True crime reporters blocked outside courthouse where Karen Read is on trial file First Amendment lawsuit

Two New England true crime reporters have filed a lawsuit against Massachusetts State Police for allegedly blocking them from covering the news outside the courthouse where Karen Read's second murder trial in the death of John O'Keefe kicked off this week.

The lawsuit stems from a court-ordered "buffer zone" to keep protesters at a distance, but the journalists allege police hassled them inside the zone even though it is not supposed to apply to those not protesting.

The lawsuit names...