A Massachusetts State Police trooper accused of pummeling a colleague in a viral surveillance video from a Quincy bar will learn whether he’s facing criminal charges in a public court hearing next month, following a legal request from NBC10 Boston.
The so-called “show cause” hearings typically allow clerk magistrates to hear evidence behind closed doors.
Only if a clerk determines there is probable cause for charges does a case then become public. Otherwise, it essentially disappears from the court record…