

I don't think there's a cover-up. The FBI would've easily figured out a cover-up and we'd hear about it by now. If there was a cover-up , the FBI would've stepped in by now and there wouldn't ne a trial. Since we've heard nothing from the FBI, that convinces me that Karen probably accidentally hit John with her SUV and he died as a result. The prosecutor over-charged Karen. She should be charged with something like accidental manslaughter or accidental vehicular manslaughter. It's ridiculous the prosecutor charged her with 2nd degree murder. It was almost surely an accident. It's sad situation. A good guy died far too young and there's a possibility that Karen could be sentenced to many decades behind bars, all because she was wasted drunk and accidentally killed John. It's sad.

[@VIRALLYSPEAKINGTV]

💯😳agree

[@PolarSoBurr]

That could be the case but I think there’s more that will come. When these other people take the stand and make their statements, lies will be fact checked by the Feds after the case. You can’t prove a 3rd party culprit as effectively without proving people are lying about facts of the case. People lying can show they have something to hide. But to your point, this could’ve just been an accident. More to come I guess

[@ElleDuderino]

Cops don’t like the feds messing in their territory. Is there any evidence the fbi even looked into this case? It’s kinda endearing how much you trust the govt tho ☺️

[@ThomasWinn-sg4vr]

Obviously you haven't been paying attention to this case The FBI reports say that John's injuries did not come from being hit by her car and it's still ongoing investigation they're not done It takes sometimes years especially this many people involved and the FBI was trying to have the trial postponed but the judge wouldn't have it

[@markstone1619]

You're imagining a TV version of the FBI and that's not at all how they actually work. The FBI is and has been conducting a big investigation of the police and political corruption in this area when this incident occurred, at which time the FBI then saw many 'red flags' in this case, but will always hold off from being involved so they can have the perpetrators actually hang themselves even more by lying in their testimony in court, as one big reason. One of those in the house has already entered into a Fed proffer, which is an agreement to testify fully and completely truthfully on what happened in the house that caused John's death. It will be interesting when he takes the stand. The bottom line is that no way did Karen's car ever strike John and no way that John's injuries came from that vehicle. I know that with 100% certainty. The FBI has even stated this as their conclusion about the incident. Karen is 100% Not guilty and this comes from a former LEO, now retired who has handled countless accidents, murders, and crime scenes.

[@jacks316]

This is such a joke she’s guilty straight up

[@VIRALLYSPEAKINGTV]

🤔🤔🙏🏼

[@markstone1619]

It's obvious you know zero about analyzing a case such as this and especially any claim of that vehicle striking John and supposedly being what caused his death. It' didn't. In no way did that car strike him and in no way did John's injuries result from any impact from that car. Even the FBI easily came to that conclusion that the car never struck John, and John was never struck by that car. I've handled countless auto accidents with an ample number being vehicle vs pedestrian, as well as many murders and crimes scenes, and with 100% certainty I can tell you that this woman is Not Guilty one bit.

[@prmpatti]

@@markstone1619 There’s apparently many unintelligent, uninformed ‘tards following this case 🙄

[@holleyb7861]

@@markstone1619 Absolutely

[@keli449]

Reciepts? Please elaborate.

[@juanacastillo7154]

Your support for Karen shows your HATE for our Police Officers , Shame on all of you. This woman was Drunk and Driving in a Winter Storm..😱

[@PostalWorker14]

There are bad apples in every barrel

[@keli449]

Your support for the cops shows your incapable of thinking and observing facts. Lord have mercy if you are ever a jurior.

[@Yogib123]

That's a bit much of a stretch 😕

[@hectornegron9155]

You got so much to learn about the real world.

[@PostalWorker14]

Cop justice is not justice

[@davidking6986]

Guilty 100 percent

[@prmpatti]

Beta 100%

[@Hudini-g7]

One confirmed witness is facing capital perjury charges. Who’s the next victim of this tragedy ?

[@davidking6986]

Guilty Guilty Guilty

[@prmpatti]

Beta beta beta

[@ByronTexas]

EVIDENCE?