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Steve Cooper Live From The Karen Read Trial 6.27.24
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If I'm home, I'm usually got channel seven on. So there, I said it again. Hey, you shake that. What do I owe you? We'll talk about that after. So, okay, what's going on down there right now? Yeah. So, I mean, everybody's, you know, kind of mounting up and getting ready for this third day of deliberations. The jury's doing at nine o'clock this morning. You know, they're busted in every day from a secret location where they all meet up and they come in and, you know, the security around and they'll head in and begin their third day of deliberations. And then of course, the question is, will we see any more drama in the courtroom like we saw yesterday morning when we saw that little spat between the judge and what she had to say to Karen read, of course. Oh, yeah. Now, Steve, you're one of the few guys that manages to get a question in with the lawyers or even with Karen Reed. Is there entering or coming out of the courtroom? Yeah. I mean, you know, it's funny because, you know, they come in and they go out and each day the crowd gets bigger and larger and, you know, you try to get a question in and sometimes they want to talk to us and sometimes they don't. But, you know, you try to muscle in and, you know, again, it's just to see how they're feeling about the day, what happened and give us a sense of, you know, how they think this thing is going. Hey, Steve, does Karen Reed have security? Oh, yeah. She has a lot of security and some growing by the day. And I was saying someone's morning yesterday when she was leaving the courthouse probably for the first time. I realized there was a chain of people around her security so much to the point where I literally could barely get my microphone in between some of the security people that were around her. And then, of course, I was told by David Yanetti yesterday that Steve, she's she's not commenting today. Oh, now Steve, be honest. Okay. You and I are friends. Is there a part of you that once in a while wonders if you're going to end up in the documentary? A part of me? All of me. That's a goal. I was in the Aaron Hernandez one. I've been in one for the Patriots. What do you think I'm doing? There you go. I'm hoping this conversation is on Netflix. There you go. So are we. No, I don't think I called you today. I love you. Steve, you've got a trademark like when you do snowstorms and storm coverage and things like that. You always have props that you use to kind of make fun or have fun. Do you have any props outside the courthouse for the read trial? Yeah, I mean, the only props I had yesterday was holding up those three verdict slips. Oh, yeah. Because after they had that, you know, the dust up yesterday in the courtroom, I wanted to see them and I wanted to show everybody at home. Physically, I had copies of what they looked like just so people could see them and understand what sort of the debate was about yesterday. You know, sort of a, you know, a word debate, you know, where to put this word and that word. And I get all that, the jury's out, but the jury doesn't know any of this debate is going on. Of course, they're behind closed doors. Wow. So see, what do you make of all the people that get out there every day early in the morning dressed in pink? What do you make of these folks? I think that, you know, this is, you know, I've covered a lot of trials over the past 25 years of channel seven and clear. And I talked to a lot of prosecutors. I talked to a lot of defense attorneys. And clearly, this is one of the more high-profile ones. You know, why is that people will be talking about for a long time? But this is just, you know, when the music stopped, this is the one that everyone was interested in. There's a lot of cases going on right now. There are a lot of other trials in Massachusetts going on right now. But for some reason, this one piqued the interest of everybody. And, you know, people that are out there have strong feelings about what they've heard and what they believe in the case. And they want to see justice. And, you know, you guys mentioned earlier, you know, you see all the people in pink out there. Where are the people on the other side? Yeah. Well, they're in other places. They're at home. They're watching it. I don't want to say they're the silent blank, but they're the silent blank. They don't want to be out there holding signs and are interested in wearing pink shirts and umbrellas and all sorts of things. That's not how they want to, you know, show their support for the other side, if you will. What do you know about the school bus for the jury? It's a coach bus. Yeah. Fancy. So do they pick up and drop off at different locations? Yeah. And again, I, you know, and I've said this to you guys before, I don't want to breach anything of security. I think they're trying to keep the jurors safe. I think there's a, you know, talk about security for Karen Reed. I think the security for the jurors here because, again, they're in a really difficult position. They're going through, you know, two months of testimony, 70 witnesses. You know, we don't have their names right now. Those won't be made public till after the verdict is given out and returned. And I think that's one of the things and that's why the judge is being super careful right now. You know, there's cameras around and they just don't want these people to be identified or threatened or any one of a chance to approach them. So if anything that you take away from today is that is the key that they don't want anything to be disrupted. They just want it to be a clean verdict and let these people come up with their decision and make their decision. So given that that you just said that their names will be made public, can they ask that their name is not made public? No, they can't do that, but the judge can decide at what point they want to give out the list. And we've done this before. And what happens is whether it was after Hernandez that that trial, whether it was after the Lokes trial in the Michael Chestnut case will give us the list of 12 names. So actually give us a list of all the names, including the alternates, just their names. And then we as reporters have to try to figure out how how to track them down where they live. And we have ways to do that and we go knocking on their doors and we show up outside in their driveways and we show up where they work. And some people want to talk to us and some people don't want to talk to us. And in some of the houses, we go to so-and-so's house and they say, "I'm not the juror," and we say, "We think you are," and, you know, we'll have a discussion. Wow, wow. You've got to be first, Coop. You've got to get them first. But I've got some of them want to talk, right? Sometimes. Some want to talk. Some don't want to talk. You know, again, they're not living in a bubble. When they arrive at the courthouse, they see everything that you all see. Yeah. And, you know, the question is, the only question is, can they put that aside? And just as the judge asked them to do, focus on the evidence, focus on what they heard, focus on what they want to discuss and believe, and return a verdict. Well, Steve Cooper, Channel 7 News, thank you so much for listening to us and thanks for checking in. Let's hope this makes it to the documentary. Yeah. I'll see you guys. Have a good day. It is Ryan Seacrest here. Everybody needs some variety in life. That's what I love about Chumba Casino. They know how to keep things fresh and exciting. All their games are free to play, like Spin Slots, Bingo, and Solitaire. You can claim free daily login bonuses, too. And they release new games every week. So spice things up with Chumba Casino.com now for your chance to redeem some serious prizes. 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