The Politics Behind the Prosecution of Officer Nicholas O’Malley?

Added: 2026-05-23

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[00:02:23]Law babes and courtroom cuties, what a busy day. You will notice maybe you'll notice, you'll probably notice that it's just me today, and the reason for that is little law girl is getting ready for a fun and important afternoon because today is the day we're going to hit the campaign trail for in support of Adam Deitch. Hold on 1 second, okay?

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[00:03:27]So, today, as I was starting to say, we [clears throat] are hitting the campaign trail for Adam Deitch to help spread the word and knock on some doors.

[00:03:39]Oh, what a busy, busy morning it's been already. Today is May 19th.

[00:03:49]May 19th, and I just also got off the phone with the Roxbury Court to work out the deets of us being a pool camera to make sure that Officer Nick O'Malley's case is covered by the news. I think it's going to be covered by the news anyway if I had to guess there's going to be like a pool be it NBC, you know, 25 or you know, whoever is going to be mainstream media. However, that doesn't mean diddly squat for us the independent media the law tube community the independent journalists.

[00:04:47]We want to make sure we can't just take it for granted that the mainstream media is going to be there because we know that there are bigger things at play bigger actors at play actors so to speak that [snorts] maybe want the public to see this maybe don't want the public to see this. I think because of what I believe is at the is the driving force for this case.

[00:05:19]I think that it would make no sense for them not to have it covered.

[00:05:26]Because I think it's political.

[00:05:30]Which is a load of [ __ ] if you ask me.

[00:05:34]I was just a normal mom. I'm just like a normal mom.

[00:05:38]Right?

[00:05:40]But Officer Nick O'Malley is a real person with a real family.

[00:05:47]He's a real police officer.

[00:05:51]Right?

[00:05:52]Who was Yeah.

[00:05:56]Stopping a what we know was a violent criminal.

[00:06:06]Are we all on the same page about that?

[00:06:11]He did what he perceived, what he thought, what he was trained to do.

[00:06:17]And it I'm worried that it will have a chilling effect.

[00:06:25]That if other officers see, "Hey, I'm going to be second-guessed. I'm going to be possibly charged.

[00:06:34]I'm going to be a political could be used as a political pawn."

[00:06:39]The fact that the police union is outraged, irate about this tells you something.

[00:06:49]If they thought he did something wrong, they wouldn't be you know, I don't think as outraged publicly as they have been.

[00:07:01]If [snorts] you see have seen, so I yesterday the coverage that we did when we showed the um arraignment.

[00:07:11]I mean he had a union attorney.

[00:07:15]Attorney Anderson, I believe is a union attorney.

[00:07:19]Um that gallery was full of police officers.

[00:07:25]And I think I read an article yesterday that said when he left court, it was like he was, you know, shoulder to shoulder with police officers.

[00:07:37]His fellow officers, right? Um And so, we're going to take a look at what I think is the reason for this. It's clearly it's a What's the word for it? Center your thoughts, Mama Law Girl.

[00:08:02]It's an election season.

[00:08:05]Right?

[00:08:07]Speaking of DAs, and let's take a look.

[00:08:10]So, right now we have this person sitting as the current district attorney, Kevin Hayden. Let's take a little peek, shall we?

[00:08:22]This is the current district attorney, to put a name to the face, okay?

[00:08:27]This is District Attorney Kevin Hayden.

[00:08:32]This says uh District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden has dedicated his professional life to serving the public, seeking justice, and keeping communities safe and vibrant.

[00:08:43]Before becoming DA, he led the state S- I can't say that word. I think YouTube doesn't like it. Offender Registry Board guiding its And we know that Officer O'Keefe worked with that. Do we remember that, guys?

[00:08:59]With Boston PD?

[00:09:02]Guiding its mission to classify offenders and make information available to the public.

[00:09:07]DA Hayden served as the board's chairman for 6 years after serving as acting executive director and general counsel.

[00:09:15]Prior to that, DA Hayden spent 5 years as a criminal defense attorney. He served as a bar advocate for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, representing indigent clients in Boston Municipal Court and Boston Juvenile Court.

