Karen Read Acquitted One Year Later

By Steve Atkinson 

It’s been a year since Karen Read was acquitted of the murder of Boston police officer John O’Keefe. It’s clear as day she didn’t commit the crime, and all the evidence points to something happening inside Brian Albert’s house. On the Commonwealth side, many police officers have either retired, resigned, or been reassigned from Norfolk County to the Boston Police. Lawsuits have been filed by both the McCabe family and the Alberts against Karen Read and Aidan Kearney. Additionally, Karen is suing the Massachusetts State Police, Canton Police, the Alberts, and the McCabes. However, that’s not the hot topic since the verdict. It’s the drama between the YouTube creators in the Karen Read community.

Karen Read Verdict One Year Later

Ever since the verdict, there has been nothing but drama among the YouTube creators in the Free Karen Read movement. If it weren’t for Turtleboy, aka Aidan Kearney, she would probably be in jail.  I think some people who are on YouTube forget that. Some creators on YouTube saw their numbers rise during the trial.  Then it faded after it ended. The drama started in September when a recording of Karen Read and Turtleboy was passed around on Twitter.  It caused a divide between them and other creators. It has since caused a divide, but we still have Turtleboy’s trial coming up.

Lots of Drama Within the Karen Read movement

People seem to be forgetting that Aidan is charged with witness intimidation in the Read case for bringing awareness to how corrupt the investigation was. Going to people’s houses, such as Brian Albert’s, that night and wanting to ask questions. What’s the difference between Ted Daniel from Boston 25 doing the same thing? It’s because Aidan is more vocal about it and not mainstream media with a leash. Aidan could have a show with zero content and get thousands of views, while other shows I see get a couple hundred, and that’s it since the trial ended.

Recent text messages from Michael Proctor’s phone, revealed in the Karen Read lawsuit, show that Proctor clearly abused his authority as a Massachusetts state police officer. He believed he could get away with anything while using racial slurs like the “c” and “n” words with his colleagues.

Retired Boston Police Officer Donna Gavin said

When they [women] tell you that they’re being treated unfairly or worse, and the Boston Police investigates the cases, but then the retaliation that not only I suffered, but my peers suffered — it’s quite telling,” she said. “If they can do it to us, they can certainly do it to members of the public.”