Attorneys for fired Massachusetts State Police trooper Michael Proctor and his former employer spent hours Tuesday making their cases about his future with the department.

Proctor, who lost his job for his conduct while serving as the lead investigator in the Karen Read case , is attempting to get his job back as his attorney argued that the former trooper was the victim of a "witch hunt." A representative for Massachusetts State Police said that Proctor's own words prove that he deserved to be fired.

Proctor is challenging his firing before the Civil Service Commission, an independent body that reviews any disciplinary action in state and local government.

Both sides will be calling witnesses and are allowed to cross-examine the opposing side's witnesses. The only person cal

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