[00:09:31]Mhm.

[00:09:33]DA Hayden began his career right here in Suffolk County, District Attorney's office, he served as an assistant district attorney for over a decade across various units and was chief of the safe neighborhood initiative, >> [snorts] >> a nationally recognized community-based crime prevention program.

[00:09:54]DA Hayden was one of the earliest advocates and practitioners of diversion intervention and alternative to prosecution programs. He worked with local, state, and federal partners on violence prevention programs and initiatives for at-risk youth.

[00:10:15]Services uh So, programs and initiatives for at-risk youth. You know what that makes me think of?

[00:10:22]It makes me think of the police explorers program.

[00:10:26]And Sandra Birchmore. That's just me thinking. That's just what I'm thinking about when I hear that program. Um services for victims and witnesses and assistance for citizens returning from incarceration. DA Hayden also served on the gang unit, the homicide response team, and the juvenile unit.

[00:10:50]Blah, blah, blah. Lots of other things that he's Yeah, this is how great he is, okay?

[00:10:57]Sure.

[00:10:58]Um so, now let's take a look at some other interesting information.

[00:11:07]So, he's running again. He's the incumbent, right? For the district attorney for Suffolk County.

[00:11:15]The Democratic primary is currently scheduled for September 1st uh with the general election on November 3rd, 2026.

[00:11:26]A major political issue emerging in the race is fallout from the prosecution of Officer Nick O'Malley.

[00:11:33]Um multiple reports note that Hayden's decision to charge O'Malley angered segments of law enforcement support that previously backed him. Well, not a great position, I would have to say.

[00:11:47]Uh so now I want to take a look at the major There's four people running currently, I believe when I checked ballotpedia.org.

[00:12:01]>> [snorts] >> Um and it was Kevin Hayden was running and Rachel Rollins was running, uh Linda Champion and Daniel Conley.

[00:12:14]Okay.

[00:12:16]Um Linda Champion was a former 2018 Suffolk DA candidate.

[00:12:24]So she's run in the past.

[00:12:26]>> [snorts] >> Um and then let's see. Where oh where?

[00:12:34]And then we have Rachel Rollins who was a former US uh Oh, that's not what I wanted.

[00:12:44]United States Attorney. Hang on, let me open this.

[00:12:54]All right, so Okay, let's share this.

[00:13:01]So let's take a look at this here. So this is from May 2nd of 2024.

[00:13:06]>> [snorts] >> This gives us a little bit of backstory here, okay?

[00:13:09]Um on the uh landscape there. So this is from uh where did it go? Dorchester Reporter, okay? Uh the State Ethics Commission last week fined Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden $5,000 for the way his press office released material about his opponent during the 2022 campaign cycle. Who was his opponent back then you ask? Why it was Rachel Rollins.

[00:13:42]In a disposition agreement signed by both commission executive director David Wilson and Hayden, the commission wrote that Hayden was wrong to let his office attack Ricardo Arroyo based on confidential records in the DA's office and wrong again in refusing to retract the statement. So, this is what he did, okay? He This was a disposition he signed, okay?

[00:14:11]That Hayden was wrong to let his his office attack Ricardo Arroyo based on confidential records in the DA's office.

[00:14:23]And wrong again in refusing to retract the statement, okay? At the time Hayden was acting DA having replaced Rachel Rollins after he after she was appointed as a US attorney, a position in which she also ran into ethical issues related to her support for Arroyo which led to her ouster.

[00:14:47]The commission said that Hayden should have intervened in his press offices actions adding that he knowingly or with reason to know, so he knew or should have known uh used his official position as a Suffolk DA to secure for himself the substantially valuable unwarranted privilege of the use of the public resources of the DA's office for his own personal political advantage in the Democratic primary election.

[00:15:24]Mhm.

[00:15:26]>> [snorts] >> The agreement concludes that in addition to the fine, Hayden will not contest the findings in any legal proceedings.

[00:15:34]Interesting. So, he's already used his position in this way. Okay?

[00:15:42]So, there's that.

