District Lawyer Michael Morrissey Fires Again In opposition to Karen Learn Protection Allegations
In a prolonged Aug. 25, 2023, video assertion, Norfolk District Lawyer Michael Morrissey denied that any battle occurred inside the Albert dwelling on the night time O’Keefe died. Eleven folks had given statements saying they didn’t see the officer enter the home, he mentioned, and “zero folks” mentioned they noticed go inside. Information from O’Keefe’s cellphone that was discovered below his physique, Morrissey mentioned, “reveals that his cellphone didn’t enter that dwelling.”
Accusing any of the witnesses of homicide was “outrageous,” the prosecutor added. Furthermore, he mentioned, Proctor had no alternative to plant proof nor motive to take action. (Learn has mentioned that she cracked her taillight pulling out of the storage to go search for O’Keefe, however alleged it was smashed solely after her automobile was in police custody.) Proctor didn’t have a “shut private relationship” with anybody concerned within the investigation, Morrissey mentioned, and “each suggestion on the contrary is a lie.”
Prosecutor Lally argued in opposition to a protection movement to acquire data of texts, calls and social media message between Proctor’s spouse and Brian Albert’s sister-in-law Jennifer McCabe, one of many folks with Learn when O’Keefe’s physique was discovered. Lally mentioned throughout a January 2024 courtroom listening to, “Because the Commonwealth understands it, Trooper Proctor has a sister, who has a good friend, who has a sister, who has a husband, who has a brother, who has a spouse, who has a sister who’s Jennifer McCabe.”
