"Supporters Rally as Karen Read's Murder Trial Begins Amid Claims of Police Framing"
Supporters of Massachusetts woman Karen Read, accused of murdering her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, claim she was framed by police and descended on a courthouse as jury selection began. Read, 44, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges, alleging her boyfriend was actually killed at a house party and the department attempted to cover it up. The judge blocked demonstrators proclaiming her innocence from being within 200 feet of the courthouse, sparking claims of First Amendment rights restriction. Prosecutors accuse Read of intentionally backing her SUV into her boyfriend in a rage and leaving him to die in the snow after a drunken fight.