[00:15:44]And then, uh let's see.

[00:15:57]Now, bear in mind that you know, this is one you know, one news outlet, Dorchester Reporter.

[00:16:08]Um if we want to take a look at different perception or different views on this, we can certainly do that. This is just what I came up with with a quick search.

[00:16:21]You guys know, we're busy women.

[00:16:24]Um and we want to try to avoid confirmation bias obviously as much as we possibly can.

[00:16:31]Um this report was from this year, March 19th, which would be um the day of or the day after. Let's see. Hang on 1 second. I just want to pull up the charges.

[00:16:47]Again, I think they were 3/19. If chat wants to remind me, feel free if you want to correct me.

[00:17:00]Okay.

[00:17:02]3/19. So, this article was written on the day that Officer O'Malley was charged, arraigned.

[00:17:12]All right?

[00:17:13]So, we're going to share this story now from that day.

[00:17:19]And it says A Boston police officer charged with manslaughter after he shot and killed a Dorchester man suspected in an apparent carjacking in Roxbury last week was released on personal recognizance after his arraignment. We knew that.

[00:17:34]Uh the officer Nicholas O'Malley, 33 of West Roxbury, pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge in Roxbury Municipal Court. He left with his family in is on paid leave, said Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association.

[00:17:54]Nice photo of Yeah, you don't want to be behind that glass, but uh yeah, at least he had counsel with him. So, O'Malley fatally shot Stevenson King, 39 of Dorchester, on March 11th.

[00:18:08]Goes over all the stuff we've already reviewed.

[00:18:13]Um so, why did I pull this up? That's a great question.

[00:18:25]There's this eyewitness that says that Mr. King was trying to drive away. I don't understand how that eyewitness could know that.

[00:18:35]And he said neither officer was in the path of the car or being in danger of being struck by it at any time.

[00:18:42]I don't know who this eyewitness is.

[00:18:46]Um That's a big That's a big uh assertion to make, in my opinion.

[00:18:57]I wouldn't want an officer to be arrested, charged.

[00:19:03]I mean, who am I? What do I know about the intentions of Mr. King? I don't know.

[00:19:10]I would trust the police and their training, right?

[00:19:17]Uh We know this prior to the encounter.

[00:19:22]King allegedly stole a woman's car after assaulting her and ordering her out of the car, according to a criminal complaint.

[00:19:31]He was unarmed and did show the officers his hands at times, but did not shut off the vehicle or unlock the doors, according to the complaint. Right, we read the complaint, remember?

[00:19:42]>> [snorts] >> Um this was great to see.

[00:19:44]All right, so let's slow down, Amanda.

[00:19:47]Speaking to reporters after the arraignment, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said his office will not release body camera footage of the incident to the public. He also said his office will show evidence to a grand jury and pursue the manslaughter charge in Suffolk Superior Court, although that has not happened yet.

[00:20:08]So, I guess there's still hope. Yeah?

[00:20:11]>> [snorts] >> Some 50 BPD Boston police officers were present in the courtroom during the arraignment. Calderone of the Patrolmen's Association said a Boston police officer has not been arrested and charged in connection with an officer-involved shooting in at least 30 years.

[00:20:28]See, we heard 20 years from um Attorney Yanetti, but this this gentleman, Calderone, is saying in at least 30 years.

[00:20:37]"I've been involved in probably a hundred or more police shootings. This is the first one anyone's ever been arrested," said Anderson, O'Malley's attorney.

[00:20:46]Anderson and Calderone took exception to the nature of O'Malley's arrest at his home this morning, claiming that he would have willingly brought himself to a police station or court to face charges.

[00:21:00]And that really Yeah, that made me pretty upset that that prosecutor checked off that box and you know, said or the prosecutor, somebody checked off that box and said the prosecutor believes he will not turn himself in, so we need this issue we need this warrant issued and we need to arrest him.

[00:21:27]What went into that?

[00:21:29]I don't understand.

[00:21:32]And apparently neither did Attorney Anderson or Mr. Calderone.

[00:21:38]Um, this is election year tactics, Anderson added, appearing to reference this year's District Attorney election.

