There is no doubt this trial will become the subject of a Netflix series. There are two degrees of separation between me and this case, with several different people. I can tell you that it is very polarizing locally.
Did Karen Read back into her boyfriend and kill him, or was he beaten inside a house party and left to die outside in a snow storm?
A grown man that goes by the name “Turtle Boy” is the person that has pursued this case relentlessly from the start, calling it the Canton coverup.
Turtle Boy is…not a reliable source of news. I am very familiar with his “work.” He is a sensationalist, and has historically produced pieces less concerned with accuracy than with producing outrage and generating traffic.
I mean, he could be right about this. As they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. But he has done a lot of things that have damaged peoples lives and hurt people needlessly.
Turtle Boy is a whiny miscreant, and a serial opportunist. He’s found his ticket to actual notoriety. I think that’s part of the reason this will make for a decent documentary. It’s got an obsessed shut-in blogger, a small town code of silence controversy, a potential cover up, and a trial with alternate facts.
And conservative talk radio is giving him quite the platform. 
There is a local bar where the mere mention of the case will get you banned.
I too am local to this case. Many in the community are obsessed and watching the trial daily as it is broadcast. Others truly don’t care, so it is polarizing some of the community but an overstatement to say the community is torn by the case (makes good news to say that)
I was rather surprised to find it on my CC feed today - since it is dominating the Boston local news, and I thought CC was a safe space to get away from it (LOL).
Turtleboy has a history of arrests and has been charged with witness tampering in relationship to this case.
LOL! Sorry. 
Live feed:
I’ve been watching Emily Baker’s coverage of the trial on Youtube. It’s been a wild case to follow.
“Turtleboy” is generating $45k+ in income per month since the Karen Read story blew up? Good grief.
I had been aware of the case, but only dug into the details once the trial started. And by dug in, I mean, read the Globe’s summary of trial happenings and testimony. After Jen McCabe’s testimony, there is no doubt in my mind that KR backed into him.
I haven’t followed the details, but I’ve heard people I’m friendly with make the case for both sides.
What I can’t figure out is how anyone can back into a grown man with their car, knock him into a snowbank, and kill him. People are hit by cars all the time. Sometimes those cars are going very fast, and the victim lives. Hitting a person hard enough to kill them should do a lot more damage than a broken taillight.
It’s…still…going…
I believe the defense has 100 potential witnesses on their list. How long is this going to go on for? LOL!
Somehow, Trooper (and lead detective) Michael Proctor and his action in Karen Reed’s case reminds me of Mark Furman and his action in OJ Simpson’s case.
Am I alone in this line of thinking?
My best friend is a Trooper. He has nothing good to say about Proctor.
I live in MA so I have heard about MA some crooked state troopers in the news for the past few years.
It would be helpful for Proctor’s boss to find out if those friends, who exchanged such text about Karen Read and this case with him, are state troopers, too, (or not).
Lots of press stories about overtime abuse in state police–those caught by and large get slaps on the wrist. Also preferential treatment during roadside DUI stops.
Suddenly The Departed doesn’t seem so far-fetched.
The dismissal of Proctor looms large over a new trial.
I tend to agree that this will undoubtedly be featured on television in some or multiple capacities. It felt a little like it scripted itself already with all of the whose connected to whom. I found Karen Read unlikable but not guilty of killing O’Keefe, but I wasn’t at all surprised by the hung jury in the end.
