The State Police Association of Massachusetts said its members have faced “numerous attacks and accusations” since Karen Read’s trial began.

The union that represents Massachusetts State Police troopers and sergeants defended its agency’s investigation into the death of John O’Keefe, days after a jury reached a verdict in the murder retrial of Karen Read.

Days after the jury cleared Karen Read of murder and manslaughter, a state police union is fighting back against “baseless accusations” that the investigation into John O’Keefe’s death was