[00:21:46]Hayden disputed that charge saying the evidence was clear that King was not driving towards O'Malley or the other officer on scene when O'Malley fired the shots.

[00:21:58]I can't wait to see this evidence that he says is so clear.

[00:22:04]This has nothing to do with public opinion, has nothing to do with politics, Hayden said. This has to do with us following the facts and the applicable law. City Councilors Minyard, Cul- Culpepper and Brian Worrell in a joint statement issued Thursday thanked Hayden's office for their swift action in filing charges against O'Malley.

[00:22:26]As elected city officials uh remember this, as elected city officials, so your vote matters. Remember this when you go to vote.

[00:22:35]It is our responsibility to build bridges between our community and law enforcement and transparency in the foundation on which that trust is built.

[00:22:45]The councilors wrote.

[00:22:47]Calderone was visib- visibly angry at times as he spoke to reporters outside the courthouse.

[00:22:53]He said Palumbo and whoever else is involved in this investigation are jumping to conclusions and scapegoating O'Malley.

[00:23:02]I believed that before I read anything further. Like what what lies beneath?

[00:23:11]If you peel back the layers, what's this really about?

[00:23:15]Because I can't make it make sense. I think you guys can't make it make sense, right?

[00:23:20]O'Malley was in fear of his partner's life.

[00:23:24]Just because the camera shows an officer on the other side of the car with the totality of the circumstances that were taking place does not mean that the other officer had him in his vision.

[00:23:37]Okay?

[00:23:39]Let's pay special attention to that, all right?

[00:23:44]I mean and it is a totality of the circumstances and that is what Barnes v. Felix, okay, which is a Supreme Court case, Supreme Court of the United States, that's what that stands for, okay? It needs to be a totality of the circumstances.

[00:24:05]All right?

[00:24:08]So, there's that article. Now, let's get to the next one.

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[00:24:51]Um sharing this story, you know, going to have to drive up to Roxbury to this courthouse on Thursday to livestream it for all you wonderful uh viewers, supporters, followers.

[00:25:10]Uh yeah.

[00:25:12]And today we got to drive up to do campaigning, door knocking for the District Attorney in Norfolk County.

[00:25:25]Well, the Adam Deitch, you know.

[00:25:30]Wishful thinking that he will be DA.

[00:25:34]We need to help spread the word about him. You guys know this.

[00:25:38]So, this article, let me share it.

[00:25:40]That'd be helpful, Amanda.

[00:25:46]And we want this one. All righty.

[00:25:50]Rocking and rolling. This is from boston.com.

[00:25:53]So, it says Hayden Rollins and third Suffolk DA candidate Champion secure enough signatures to appear on the ballot.

[00:26:03]So, this article was dated May 11th.

[00:26:09]And it says Kevin Hayden, Rachael Rollins, and Linda Champion have cleared a crucial threshold according to data from local officials. It sets the stage for a three-way primary race.

[00:26:23]So, we're going to go based on that and we're going to say that other uh Daniel Conley, going to think he didn't make it. Um And so, this says The Suffolk County District Attorney election later this year is shaping up to be a three-way race as each candidate has now cleared a certified signature threshold that should allow them to qualify for the primary ballot.

[00:26:49]Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden will likely be challenged by Linda Champion, a former member of his leadership team, and Rachael Rollins, the former Suffolk District Attorney and US Attorney who resigned amid controversy in 2023. So, she resigned from the US Attorney's office. Why, do you ask? Oh, we'll find out.

[00:27:10]Um, and what role did uh Kevin Hayden have in that? Hmm, I wonder.

[00:27:16]District Attorney candidates must collect at least 1,000 signatures from residents and submit them to the Secretary of State alongside the other necessary paperwork by May 26th. Hayden, Champion, and Rollins have each gathered more than 1,000 verified signatures.

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[00:27:36]Uh, according to local officials in each of the four communities that make up Suffolk County.

[00:27:42]In Boston, Hayden collected 1,249, Champion collected 1,349, and then Rachael Rollins collected, go girl, 1,430.

