Morrissey served as the District Attorney prosecuting the Commonwealth vs. Karen Read, involving the January 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.
In August 2023, a Massachusetts citizen ballot initiative petition was proposed to add Recall elections to the Massachusetts Constitution in response to Morrissey's perceived corruption in the case.[5]
On August 25, 2023; Morrissey released a video statement regarding evidence and witnesses related to the case. In the recording, Morrissey refers to his message as "the first statement of its kind" in his dozen years as Norfolk District Attorney. [6]
On June 13, 2024, Massachusetts State Trooper, Detective Michael Proctor, admitted under oath to have had a personal relationships with at least four of the parties involved in the case which directly contradicts Morrissey's statement of August 25 2023 on this subject. [7]
References
^ abState House News Service [1], Wicked Local Burlington, January 1, 2011.