Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson says BPD Commish Michael Cox ‘caught in a lie’

The Karen Read fallout continues and its ripple effects are spreading beyond Canton into Boston City Hall Read s attorney in a blistering letter to Mayor Michelle Wu is slamming Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox for being caught in a lie about ex-cop Kelly Dever a controversial witness in the murder trial Read s lawyer Alan Jackson in the bombshell missive to Wu is calling for Cox to be placed on the Suffolk DA s list of officers with credibility issues known as the Brady list Also Jackson in the letter to the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training POST Commission wants the POST Commission to launch a disciplinary scrutiny into Cox This is not a political issue It is a question of credibility and residents trust Jackson wrote in Monday s letter When Boston s top law-enforcement officer lies about his own knowledge of a circumstance under federal scrutiny the stain spreads across the entire system Accountability cannot stop at the Commissioner s door The people of Massachusetts deserve law enforcement leaders who tell the truth not those who hide behind it the attorney added In light of the documented evidence now in the citizens record there is only one responsible program Add Commissioner Cox to the Brady list and open an immediate POST inquiry Dever was working as a patrol officer in Canton when Read s Boston police officer boyfriend John O Keefe died in the early morning of Jan Dever then joined the Boston Police Department and she became a household name for Read trial watchers when she testified in the retrial earlier this year Jackson brought Dever to the stand questioning her over how she initially notified federal investigators that she saw witness Brian Higgins and then-Canton Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz enter the police department garage and spend a wildly long time with Read s SUV This gave credence to the defense s theory that police tampered with evidence including the busted taillight pieces of which were later located at the crime scene Dever explained she later recanted this announcement as a false memory after being shown a timeline of events that proved that it wasn t manageable Following the Read retrial Cox advised reporters that he didn t know that one of his officers was associated with the Read event contradicting Dever who testified in the retrial that he advised her to tell the truth up here Cox also mentioned he had nothing to do with Karen Read denying accusations from the defense that he influenced Dever s testimony During her direct examination Dever testified that Cox called her into his office and that the commissioner recounted her the department would endorsement her and to tell the truth As a matter of fact I didn t even know this person was associated with the Karen Read development Cox notified reporters this summer You know I have an organization full of over people and we backing all our folks And the reality is that I get information passed on whether those people are high or low and I encourage everyone the commissioner added And if you re going to work here and you belong here then we re going to encourage you I have no idea what they re talking about with Karen Read Now Read s attorney is pointing to newly obtained evidence that allegedly proves Cox knowingly misrepresented his involvement Back on Feb the FBI s Boston Field Office reportedly sent Cox an email that references Dever and the Read research Just a reminder the documents were issued to the DA s office late last night The officer we spoke about is Kelly Dever reads the email from FBI Boston Assistant Special Agent in Charge Stephen Kelleher Pat Greenhouse PoolKelly Dever formerly with Canton Police testified during the murder retrial of Karen Read Pat Greenhouse Pool Related Articles Karen Read in wrongful death suit points to third parties for John O Keefe s death Norfolk DA drops intimidation charge against Turtleboy blogger Howie Carr Proctor cut his own throat with toxic texts Michael Proctor gives up his fight to get his Mass State Police job back Karen Read scenario John O Keefe s family adds California-based wrongful death specialist to civil suit Karen Read s attorney Alan Jackson is slamming the BPD boss in a letter to Mayor Michelle Wu Nancy Lane Boston Herald The day after that email Cox s official calendar lists a meeting with Dever according to Jackson Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox has been caught in a lie and not a small one Jackson wrote in the letter to Wu and the POST Commission When a police commissioner lies about his own contacts with the FBI and meetings with an implicated officer he forfeits the credibility and integrity his oath requires the lawyer later added That is the very definition of a Brady-Giglio violation Under Brady v Maryland and Giglio v United States prosecutors have an affirmative duty to disclose any evidence of dishonesty by a authorities witness or official in every occurrence where the official might either testify or influence the testimony or evidence provided by others Commissioner Cox now fits squarely within that category Jackson added that the POST Commission necessities to review Cox for dishonesty lack of candor and conduct unbecoming an officer Dever in recent months resigned from BPD BPD the mayor s office and the POST Commission did not this instant respond to comment about Jackson s letter Norfolk DA prosecutors accused Read of backing up into O Keefe her boyfriend of two years with her SUV leaving him to freeze and die on the front yard of a Canton home where the pair was supposed to continue a night out after the bars closed that cold snowy early January morning The jury cleared Read of killing O Keefe convicting her of just drunken driving