PETER. YEAH. BEN PROCTOR HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE NORFOLK COUNTY DA’S DETECTIVE UNIT. AND HERE TO THE SOUTH BOSTON BARRACKS. THAT’S WHERE WE ARE. AND THAT’S WHERE YOU CAN SEE DOZENS OF DEMONSTRATORS ARE RIGHT NOW AS WELL. MANY OF THEM HOLDING SIGNS CALLING FOR PROCTOR TO BE TERMINATED. SOME ALSO CALLING FOR OTHER STATE TROOPERS TO BE DISCIPLINED. AS A RESULT OF THIS AS WELL. NOW, IT WAS LAST MONTH THAT MICHAEL PROCTOR TOOK THE STAND IN THE KAREN REED TRIAL, AND IT WAS THERE WHERE HE ADMITTED TO TEXTING WITH FRIENDS AND COWORKERS. A NUMBER OF OFFENSIVE MESSAGES ABOUT REED, THE SUBJECT OF HIS INVESTIGATION AND AT THE TIME, PROCTOR SAID HE REGRETTED THOSE TEXTS. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYING SHE WAS DISGUSTED. WELL, TODAY, A BOARD OF THREE STATE POLICE TROOPERS DISCIPLINING PROCTOR AND SAID HE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY. COLONEL JACKMAN, ACCEPTING THAT BOARD’S RECOMMENDATION, MAKING IT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. NOW, IN A TERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION, IS STILL UNDERWAY AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, THE DEPARTMENT CAN PURSUE FURTHER DISCIPLINARY CHARGES, WHICH COULD CONSIST OF TERMINATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT. NOW, BACK HERE LIVE, YOU CAN SEE THE DEMONSTRATIONS HERE ONGOING. WE’VE SEEN SIGNS CALLING PROCTOR A MISOGYNIST AND A BULLY. WE’VE HEARD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE BEEPING THEIR HORNS AS THEY DRIVE BY HERE, WHERE WE ARE ON DAY BOULEVARD IN SOUTH BOSTON. NOW, WE SPOKE WITH THE FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, A MEMBER OF THAT DEPARTMENT FOR 35 YEARS. WE’LL HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS COMING UP AT SIX. FOR NOW, WE’RE
The Massachusetts State Police lead investigator who was relieved from duty hours after Karen Read’s murder trial ended in a mistrial was suspended without pay following a duty status hearing on Monday.During the trial, Trooper Michael Proctor was questioned about messages he shared with a group of friends. After reading one of the messages, in which he called Read a “whack job” and an expletive, he apologized to the jury for his “unprofessional” comments.Proctor described his messages as “very regrettable.”Video below: Massachusetts Trooper Michael Proctor questioned about inappropriate textsWithin hours of the mistrial, Proctor was relieved from duty and transferred out of the detective unit of the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, effective on Sunday, July 7.Following Monday’s duty status hearing, a spokesperson said that the board of three officers recommended that Proctor be suspended without pay. Col. John Mawn Jr., the Massachusetts State Police interim colonel, accepted the recommendation, which took effect immediately.An ongoing internal affairs investigation will continue, state police said. Video below: Karen Read case: Gov. Healey ‘disgusted’ by Trooper’s text messages
The Massachusetts State Police lead investigator who was relieved from duty hours after Karen Read’s murder trial ended in a mistrial was suspended without pay following a duty status hearing on Monday.
During the trial, Trooper Michael Proctor was questioned about messages he shared with a group of friends. After reading one of the messages, in which he called Read a “whack job” and an expletive, he apologized to the jury for his “unprofessional” comments.
Proctor described his messages as “very regrettable.”
Video below: Massachusetts Trooper Michael Proctor questioned about inappropriate texts
Within hours of the mistrial, Proctor was relieved from duty and transferred out of the detective unit of the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, effective on Sunday, July 7.
Following Monday’s duty status hearing, a spokesperson said that the board of three officers recommended that Proctor be suspended without pay. Col. John Mawn Jr., the Massachusetts State Police interim colonel, accepted the recommendation, which took effect immediately.
An ongoing internal affairs investigation will continue, state police said.
Video below: Karen Read case: Gov. Healey ‘disgusted’ by Trooper’s text messages
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