The Bay State’s police disciplinary board has responded to one of Karen Read’s attorneys after he slammed BPD Commissioner Michael Cox and called for him to be punished.
Cox as the city’s police commish is “not a sworn law enforcement officer” so he’s not facing a disciplinary review from the state board, the POST Commission said Thursday.
Lawyer Alan Jackson — who became a household name during Read’s two murder trials — last month sent a scathing letter to Mayor Michelle Wu and the Massachusetts POST Commission about Cox.
Jackson accused Cox of being “caught in a lie” about ex-cop Kelly Dever, a controversial witness in the murder trial.
Read’s lawyer called for Cox to be placed on the Suffolk DA’s list of officers with credibility issues — known as the Brady list — and for the state

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