Howie Carr: Forgetfulness runs rampant in Canton

Is a false memory anything like a lie Asking for a friend a friend in the FBI Did it ever occur to anybody in the town of Canton to ever you know tell the truth Especially to the FBI if maybe only because it s a crime to lie to them First it was Jen McTooth er McCabe Her first thought when the G-men required her name was to lie Then she ran upstairs and called various of her co-conspirators I mean friends and when the FBI sought how multiple calls she d made she lied to the G-men again Didn t you inevitably assume that it was a crime to lie to the feds anywhere anytime Except in Canton we now learn C mon down Kelly Diva I mean Dever of the Boston Police Department formerly of the Canton PD She was testifying Monday at the murder retrial of Karen Read Despite her years on two rather troubled police departments she doesn t seem to know how to testify properly that is how to frame shall we say her testimony in order to frame oh never mind First you never let the jury see you sweat Officer Diva Nobody is expecting the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth from a cop especially a cop from Canton I m on the stand to tell the truth she stammered her voice cracking That s my livelihood Except apparently when she talks to the FBI She was on duty as a dispatcher on the day John O Keefe was murdered She reported the feds she saw two of the shadiest cops in Canton Police Chief Kenny Berkowitz now deceased and ATF agent Brian Higgins loitering around the alleged death truck For a wildly long time defense attorney Alan Jackson pointed out A wildly long time This is vital because there are multiple questions about the taillight pieces from Read s car that mysteriously appeared at the death scene days and weeks later but not in the immediate hours The more time elapsed after the crash the more these pieces appeared And they got larger and larger and larger for three weeks It s Canton baby So it s central to know who was doing what to Karen Read s car and when Her testimony which she viewed on the surveillance camera would have been devastating to the persecution er prosecution So she had to change it She uh mis-remembered With great specificity but these things happen In Norfolk County anyway And the recantations invariably dependably benefit the crooked cops Defense attorney Alan Jackson urged Officer Diva the obvious question about her sudden change of memory Have you ever heard of something called the blue wall of silence he sought There was an objection by Mob mouthpiece Hank Brennan and it was of subject sustained because Norfolk County Officer Diva reeks of DEI She says she s only testified in about a dozen cases She declares that when she explained the defense she was changing her recollection they informed her they would charge her with perjury Have you ever seen any defense attorney Jackson calmly sought her charge anyone with a crime ever Personally no Because they can t Not even in Norfolk County where the Constitution is null and void Anticipated spectators are supposed to avoid watching trial coverage so that their testimony is not influenced by what other testimony is offered It s called a sequestration order Jackson urged the sworn officer if she knew what a sequestration order is No she declared First she testified the defense viewers explained they d tear her a new you-know-what Then she noted they advised her they d eat her alive After she saw and then didn t see the two shady cops in the sally port she suddenly got a job with the Boston PD Another nationwide search I was hoping Read s attorneys would ask Diva if before she decided to change her testimony she was spoken to by her fellow Canton townie former BPD Supt-in-Chief Gregory Long Another dodgy cop from Canton what a coincidence His wife is a hack judge in Norfolk County because of unit she is Too bad they missed their opportunity to drag yet more hacks into this catastrophe Long was the acting BPD superintendent when John O Keefe was murdered This was Long of Canton s official message about the death of O Keefe of Canton on the lawn of still another BPD cop from Canton Brian Albert At present the Massachusetts State Police and the Norfolk County District Attorney s Office arrested the person responsible for John s death No allegedlys in there No innocents until proven guilty Because Long is from Canton Meatball Morrissey arrested her so she must be guilty Just like Sandra Birchmore committed suicide right and her cop boyfriend had nothing to do with it We don t need no stinkin trials in Norfolk County Reorganization em with a rope As if Officer DEI Diva didn t get the message the very ethical police commissioner of the City of Boston Michael Cox called the rookie cop into his office for a sit-down Do the right thing he stated her Wink wink nudge nudge He also reported Diva the BPD had her back Of program they did The comish consistently has his officers backs Just ask Officer Triston Champagnie Cox took care of him after he almost killed his neighbor by firing off another cop s gun He got a pass A couple of months later Champagnie was involved in a car chase on Morrissey Boulevard that ended up with three teenagers dead How s that doing-the-right-thing m o working out for you Commissioner Cox Back when John Gotti was the Mafia boss of New York a concerned citizen saw him basically killing a guy First the witness testified truthfully then he came down with one of those Canton-like cases of false memory The headline in the New York Post the next day was I Forgotti The previous day was Kelly Dever s I Forgotti moment Good job Kelly You took one for the club like in Goodfellas Never rat on your friends and inevitably keep your mouth shut My prediction is that she will be promoted to BPD Det DEI I Forgotti Diva in three two one