Karen Read, the OJ Simpson of Massachusetts
A good PR campaign triumphs over justice.
by Daniel J. Flynn
June 19, 2025, 10:43 AM
A Massachusetts jury found Karen Read not guilty of murder by reason of O.J. Simpson on Wednesday. If the broken taillight did not hit, you must acquit.
O.J. Simpson vowed to find the “real killers” after his acquittal. Read said outside the courtroom Wednesday, “No one has fought harder for justice for John O’Keefe than I have.”
As Simpson tormenter Norm Macdonald might joke if cancer did not murder him: What terrible luck that the person who fights the hardest for justice for you winds up murdering you.
Read stood accused of killing her Boston policeman boyfriend with her car in a 2022 snowstorm after a night of hard drinking. But she’s a woman and her boyfriend was a policeman — who had policeman friends who probably killed other policemen and framed innocent women for their crimes. In Massachusetts, they find such evidence quite compelling.
From the beginning, the Karen Read case resembled a political campaign more than a criminal trial. On Massachusetts roads, drivers spotted numerous “Free Karen Read” lawn signs, akin to those bearing the names of candidates, before her name entered into the common vernacular. Her two trials generated a party atmosphere outside the courthouse, complete with cheers, selfies, a special hand signal for the initiated (or the deaf), and pink team colors. A cult of personality grew around the telegenic Read, who went on a successful media campaign. Her talented defense team won an acquittal by winning the public relations campaign.
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