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Ken Berkowitz, retired chief of Canton Police Department, dies
cbsnews.com ^ | 12/31/2024 | Matt Schooley

Posted on 12/30/2024 9:46:14 PM PST by massmike

CANTON – Ken Berkowitz, who served as Canton police chief until his retirement in 2022, has died.

The Canton Town Administrator confirmed that Berkowitz died on December 28. They did not release a cause of death.

Berkowitz was in charge of the Canton Police Department at the time of John O'Keefe's death in 2022. Karen Read, O'Keefe's girlfriend at the time, was accused of hitting him with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow after a night of heavy drinking.

Read denies the allegations and has claimed she is being framed by several people, including members of the Canton Police Department. Her first trial ended with a hung jury, and she is scheduled to face a second trial in 2025.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: berkowitz; canton; donutwatch; johnokeefe; karenread; massachusetts; okeefe

1 posted on 12/30/2024 9:46:14 PM PST by massmike
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To: massmike

Well, this story sure could use a context comment by the poster.


2 posted on 12/30/2024 10:00:13 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

The Karen Read trial is like the OJ trial here in Massachusetts..


3 posted on 12/30/2024 10:13:49 PM PST by mowowie
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Kind of like the Steve Avery case in Wisconsin.


4 posted on 12/30/2024 10:18:11 PM PST by mowowie
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Allegations of the cops planting evidence, collusion etc..


5 posted on 12/30/2024 10:23:11 PM PST by mowowie
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To: massmike

You mean the Canton police chief who never visited inside the house where the alleged murder took place (He limited his investigation to outside where the body was found and therefore knew, incontrovertibly, that nothing at all happened inside the house)?

And tried to mark out the crime scene using plastic solo cups?


6 posted on 12/30/2024 10:56:10 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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To: mowowie

“ The Karen Read trial is like the OJ trial here in Massachusetts..”
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Except OJ was actually guilty. Karen Read is CLEARLY being framed.


7 posted on 12/30/2024 11:08:19 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Fractal Trader

He also spotted a piece of tail light driving by the house. It was quite a distance from the road and the forensic team had somehow over looked it. One more shady witness gone. That’s about 5 witnesses that will no longer be viable, if I recall correctly


8 posted on 12/31/2024 12:19:07 AM PST by pnut22
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To: massmike

I believe Sandra Birchmore was living in Canton when she was murdered as well, correct? Didn’t Canton PD respond to the scene?


9 posted on 12/31/2024 12:23:42 AM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: House Atreides

“Karen Read is CLEARLY being framed.”
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Howie Carr (WRKO-AM, iHeart radio) has vouched for her innocence, having listened-to and interviewed—”Turtleboy” as an intense reporter.


10 posted on 12/31/2024 1:09:31 AM PST by Does so (A country about to outlaw Yellow #4 food dye, but makes Marijuana legal?...🇺🇦...Dem☭¢rat...≣ ∅)
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To: massmike

You Can’t Say the Disgraced Cops in the Karen Read Case Got a Slap on the Wrist. That Would Be an Insult to Wrist Slaps.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3526390/you-cant-say-the-disgraced-cops-in-the-karen-read-case-got-a-slap-on-the-wrist.-that-would-be-an-insult-to-wrist-slaps.


11 posted on 12/31/2024 6:00:17 AM PST by massmike (I'm only here to observe these earthlings.)
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To: massmike

Karen Read trial is a corrupt Canton townie sideshow
https://howiecarrshow.com/karen-read-trial-is-a-corrupt-canton-townie-sideshow/


12 posted on 12/31/2024 6:02:24 AM PST by massmike (I'm only here to observe these earthlings.)
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To: Jim Noble

Yes, Sandra Birchmore was living in Canton where and when she was murdered, allegedly by her police officer boyfriend. As a teen she participated in a “ride-along” program with the Stoughton police, and her married cop-buddy allegedly committed statutory rape with her. The affair continued for several years when her married cop boyfriend knocked her up. She intended to keep the child and wanted him to make good on his promise to leave his wife and marry her. Being a skilled criminologist, he allegedly strangled her and hung her body in her apartment. The female pathologist performing the autopsy recognized her death as manual strangulation rather than hanging, and that’s were the case is now.


13 posted on 12/31/2024 6:06:58 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: Does so

The whole case has a circuslike where-the-white-girls-at atmosphere. Personally, I think Read is guilty, but the cops made a mess of the case, and have not covered themselves in glory.

She probably skates, thanks to “fine policework”.


14 posted on 12/31/2024 6:10:00 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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