BOSTON – More than 100 protesters gathered in front of the Massachusetts State House Thursday to protest the prosecution of Karen Read , as well as what they believe is police corruption in a number of other cases.
Shirts read “Free Karen Read,” and signs expressed support and dismay over the deaths of John O’Keefe, Sandra Birchmore , and Enrique Delgado-Garcia . Signs called for Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, and other state lawmakers to step in and intervene in Norfolk County.
Special prosecutor appointed in Read case
This event was already planned, but fell one day after Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey announced he had appointed a special prosecutor to try Karen Read in her second trial, scheduled for January. Hank Brennan, a private defense attorney who represented Whitey Bulger in 2013, will lead a team of three other lawyers from the DA’s office in the case.