You’ll have to pardon the shameless self-promotion. Or not. It doesn’t matter. It was great to talk to Eddie about this like we did at practically the same point in the first trial last year. It can be a complicated narrative, like I said. With a lot of Brians and bald law enforcement officers from an Alpha-Bits can of various agencies. And even though I’m deep in the weeds of this case, Eddie brought up side plots and minor characters I hadn’t actually thought about since they testified in 2024. So good on him and I regret not having answers to a question or two. It was great talking to him again.
Anyway, to wrap up this week, I’m going to dispense with the usual metaphors about this being Season 2 of a TV drama or a movie sequel and go with something much more original. Karen Read’s defense has the stage, and they are not playing stuff off their new album:
They are playing the hits. Leading with “Taking Care of Business” and cutting right to the “Workin’ overtime” part. What the people came to hear.
For that reason, I’ll get through this without digging too deep. Since this is less new ground to anyone who’s been here before. And all for the benefit of the 18 adults who somehow live in Norfolk County and somehow managed to miss this cultural event that has turned their community into the jurisprudence version of a civil war. It’s news if they’re hearing it for the first time…