The Fence - Dick Lehr
The Fence
A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide
Dick Lehr
TO KARIN
FOR EVERYTHING
HUNGER ONLY FOR A TASTE OF JUSTICE
HUNGER ONLY FOR A WORLD OF TRUTH.
—Tracy Chapman,
“All That You Have Is Your Soul”
Contents
Epigraph
The Cast of Characters
Map of Boston
Prologue: January 25, 1995
Part One—Two Cops and a Drug Dealer
1 Mike Cox
2 Robert “Smut” Brown
3 Kenny Conley
4 The Troubled Boston PD
5 Mike’s Early Police Career
6 Closing Time at the Cortee’s
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