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NEWS ARTICLES: Associated Press, “Officer Taped Kicking Black Man Is Suspended,” Boston Globe, Jan 19, 1995. Associated Press, “Officer Silent in R.I. Kicking Case; Union Blasts Chief for Comments; Mayor Warns of Disciplinary Action,” Boston Globe, Jan. 20, 1995. Associated Press, “R.I. Officer Defends Kicking Man in Melee,” Boston Globe, Jan. 28, 1995. Associated Press, “Providence Police Face Court Suit,” Boston Globe, March 4, 1995. Associated Press, “Providence, Suspended Police Officer Reach Deal,” Boston Globe, May 7, 1995. Associated Press, “Officer in Beating Back in Uniform,” Boston Globe, May 10, 1995. Dowdy, Zachary R., “For Some, Fear Is Constant, Though Boston Crime Dips Figures Don’t Equal Security, Bostonians Say,” Boston Globe, Jan. 24, 1995. Dowdy, Zachary R., “Police Censure Three in Fatal Raid; Supervisor Suspended 30 Days Without Pay,” Boston Globe, Jan. 27, 1995.
NOTES: My account of the unfolding of the shooting at Walaikum’s differs from that presented by the government during the Lyle Jackson murder trial in 1996. In arriving at an account that deviates from the theory the government presented at the trial, I have relied on the confessions of Robert Brown III along with statements given by John and Jimmy Evans, none of which was available at the time of the trial. This illustrates what I referred to in my author’s note: that, to resolve discrepancies in people’s accounts, I have gone with the weight of the evidence and what, in my analysis, is most trustworthy. In a second instance, Robert Brown has testified that during the foot chase, Kenny Conley yelled at him, “Freeze, Nigger.” Kenny Conley has denied using those words, and, based upon the entire record, Kenny Conley’s denial is credible. The security guard, Charles Bullard, has testified that he alone captured Tiny Evans, an account contradicted by police officers at the scene including but not limited to Craig Jones, Joseph Horton, and Bobby Dwan. I credit the police officers’ account.
CHAPTER 9: “8-BOY”
SWORN TESTIMONY AND STATEMENTS BY: Robert Brown III (Federal GJ, Conley trial, Cox trial); James Burgio (Burgio arbitration); Donald Caisey (Suffolk GJ, Daley arbitration, Jones arbitration); Kenny Conley (Cox IAD, Federal GJ, Cox trial deposition, Cox trial); Kimberly Cox (Cox trial deposition, Dateline NBC, Nov. 2, 1999); Michael Cox (Cox IAD, Cox ACU, Suffolk GJ, Federal GJ, Cox trial deposition, Cox trial, Dateline NBC, Nov. 2, 1999, Burgio arbitration, Daley arbitration); Ian Daley (Cox IAD, Daley arbitration); Daniel Dovidio (Cox trial deposition, Cox trial); Bobby Dwan (Dwan arbitration); Jimmy Evans (Federal GJ); Craig Jones (Cox IAD, Cox ACU, Suffolk GJ, Cox trial deposition, Daley arbitration); David C. Murphy (Cox ACU, Burgio arbitration, Daley arbitration); Gary Ryan (Cox IAD, Suffolk GJ, Daley arbitration); Michael Stratton (Cox IAD, Cox ACU); Thomas “Joe” Teahan (Cox IAD, Suffolk GJ, Daley arbitration); Isaac Thomas (Burgio arbitration, Williams arbitration, Daley arbitration); Ronald Tinsley (Federal GJ); Richard Walker (Cox IAD, Cox ACU, Suffolk GJ, Federal GJ, Cox trial, Burgio arbitration, Daley arbitration); Marlon Wright (Cox ACU); David Williams (Cox IAD, Cox ACU, Suffolk GJ, Williams arbitration).
INTERVIEWS: Robert Brown III: March 8, 2006; March 9, 2006; April 3, 2006; July 25, 2006. Kenny Conley: July 5, 2001; July 6, 2001; July 11, 2001; July 16, 2001; Oct. 11, 2005; Nov. 4, 2005; Jan. 19, 2007; Feb. 19, 2007; March 27, 2007. Michael Cox: Feb. 19, 2006; March