Aidan Kearney@DoctorTurtleboy
Craig Melvin looked bewildered when the jury foreman told him Karen Read didn't hit John O'Keefe with her car. Like many, he is predisposed to believe defendants are guilty and didn't watch much of the case. Today he asked Karen if she knows that when she walks down the street people look at her and think "there's the woman who got away with killing her ex-boyfriend who was a cop. How do you go through life knowing there are lots of people who think you did it and got away with it?"
The correct answer to that is:
"You clearly haven't walked the same streets I have. Out in the real world almost no one thinks Karen Read is guilty. When people see her walking down the street they think "that woman is stronger than I am, I don't know how the hell she survived that." They look at her as both a victim and fighter. Criticism of her is entirely contained to the Internet. These people do not exist in real life. They did not attend a single day of the trial. They are weirdos in remote places across the world who don't feel passionate enough about her guilt to show up in person. They Food Stamp 5 showed up once, but they were mostly driven by Turtleboy Derangement Syndrome, not a firm belief in my guilt, which is why many of them held signs supporting me prior to getting mad at an award winning journalist who was my most vocal advocate throughout this process. Other than that it's just a bunch of people who are personal friends with the people who were inside 34 Fairview Road, who are the only people who truly know how John ended up with dog bites on his arm and a 2 inch laceration to the back of his head which could only have come from hitting his head on a ridged surface like a stair or fireplace. You have been mislead to believe that the public is split on my guilt or innocence. They are not, and I'd urge you to come to Boston and walk around Newbury Street with me for an hour so you can see it for yourself."