[00:27:55]Hmm, I like that.

[00:27:56]I like that.

[00:27:59]And it breaks down um, the areas and how many signatures were collected in each.

[00:28:10]So, according to recent filings with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, Rollins has more than 42,000 in cash on hand, Champion has 39,000, and Hayden has more than 60,000.

[00:28:26]Uh, we could take a look at that as well in the future. Not today, cuz we're short on time.

[00:28:31]Um, the September 1st primary will whittle the race down to two candidates before the general election in November.

[00:28:38]As he runs for a second term, Hayden is facing scrutiny from police officers and others in law enforcement community over his decision to charge a Boston police officer with manslaughter in March.

[00:28:50]The Boston Police Patrolmen's Association urged members of the public to challenge Hayden. That's you guys.

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[00:29:16]Um But many eyes are on Rollins, who won the Suffolk District Attorney race in 2018 and became known for a contentious contentious policy of not prosecuting certain low-level crimes like shoplifting and trespassing. I would agree with that, okay?

[00:29:35]Because often times, people, in my opinion and my experience, people who are charged with shoplifting and trespass passing and things like that, um it draws them into the system, right?

[00:29:52]Into that system. Now, people shouldn't be shoplifting or trespassing, but we know how that can affect a person's life. And there are other ways to deal with that, okay?

[00:30:05]Um she was nominated to become the US Attorney for Massachusetts by President Joe Biden in 2021 and was sworn in the following January.

[00:30:13]By spring of 2023, Rollins was under fire for multiple ethics violations and the subject of two federal watchdog reports. Investigators alleged she acted as a de facto campaign advisor to Hayden's rival in the 2022 election and violated a law that limits political activity by government workers.

[00:30:34]Ro- Rollins pulled nomination papers and began teasing a comeback earlier this year. She helped launch a podcast that covers local sports topics and other news items. Only two episodes have been released. In the most recent episode, Rollins addressed her candidacy. She confirmed that she was considering running while cautioning that nothing is final.

[00:30:56]Rollins began exploring a run for her old job after hearing support from community members who asked her to run again. She said, "It was not a response to any particular thing. It was just a lot of people saying, like, there's things that you did that were fantastic and we'd like you to continue to do them.

[00:31:17]There are going to be things that I would do differently now because it's 2018 isn't 2026, right? So, let's remember, she left the DA's office. She left Suffolk County County DA's office for a job at as a US attorney, okay? So, it's not like she had There was like wrongdoing that got her booted out of that job. The community liked her.

[00:31:43]People liked her, okay?

[00:31:45]Rollins has now officially launched her campaign. When asked by a co-host whether she had any response to critics, she deferred to a later time. "When I'm ready to speak publicly and I'm actually a real candidate, I think there's absolutely a conversation I have to have, but I have apologized to my staff.

[00:32:02]I have to But, I have apologized to my staff. I have resigned from my job," she said. "I don't have anything to say to the haters."

[00:32:11]Rollins has also used social media to draw attention to the fact that Hayden admitted to violating a conflict of interest law and paid $5,000 fine in 2024.

[00:32:26]I mean, yeah.

[00:32:29]And who do you think that was against? Against? Let's take a look.

[00:32:43]Just bear with me just one itty-bitty moment.

[00:32:51]Because things have a habit of disappearing.

[00:33:14]Nothing nefarious, of course, but they got a lot going on here, you know?

[00:33:32]Okay, so here's the article.

[00:33:40]And like let's keep it a buck cuz you know, she's not Rollins is you know, she was accused of doing things.

[00:33:50]Right? Boston.com, where are you?

[00:33:55]Oh, here we are. Okay.

[00:33:57]So, this is from Boston.com [clears throat] as well and it was April 8th. So, Rachel Rollins, former US attorney who resigned amid ethics scandal, reportedly running again for Suffolk DA.

[00:34:14]Rollins previously served as Suffolk County's district attorney from 2019 to 2021 when she was appointed to be US attorney. We knew this.

