The Taillight Trap

Part Two: “The Taillight Trap”

How one piece of glass became the prosecution’s glittering distraction

By RICHIE D. MOWREY for The Sassy Gazette
(A Hard-Hitting Exposé — Because the Truth Deserves Lipstick and Light)

Let’s talk about the glass.

A single shard. Red. Jagged. Supposedly from Karen Read’s taillight. It was the star witness that never spoke — but somehow screamed guilt.

According to the prosecution, this fragment was the key to everything: Read backed into O’Keefe, breaking her taillight and leaving him to die. Case closed.

Except… not really.

The defense raised a thousand red flags — and not the reflective kind. The glass didn’t match the injury. The collection process was laughably sloppy. The timing of its discovery? Suspiciously cinematic. And don’t even get us started on the body cam footage that magically “malfunctioned.”

It was, in short, the perfect prop in an imperfect play.

When a prosecution builds its case on a single, shiny object, you should always ask who’s holding the spotlight.

Because taillight shards don’t lie. But they also don’t tell the whole story.

This wasn’t evidence. It was distraction — glass theater for the masses.

And the truth? Still out there. Probably buried next to the rest of the evidence that never made it to trial.

Coming Next:

Part Three: “Trial by Optics”
The courtroom becomes a stage — and justice is just the opening act.

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