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BOOK: Skolnick and Fyfe, Above the Law, pp. 7, 89, 92.
NEWS ARTICLES: “Roxbury Site Inaugurated for New Police Headquarters,” Boston Globe, June 4, 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. Aucoin, Don, “Raising the Stakes: Suffolk County DA Ralph Martin…,” Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, May 19, 1996. Chacon, Richard, “Nearly 300 Police Set for First Night,” Boston Globe, Dec. 31, 1995. Dowdy, Zachary R., “Minister’s Widow Sues City Over Bungled ’94 Drug Raid,” Boston Globe, April 5, 1995. Ellement, John, “Rape Charge Against Officer Is Dismissed,” Boston Globe, Feb. 28, 1995. Ellement, John, “Detective Files Suits vs. Fellow Officers,” Boston Globe, Dec. 13, 1995. Flint, Anthony, “Bratton Calls ‘Testilying’ by Police a Real Concern,” Boston Globe, Nov. 15, 1995. Ford, Beverly, and Mulvihill, Maggie, “Cox Sues BPD,” Boston Herald, Dec. 12, 1995. Gelzinis, Peter, “A Cop Who Gave Her All Remembered for Her Soul,” Boston Herald, July 20, 1995. Jackson, Derrick, “Mayor Scrooge,” Boston Globe, April 7, 1995. Lehr, Dick, “Getting Away with Murder: Charlestown’s Code of Silence Means Most Neighborhood Killings Go Unsolved,” Boston Globe, Oct. 11, 1992. Rakowsky, Judy, “Three Convicted in ‘Code of Silence’ Trial,” Boston Globe, March 23, 1995. Zuckoff, Mitchell, “Corruption Probe Shakes Up Boston Detective Unit,” Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 1996.
NOTES: David Williams has given conflicting testimony regarding his encounter with Mike Cox in Franklin Park. During his own labor arbitration, Williams rejected Cox’s version of events; however, during his earlier testimony before the Suffolk County grand jury he confirmed the thrust of Cox’s account and testified that during their encounter he defended James Burgio in connection with the Cox beating.
CHAPTER 14: THE WHITE GUY AT THE FENCE
SWORN TESTIMONY AND STATEMENTS BY: Michael Cox (Cox trial deposition); Thomas Dowd (Dwan arbitration); Craig Jones (Cox trial deposition); William Johnston (Dateline NBC, Nov. 2, 1999); David Williams (Williams arbitration).
INTERVIEWS: Carol S. Ball: Sept. 6, 2007; several e-mail exchanges. Robert Brown III in the Cumberland County Jail, Portland, Maine: March 8, 2006; March 9, 2006; April 3, 2006; July 25, 2006; May 25, 2007. Mattie Brown: April 14, 2006; Sept. 28, 2006; April 18, 2007; Jan. 20, 2008. 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. Jennifer Conley: July 11, 2001. Michael Cox: Feb. 19, 2006. Robert Peabody: Jan. 13, 2006; Jan. 27, 2006; June 26, 2006; Nov. 20, 2007; several e-mail exchanges. Paul Farrahar: June 23, 2006. Robert Sheketoff: Nov. 13, 1997; Dec. 14, 2005; Dec. 30, 2005; March 17, 2006.
RECORDS: Boston Police Department Internal Affairs Records in the excessive force case against David Williams by complainant Valdir Fernandes (records include a 2007 Freedom of Information request for information regarding disciplinary action taken against Williams, to which the department responded that no record of any disciplinary action could be found). The police officer acquitted at trial in March 1995 of charges of stealing money from a wallet in the Brighton police station was later fired by the department. Trial transcripts from the Lyle Jackson murder trial. Massachusetts bar application by S. Theodore Merritt. FBI Form 302, dated March 31, 1997, by agent Kimberly McAllister.
NEWS ARTICLES: “Guilty Plea in Bomb Threat; City Man Could Face 12-Year Term,” Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Dec. 18, 1996. Doherty, William F., “Ex-Police Duo Get Three Years for Thefts; Seized $200,000 in Bogus Raids,” Boston Globe, May 22, 1998. Ellement, John, “Officer Is Acquitted in Theft of $6,350 from Wallet at Station,” Boston Globe, March 26, 1995. Estes, Andrea, “Electrician Cleared of Death in Fire Sparked by Wiring,” Boston Herald, Jan. 28, 1997. Nealon, Patricia, “Guard Gets Three Years for Scalding