What it looked like outside courtroom after Karen Read mistrial

WELL, IT’S BEEN A LOT OF KAREN REID SUPPORTERS TODAY, A LOT OF PINK THAT WE’VE SEEN TODAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY THEY’VE BEEN OUT HERE JUST KIND OF WAITING. AND SOME TOLD ME THAT THEY FELT A LITTLE BIT DEFLATED. THAT A VERDICT DIDN’T COME RELATIVELY QUICKLY HERE. BUT THEN AFTER WE GOT THROUGH LUNCH, KAREN REID WENT FROM WHERE THEY’RE HUNKERING DOWN INTO THE COURTHOUSE, AND EVERYONE WAS JUST KIND OF GLUED TO THEIR PHONES, WAITING FOR WHAT THE NEXT STEP WAS HERE. AND THEN WHEN THE JUDGE ANNOUNCED THERE WAS A MISTRIAL, THERE WAS A ROAR OF CHEERS FROM THE FOLKS HERE WHO WERE WEARING PINK. IT ALSO HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THUNDER, LIGHTNING. BUT YOU SEE, THESE FOLKS, THEY’RE STILL OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. SOME OF THEM, THEY’VE GOT THEIR UMBRELLAS. THEY’VE GOT BEACH UMBRELLAS, AND THEY’RE STILL CHEERS RIGHT NOW. AFTER THE AFTER KAREN REID AND HER DEFENSE TEAM LEFT THE COURTHOUSE STEPS, THERE YOU SEE AIDAN KEARNEY, TURTLEBOY, WHO HAS HELPED RALLY A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HERE IN SUPPORT OF KAREN REID. UM, SO, YEAH, IT’S, UM, IT’S NOT A WIN, CERTAINLY FOR FOR KAREN REID AND HER TEAM, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY IT’S NOT A LOSS. AND SOME FOLKS SAYING SHE’S NOT VINDICATED AND THEY TAKE ISSUE WITH THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. WHETHER OR NOT THE DA’S OFFICE IS GOING TO BRING THESE CHARGES AGAIN. SO IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. THERE’S PEOPLE HERE HUGGING HERE. UM, JUST, UM, IT’S QUITE A SCENE OUT HERE. UM, JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT HERE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS, UH, OF THIS TRIAL, AND, UH, HERE COMES THE THE DOWNPOURS AGAIN. LET’S, UH, LET’S SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ERIKA FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN WE MIGHT TRY TO TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. YEAH. PETER. THIS CASE HAS BEEN KIND OF EMOTIONALLY CHARGED FOR SUPPORTERS, CERTAINLY SHOWING UP DAY AFTER DAY. ANY, UH, IDEA ON WHETHER THEY WILL CONTINUE KIND OF TO FOLLOW KAREN REID AND THIS SAGA? IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME SUPPORTERS SAY NO MATTER WHAT, IF THIS IS RETRIED, THEY’D BE BACK OUT THERE AGAIN. YEAH, WELL, THE OTHER THING TO TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE FACT THAT IF THIS CASE IS BROUGHT AGAIN, THERE’S A PRETTY LARGE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY NEED A CHANGE OF VENUE. SO SAY IT ENDS UP IN WESTERN MASS, SAY IT ENDS UP DOWN THE CAPE. UH, THESE SUPPORTERS SAY THEY TRAVEL. THEY TRAVEL 100 MILES. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TRAVELING HERE TO DEDHAM FROM ACROSS THE STATE, FROM ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. SO THERE’S NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULDN’T DO THAT. RITA LOMBARDI I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS LIVE ON CHANNEL FIVE. JUST HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN THOSE WHEN THE VERDICT WAS OR EXCUSE ME WHEN THE JUDGE DECLARED THE MISTRIAL THERE. SO WE EXPECTED IT RIGHT? WE EXPECTED IT. THE JURY HAS COME BACK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME. SO WE EXPECTED IT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HOPEFUL FOR NOT GUILTY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO TO BRING A GUILTY. GUILTY WAS NOT EVEN AN OPTION IN THIS CASE. AND SO YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT THE VERDICT THAT WE WANT IT, BUT WE ACCEPT IT. AND I WANT TO LEARN FROM THIS VERDICT. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT THE DEFENSE PUT FORWARD AND THE CROSS EXAMINATION, THAT THE DEFENSE PUT FORWARD, I WANT TO LEARN WHY THIS JURY COULD NOT COME TO A UNANIMOUS NOT GUILTY VERDICT. I THINK THERE’S A BIG LEARNING THERE. AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS. IF THE JURIES TODAY DO NOT UNDERSTAND FORENSIC EVIDENCE, YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, THEN WE NEED TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF JURIES, BECAUSE IF THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, I MEAN, WE PUT TOGETHER THE DEFENSE, PUT TOGETHER WITH OUR EXPERTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE FBI AND MILITARY. THEY DO ACTION RECONSTRUCTIONISTS THESE ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. AND IF THAT TESTIMONY WAS NOT TAKEN AS CREDENCE, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WAS THIS, UH, OUTCOME TODAY? IS IT A WIN? IS IT A LOSS? HOW ARE YOU FEELING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE? I THINK IT’S A WIN, RIGHT? I MEAN, A GUILTY VERDICT, WHICH WAS NEVER AN OPTION. YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT WHAT WE WANTED, RIGHT? BUT WE ACCEPT IT. WE ACCEPT IT, BUT WE WANT TO LEARN FROM IT. AND IF WE LEARN FROM IT, WHAT HAPPENED? AND WE MAKE OUR JURY SYSTEM STRONGER, THEN THEN. OKAY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE? IT’S POURING OUT RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE’S STILL OUT HERE. AND WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT HOW YOU THINK, IF THIS THIS CASE IS BROUGHT AGAIN, IT’S IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL? YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL BE OUT IN THE RAIN AND THE SNOW NO MATTER WHAT IT IS? I IF IF WE EVER AND I HOPE WE DON’T IF WE EVER HAVE A CASE LIKE THIS WHERE THE WHERE WE SOMEBODY HAS BEEN FRAMED, WE WILL BE THERE. AND THIS JOURNEY DOESN’T END HERE. THIS JOURNEY JUST BEGINS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN JAIL THAT WERE FRAMED. THE PEOPLE NEED TO RELOOK AT THAT EVIDENCE. THAT IS WRONG. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS CASE