Elena

On January 29th, he joined Michael Proctor and Yuri Buchanik as they towed Karen's car from her parents' house in Dayton. At the time of the towing, Karen's taillight had, quote, a crack missing, but was not completely damaged. And Barrows went on to specify that the one piece that was missing was only about the size of a dollar bill.

And then when Jackson showed a picture of Karen's car at Canton PD and asked if that was consistent with the taillight damage that Barrows originally saw, he said, quote, Absolutely not. That taillight is completely smashed out. So to me, this is huge. We have a police sergeant who's courageous enough to basically be a whistleblower to go against the Canton police, the state police.

And then when Jackson showed a picture of Karen's car at Canton PD and asked if that was consistent with the taillight damage that Barrows originally saw, he said, quote, Absolutely not. That taillight is completely smashed out. So to me, this is huge. We have a police sergeant who's courageous enough to basically be a whistleblower to go against the Canton police, the state police.

And then when Jackson showed a picture of Karen's car at Canton PD and asked if that was consistent with the taillight damage that Barrows originally saw, he said, quote, Absolutely not. That taillight is completely smashed out. So to me, this is huge. We have a police sergeant who's courageous enough to basically be a whistleblower to go against the Canton police, the state police.

and more or less the entire town of Canton and say, hey, that's not right. That taillight in the Canton PD garage is not the same as when we picked up the car from Karen's house. I've said before that I think the taillight evidence is one of the most problematic pieces of the puzzle for the defense.

and more or less the entire town of Canton and say, hey, that's not right. That taillight in the Canton PD garage is not the same as when we picked up the car from Karen's house. I've said before that I think the taillight evidence is one of the most problematic pieces of the puzzle for the defense.

and more or less the entire town of Canton and say, hey, that's not right. That taillight in the Canton PD garage is not the same as when we picked up the car from Karen's house. I've said before that I think the taillight evidence is one of the most problematic pieces of the puzzle for the defense.

Because I can imagine a juror asking themselves, well, okay, if Karen didn't hit John, how did her tail light get all over 34 Fairview? We know, of course, the defense's answer to that question is that it got there because it was planted by the state police. And I think that's kind of a tough jump for 12 jurors to make.

Because I can imagine a juror asking themselves, well, okay, if Karen didn't hit John, how did her tail light get all over 34 Fairview? We know, of course, the defense's answer to that question is that it got there because it was planted by the state police. And I think that's kind of a tough jump for 12 jurors to make.

Because I can imagine a juror asking themselves, well, okay, if Karen didn't hit John, how did her tail light get all over 34 Fairview? We know, of course, the defense's answer to that question is that it got there because it was planted by the state police. And I think that's kind of a tough jump for 12 jurors to make.

But honestly, the defense has done a good job of building the foundation for it and giving the jurors the tools they might need to make that jump. They got Gallagher to admit that he and his trusty leaf blower didn't find any pieces of taillight on the initial search. They got Lieutenant Kevin O'Hara to admit that the scene was not closed off, completely accessible to anybody.

But honestly, the defense has done a good job of building the foundation for it and giving the jurors the tools they might need to make that jump. They got Gallagher to admit that he and his trusty leaf blower didn't find any pieces of taillight on the initial search. They got Lieutenant Kevin O'Hara to admit that the scene was not closed off, completely accessible to anybody.

But honestly, the defense has done a good job of building the foundation for it and giving the jurors the tools they might need to make that jump. They got Gallagher to admit that he and his trusty leaf blower didn't find any pieces of taillight on the initial search. They got Lieutenant Kevin O'Hara to admit that the scene was not closed off, completely accessible to anybody.

They established a timeline that shows there was this chunk of time between the state police seizing the car and the taillight fragment appearing on the lawn. We've got that Sally Port video that shows Proctor was messing around in the area of the right taillight, and they showed that it was inverted, maybe on purpose.

They established a timeline that shows there was this chunk of time between the state police seizing the car and the taillight fragment appearing on the lawn. We've got that Sally Port video that shows Proctor was messing around in the area of the right taillight, and they showed that it was inverted, maybe on purpose.

They established a timeline that shows there was this chunk of time between the state police seizing the car and the taillight fragment appearing on the lawn. We've got that Sally Port video that shows Proctor was messing around in the area of the right taillight, and they showed that it was inverted, maybe on purpose.

And now we've got an eyewitness, a cop nonetheless, who's testifying that the taillight was way more damaged in Canton PD than it was in Cairns Driveway. All that together, they just might be able to convince 12 jurors that this is a conspiracy. Now, to be completely fair, Brennan did make some decent points on Cross.

And now we've got an eyewitness, a cop nonetheless, who's testifying that the taillight was way more damaged in Canton PD than it was in Cairns Driveway. All that together, they just might be able to convince 12 jurors that this is a conspiracy. Now, to be completely fair, Brennan did make some decent points on Cross.

And now we've got an eyewitness, a cop nonetheless, who's testifying that the taillight was way more damaged in Canton PD than it was in Cairns Driveway. All that together, they just might be able to convince 12 jurors that this is a conspiracy. Now, to be completely fair, Brennan did make some decent points on Cross.

He first got Barrows to admit that he didn't actually see either Proctor or Buchanick actually touch or damage the taillight in any sort of way. Although I will say that doesn't necessarily disprove anything, because the defense is saying that they manipulated it or broke it or whatever at or on the way to Canton PD, not there in Dighton in the driveway.