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Brighton 13 case, 26, 72–77
brutality cases, 26, 72–77
case of Charles and Carol Stuart handled by, 64–65, 185
K. Conley joins, 59
M. Cox joins, 80–81
crime rates and, 68, 70
Drug Control Unit corruption, 59–60
Early Intervention System (EIS) in, 67, 97, 190
Internal Affairs Division (see Internal Affairs Division, Boston Police Department)
murder of L. Jackson and response of (see police chase and capture of suspects in Lyle Jackson murder)
new rules issued by Police Commissioner following Cox beating, 191–93, 198
police officer deaths, 59
police perjury in, 69–70 (see also police perjury) problem of black officers mistaken as suspects, 82–83, 85–89, 91–92
racial stereotyping and abuses by officers of, 64–65, 67–69
recruitment and hiring practices of, 78–79, 81
St. Clair Commission investigation of, 65–66, 67
Boston Red Sox, 189, 281 Brady v. Maryland, 264
Bratton, William “Bill” (police commissioner), 91–92
comments on police perjury, 216–18
Brighton 13 case, 26, 72–77
Brooke, Edward III, 260
Brookline, Massachusetts, 16
Brown, Destiny (daughter of Smut Brown), 325
Brown, Mattie (mother of Smut Brown), 31–32, 34, 39, 40, 41, 93, 265, 326
Brown, Robert Jr. “Bobby”(father of Smut Brown), 31, 33–34, 36
Brown, Robert III “Smut,” 29–48
arrest and booking of, after police chase, 132–33, 147, 148, 151, 152–53, 182
K. Conley perjury trial and statements of, 263–69, 353–54
at Cortee’s club, 29–31, 42–43, 98–99
Cox civil suit and statements of, 286–87, 298, 300, 305, 311–12
criminal activity and arrests of, 37, 39–40, 94–95
drug dealing and drug use, 37–38
early life and family of, 31–36
education of, 35–36, 56
encounter with M. Cox following civil trial, 324–25
encounters with police, 67–68, 93–95
fire at family home of, 40–41
get away from Walaikum’s, police chase and arrest of, 113–15, 119–21, 123–33
girlfriend Indira Pierce, and children of, 29, 35, 36, 37, 38–39, 40, 42, 325, 326
identifies D. Williams as Cox assailant, 240, 265, 276–77, 305
identifies white police officer at Cox beating, 265, 267–68
imprisonments of, 41–42, 325–26
interactions with M. Cox and C. Brown prior to Lyle Jackson shooing, 93–95
murder of Lyle Jackson and, 107–9
nickname “Smut,” 31, 35, 36
police failure to ask about his view of Cox beating, 188–89
rap lyrics by, 43–44, 326
shooting of, 285–86
testimony in Cox criminal case, 245–46
trial for murder, and acquittal of, 234–40, 243–45
Brown, Robert IV (son of Smut Brown), 42
Brown, Shanae (daughter of Smut Brown), 40, 41
Bulger, James J. “Whitey,” 47
Bullard, Charles (security guard), 115, 130
Burgio, Jimmy (police officer), 104, 154, 255
arrest claims made by, 152
brutality complaint against, 272–73
comments on Mike Cox beating by, 154, 161, 190
Cox civil suit against, 272, 294, 296, 299, 300, 306, 307–8, 310, 311, 312–13, 314, 315, 316, 318, 322
encounter with K. Conley following Conley’s trial, 273–75
Fifth Amendment invoked by, 218
fired from Boston Police Department, 323–24
Internal Affairs interview of, 179, 199
L. Jackson shooting, police chase, and response of, 110, 114, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 129, 145, 149
placed on leave, 289
report about Cox beating by, 163
reputation of, as abusive, 100–101, 272–23
Smut Brown murder trial and, 239
Suffolk County criminal investigation of Cox beating and, 205, 207, 218
targeted as culpable in Cox beating, 218, 241–42, 251, 270, 272, 312–13, 316
Cahners, Norman and Helene, 11–12, 17
Caisey, Donald (police officer)
comments about Cox by, 180
Cox civil suit trial and, 300
L. Jackson shooting, police chase, and response of, 109–10, 126, 141–42
report on Mike Cox’s injuries written by, 146, 151–55
work in anti-gang unit, 27, 95, 99, 101
Caputo, Mike, 52, 54
Castlegate Street gang, 11, 43, 70, 71
Castro v. Beecher, 79, 80
Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), South Boston, 53, 54, 58
Chapman, Tracy, 20
Charlestown neighborhood,