[00:34:23]She's reportedly running again to be elected Suffolk County district attorney. Rollins pulled nomination papers Wednesday. This was in April again to run for her former job. A spokesperson for Secretary of State William Galvin told the Boston Globe. So far she faces a field consisting of current DA Kevin Hayden who is running for re-election and Linda Champion. We knew that.

[00:34:46]Um Okay.

[00:34:50]Rollins resigned in May 2023 amid ethics concerns after the Justice Department led a months-long probe. The investigations internal watchdog reported that Rollins had meddled in the race for her successor, meaning Hayden, by telling the media that Hayden was under federal investigation.

[00:35:10]I mean if that's true people want to know if he's under federal investigation.

[00:35:17]And where's the proof? I want to know.

[00:35:20]I want to know.

[00:35:23]>> [snorts] >> Uh investigators also found that she had helped Hayden's rival Ricardo Arroyo by providing him campaign advice and direction and coordinating with Arroyo on activities to help his campaign.

[00:35:37]>> [snorts] >> I would need to see the information about that to be able to make a judgment. I can say also sometimes people attorneys give advice.

[00:35:48]It's kind of what they're in the profession of doing.

[00:35:53]Right?

[00:35:56]I mean I don't know what the ethics laws say, whatever.

[00:36:02]But if you believe somebody should conduct their campaign a certain way and you have advice on it. I mean I don't know. Like depends on what somebody wants to paint a picture of, right? When Arroyo lost the primary election she leaked sensitive department information in an effort to sabotage Hayden's campaign. In March 2024 Rollins was suspended from practicing law in Massachusetts.

[00:36:30]Galvin's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Rollins was not available to speak to Boston.com by telephone. Okay, so there's that.

[00:36:41]And let's see what else we got here.

[00:37:13]Like >> [clears throat] >> okay.

[00:37:32]Oh my goodness.

[00:37:37]That is not the one I wanted.

[00:37:53]That is not the one I wanted either.

[00:38:07]What I'm trying to find is like it completely like the way that the media was covering it completely glazed over the fact that Rollins was actually giving information about the wrongdoing that Hayden had done.

[00:38:38]Right?

[00:38:46]Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry guys.

[00:38:50]That's not what I wanted. I wanted There it is.

[00:39:37]I don't think we read this one yet.

[00:39:39]Okay, here it is. I got it. I got it.

[00:39:41]Thanks for Thanks for staying with me, folks.

[00:39:45]>> [clears throat] >> And this is uh Here it is.

[00:39:51]Okay. So, this was from April 16th. So, and this is again from the Dorchester Reporter.

[00:40:01]So, 3 years This was April 16th of this year. 3 years after she resigned under pressure from her post as US attorney, Rachael Rollins has returned to the political world pulling nomination papers to run for the Suffolk County District Attorney seat, she won in 2018.

[00:40:19]In her first ever run for public office eight years ago, Rollins broke through a field of five competitors to capture the Democratic nomination, then began her term with sweeping reforms in the office, refusing to prosecute misdemeanors such as shoplifting and trespassing, and launching investigations into past instances of prosecutorial and police misconduct that landed innocent people in prison. That is huge.

[00:40:51]That is huge.

[00:40:54]Okay?

[00:40:56]That's huge for reform in the judicial system in Massachusetts.

[00:41:02]It really just is. Police prosecutorial and police misconduct that landed innocent people in prison. And then, what do we know happens when a person is wrongfully imprisoned? What do they do?

[00:41:19]They turn around and sue.

[00:41:22]Okay?

[00:41:23]The institutions like the state. Look at what Karen Read is doing, right? She's suing. It's going to be Karen Read at Two Cents.

[00:41:35]I've heard that. Have you guys heard that? Because of police misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, all right?

[00:41:46]Okay?

[00:41:48]And this is what Rachel Rollins was doing.

[00:41:53]She was refusing to prosecute misdemeanors such as shoplifting and trespassing.

[00:41:59]Okay?

[00:42:02]And launching investigations into past instances of prosecutorial and police misconduct that landed innocent people in prison. So, can we start to put the pieces together there and see why maybe certain people wouldn't want her in that office?

