"I'm afraid this has put the commonwealth likely in a very fatal position," said Michael Coyne, dean of the Massachusetts school of law, took the stand on Monday morning and was cross-examined by the defense in the afternoon. He is already under investigation for a potential violation of department policy in connection with the Read case, and the defense alleges that he likely played a part in framing Read for O'Keefe's killing. The prosecution strongly denies that claim.
"I think the testimony likely was fatal to the government's case, especially as you point out his supervisors were involved in this exchange and didn't reprimand him in any way, didn't even stop the conversation from continuing," Coyne said."The fact is it does taint all law enforcement in this case, and a lot of law enforcement hasn't covered themselves in glory already. So I'm afraid this has put the commonwealth likely in a very fatal position.
"I think he hit the grand slam as he started out his cross examination, and that was his intent," Coyne said of defense attorney Alan Jackson."That type of language ina courtroom is always shocking. The fact that it would be the lead investigator using this type of language about the accused, her attorney and all of this I think is just horrific, and I feel for the O'Keefe family.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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