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Cianci, Vincent “Buddy” (mayor), 167
civil rights movement
recruitment and hiring of police in Boston and, 78–79
school desegregation and, 11, 16, 35, 56–57
Clark, Alton, 237
Cleaver, Eldridge, 260
code of silence, police. See blue wall (code of silence)
Conley, Cheryl (sister of Kenny Conley), 48, 61, 254
Conley, Ken (father of Kenny Conley), 48, 55
Conley, Kenneth M. “Kenny” (police officer), 45–63, 74
arrest of Smut Brown by, 132–33, 147, 148, 152, 252
attorney Willie Davis hired to defend, in perjury trial, 260–63
boyhood friends of, 52–54
Cox civil suit against, 256, 272, 294–95, 296, 308–10, 313, 315, 317, 319, 322–23
early life and family of, 47–55
education of, 56–59
encounter with J. Burgio following perjury trial, 273–75
federal investigation of Cox beating, and FBI interviews of, 246–47, 248, 249–50
found guilty of perjury and sentenced, 270–71, 289
fund raiser for, 253–56, 280
grand jury testimony, 251–53
joins police department, 59–60
Internal Affairs interview of, on Cox beating, 181–84, 220, 250
L. Jackson shooting, police chase and response of, 110–11, 115–16, 119–20, 123, 127, 129, 132–33, 135–36
mother’s death, 62
perjury and obstruction of justice indictments made against, 248–49, 253
perjury conviction of, overturned, 326–28
perjury trial of, 263–71
prosecutor T. Merritt sets perjury trap for, 250–53
support for M. Cox by, 280–81
targeted by investigator, as being witness to beating, 243
testimony at Cox civil suit trial by, 308–10
tunnel (inattentive) vision in, 132, 183, 261–63, 309, 317
update on, 357–58
work on Anti-Crime Unit, and Cox beating incident, 45–47, 60, 62–63, 105
Conley, Kristine (sister of Kenny Conley), 48, 49, 51, 54, 55, 61, 254, 267, 271
Conley, Maureen “Moesie” (mother of Kenny Conley, 48, 49, 55
death of, 61
Conley, Russ (uncle of Kenny Conley), 47–48
Conway’s (bar), Smut Brown and friends visit, 106–7
Corbett gang, 11
Cortee’s (club)
M. Cox and C. Jones anti-gang work at, 7–11, 26–28, 93
gunfire at, 99, 103
Hip-Hop Night at, 10–11, 42, 93, 95, 97–98
Smut Brown and friends at, 29–31, 42–43, 93, 98–99
Cox, Barbara (sister of Mike Cox), 14
Cox, Bertha (mother of Mike Cox), 2–4, 11, 12
Cox, Cora (sister of Mike Cox), 14, 91
Cox, David (brother of Mike Cox), 14
Cox, David (father of Mike Cox), 11, 12, 14, 15
death of, 21–22
Cox, Kimberly Nabauns (wife of Mike Cox)
at civil suit trial, 295, 300
courtship and marriage to Mike Cox, 25–26, 80
deposition of, in Cox civil rights suit, 283–85
informed of husband’s beating and visit in hospital, 1–4
medical career, 208
response to beating and injuries of Mike Cox, 139–40, 156–57, 158–59
response to police investigation of Cox beating, 222–23
third child born, and move to new house, 257–58
Cox, Lillian (sister of Mike Cox), 14, 80, 160
Cox, Michael Anthony “Mike” (police officer), 7–28, 49, 256–59. See also Cox criminal and civil law suits
becomes partners with Craig Jones, 83–85, 89
courtship and marriage to Kimberly Nabauns, 25–26, 80
crank calls and harassment of, 164–66, 169, 193–95, 221–23, 258–59, 280–81, 325
decline of work performance following beating, 281–82
depositions given by, for civil rights suit, 277–78
early police career, 81–92
early years and family of, 11–15
education of, 15–26, 56
emotional responses at civil suit trial, 302, 313–14, 318
encounter with Ian Daley after beating, 174–75
encounter with Smut Brown after civil trial, 324–25
encounters with D. Williams after beating, 209–12, 227–28, 258–59
events at crime scene and hospital after police beating of, 1–4, 139–57
fear of fellow police in, 224
on Harvard Law School panel on police brutality, 328–29
immediate injuries from police beating, 134, 139–45, 148, 155–57
interactions with Smut Brown prior to L. Jackson shooting, 93–95
interview of, by county investigator and police Anti-Corruption unit, 205–6
interview of, by Internal Affairs, 170