Trooper Proctor's suspension criticized by police union. 

Trooper Michael Proctor of the Massachusetts State Police was suspended without pay following an investigation into his conduct as lead investigator in the Karen Read murder case. The suspension, effective immediately, came after Proctor's text messages, including ones where he made derogatory remarks about Read, surfaced during a federal probe. The State Police union expressed disappointment over Proctor's suspension but condemned the language in his texts. The case involving Read, accused of fatally hitting her boyfriend, ended in a mistrial, sparking allegations of a cover-up involving law enforcement.