For a recap of the first week of testimony,click here.
Warning: Sports metaphors ahead.
If anything, theyaretreating this like a 12-round bout and there’s no reason to go for a knockout.
And threw a few haymakers of them testifying Read kept repeating “I hit him!
I hit him!”
So far the Commonwealth hasn’t presented any solid proof Read murdered her boyfriend.
They haven’t provided or even suggested a motive.
They haven’t given jurors basis for why they should I might be sounding harsh toward the prosecutors.
And I wouldn’t blame you if you think that’s unfair.
So don’t go by me.
I’ll take a stab at keep this more or less chronological.
And the defense was asking to show the jury a photo of the two of them together.
Them at the beach together.
At spring break together.
In a kitchen together.
At a bridal shower together just a few weeks before O’Keefe was killed.
And probably half that we’ve ever taken were class pictures in elementary school.
And what’s made it such a national story.
But to be fair to them, they showed video of how it works.
And it carefully cleared the snow away in layers.
Think more like the way paleontologists brush dirt away to uncover dinosaur bones.
So my apologies on that.
Nor do you need a judge to issue a search warrant.
You simply need to ask the residents for their permission.
And that every cruiser is equipped with consent forms, just to get their permission in writing.
It’s like how inBuffya vampire can’t slide in your house unless you invite them in.
Because even the undead army of the night have rules they have to follow.
Only police asking to search a home is even easier.
–That said, the leaf blower video didn’t do the prosecution’s case any favors.
When it’s claimed by the Commonwealth there are 46 such in evidence.
They’re not working the pits at the Daytona 500.
Or Jiffy Lube, for that matter.
–Nor is it too much to ask that the gang atCSI: Cantonkeep their reports consistent.
This investigation was, to put it mildly, controversial from the beginning.
People have been suspicious of a coverup from the jump.
And the stakes are as high as they could possibly be.
So it’s required an extra level of care.
They gathered Officer O’Keefe’s blood in the snow at the scene.
In red Solo cups, placed into a paper bag from Stop & Shop.
I know that sounds like something you say to be a wiseass.Nice goin', Columbo.
What’d you do?
Collect the blood samples in red Solo cups?
Wakka wakka.But they literally did that.
The jury was presented the video.
Worse, these images were taken on February 1st.
Meaning three days after Officer O’Keefe died.
Take note of the white rag laying there.
The internet certainly has.
Watch the national coverage and you’ll see it for yourself.
A group text shaming a guy into coming out to the bar by calling him “a pussy.”
That same text mentioning that “Sully” was going to be there.
(Fact: I grew up in Norfolk County and spend most of my time there.
And if you walk into any random pub and yell “Sully!
“, 27% of guys there will turn around.)
They way they pronounce “argument.”
And how often that word comes up in everyday conversation.
More over, he’s someone who took in his niece and nephew and raised them as his own.
And those children have been orphaned for a second time.
Pray for the repose of the soul of Police Officer John O’Keefe.
And let justice be done though the heavens fall.