[00:42:23]Hm?

[00:42:25]Some people who like the institution, who like the status quo, and she was shaking that up.

[00:42:31]Hm.

[00:42:33]Rollins left the District Attorney's Office in 2022 after she was appointed US Attorney for Massachusetts.

[00:42:40]But her term in that office was cut short after she attended a Democratic Party fundraiser, a violation of prohibition on federal appointees participating in partisan political activities that forced her resignation.

[00:42:53]Did she know she wasn't supposed to do that? I don't know.

[00:42:58]But everybody was gunning for her, it looks like. They could not wait.

[00:43:02]They could not wait.

[00:43:04]Because she shook up the status quo. We got to nip that in the bud, don't we?

[00:43:10]Now, as Rollins is working with a team of volunteers to gather the 1,000 signatures, so this is going back obviously. Now we know from the article we read a little bit ago that she got them.

[00:43:22]Um political pundits are weighing her chances against incumbent Kevin Hayden and conservative-leaning challenger and former Hayden employee Linda Champion.

[00:43:34]"Back in 2018, Rollins was able to put together an impressive coalition," said Jonathan Cohn, political director for Progressive Massachusetts. "The question is, can she do that now? I hope so."

[00:43:49]I do.

[00:43:50]I'm like a I think five steps ahead, okay? And I just see like if this prosecution uh Nick O'Malley continues, you done pissed off the police union, you done pissed off police, okay? They're backing him. They believe in him.

[00:44:13]You have pissed off the police union.

[00:44:20]Right?

[00:44:22]What do the police do is my question.

[00:44:26]What What can they do?

[00:44:30]What leverage do they have?

[00:44:34]Right?

[00:44:36]Think about that.

[00:44:38]What leverage do they have?

[00:44:41]Like they protect and serve. They were protecting and serving that day. Officer O'Malley was protecting and serving that day. He was protecting the woman whose car was violently carjacked.

[00:44:58]Right?

[00:45:00]Protecting his partner. Protecting himself.

[00:45:03]Protecting this community from this person with a long history of violent crime.

[00:45:12]Okay?

[00:45:14]>> [clears throat] >> Now we're going to charge him. That Just make it make sense, please.

[00:45:20]Um while she hasn't yet granted interviews with the press, Rollins came out swinging last week taking aim in a social media post at what she characterized as a double standard in press coverage of her candidacy.

[00:45:35]Funny, men can have a state ethics violation, pay a $5,000 fine for using their official position as Suffolk DA to secure the substantially valuable and unwarranted privilege of the DA's office to their own personal political advantage to win their 2022 election and have integrity.

[00:45:59]Um that's a double standard, I would say. So, Hayden has Okay, he violated the state ethics.

[00:46:11]Okay?

[00:46:13]To the extent that he paid a $5,000 fine.

[00:46:18]Okay?

[00:46:19]He used that office already to do this.

[00:46:23]All right?

[00:46:25]>> [snorts] >> Rollins was reprimanded by the Bar Association for leaking information to news media about an ethics investigation into District Attorney Kevin Hayden.

[00:46:36]Hayden was fined $5,000 by the State Ethics Commission for using his public office to influence the press as he was campaigning against then City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo for the District Attorney seat. So, this guy plays dirty, it seems like.

[00:46:55]Just based on what I'm reading here, neither Rollins or Hayden responded to request for comment for the story.

[00:47:03]News reports in recent weeks have highlighted Rollins' resignation and reprimand, but glossed over or ignored Hayden's ethics violation.

[00:47:19]We see the media do that.

[00:47:22]Don't we?

[00:47:26]In what is so far a three three-way race, political observers say re-election is not a sure bet for Hayden. Rollins ran a high-octane campaign in 2018, winning precincts across the county in the five-way race. She raised $389,000 between March and November 30th of 2018, demonstrating her fundraising prowess.

[00:47:51]She currently has $42,951 in her campaign account compared to 29,000 for Hayden and zero for Champion, according to filings with the office of campaign and public finance.

[00:48:04]>> [snorts] [clears throat] >> That's something we can track, too, if you want to here.

[00:48:10]We can track that.

[00:48:12]I'll pull it up once a week or whatever you guys want to do.

[00:48:17]Hayden was appointed to the office by then Governor Charlie Charlie Baker after Rollins vacated the seat and won re-election in 20 22 beating Arroyo after the letter ladder faced dozens of Boston Globe articles alleging he had been investigated for SA as a teenager in 2005.

[00:48:37]As a teenager, he was a teenager at the time.

[00:48:40]Not saying it's right at all, but, you know, I don't understand.

[00:48:45]Like Uh yeah, Boston Globe. Yeah.

[00:48:49]Globe reporters there received a leaked partial police report in which he was accused of assault.

[00:48:56]While the full 2005 police report concluded the allegation was unfounded, meaning no crime had been committed, Hayden's office released a statement in which he falsely contradicted that finding.

[00:49:10]According to the state ethics commission disposition agreement Hayden later signed. That's pretty bad.

[00:49:18]That's misleading the public, in my opinion.

[00:49:23]It was unfounded. And the dude was a teenager.

[00:49:28]So, somebody made a complaint. Okay.

[00:49:34]And like, come on now.

[00:49:37]Ethics issues aside, Hayden may also be faced be facing headwinds from a key base of his support. Hayden last month charged Boston police officer Nicholas O'Malley with manslaughter after he shot and killed an unarmed fleeing carjacking suspect angering the police Boston Police Patrolman's Association. Is that does that seem like a group that you want to anger?

[00:50:03]No, no, no.

[00:50:05]No, no, no. I think the Boston police are you know, they have to keep that city together.

[00:50:14]Hayden enjoyed the backing of the police in his 2022 campaign.

[00:50:19]Yeah, I don't know. I would don't think he's going to enjoy that this time around.

[00:50:27]Just my speculation.

[00:50:32]You guys let me know in the comments what you think about that.

[00:50:35]Champion who finished last in the five-way 2018 race for the seat ran to the right of the pack suggesting she could split the conservative-leaning vote in Suffolk County.

[00:50:48]"I'm not surprised that people think Hayden can beat can be beat," said political consultant Doug Chavez. "He hasn't raised a lot of money. He's pissed off some people who supported him last time.

[00:51:00]It's opened up an opportunity and Rollins sees that opportunity. Yeah.

[00:51:06]Mhm.

[00:51:08]I mean, Hayden did it to himself in my opinion.

[00:51:14]He's going to jump to charging Officer O'Malley on now all the information?

[00:51:24]I have questions.

[00:51:26]How about you guys? Do you guys have questions?

[00:51:31]That's right, Viper. My gosh, don't it stop? Yeah, no.

[00:51:35]No, it seems like it does not stop.

[00:51:38]Not at all.

[00:51:41]Um uno momento, por favor.

[00:51:52]>> Um Uh I got to look for a little law girl who went out to purchase some shorts for our mission later today.

[00:52:24]What are we going to do, guys, if she's not here?

[00:52:27]For her hands, what are we going to do? I think she's Should we call her?

[00:52:45]Let's call her.

[00:53:09]She could be in the shower shower.

[00:53:13]Your call has been forwarded That's what I'm betting. She's probably in the shower shower. So, unfortunately, guys, >> [snorts] >> we are going to have to say sayonara without her.

[00:53:25]Mhm.

[00:53:26]It looks See, it just doesn't look right. Just doesn't look right without that girl.

[00:53:34]She always fixes it.

[00:53:37]So, yeah.

[00:53:41]That's that. So, looking at the politics of it, I mean, in my opinion, from my perspective, for me, it is not okay to use a police officer as a political pawn.

[00:53:59]And that's what I think this is.

[00:54:01]That's just me though. You guys don't have to think that. If you think differently, let me know.

[00:54:07]This is not an echo chamber.

[00:54:10]And tomorrow, we may have a really, really, really special guest on to discuss this case.

[00:54:19]Fingers crossed.

[00:54:21]We'll see. I'll announce it as soon as I have that information.

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