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Santa Monica College Library. The Fence. Dick Lehr

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“A monumental account of an urban travesty….[It] has all the earmarks of a classic.”

—Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island

Dick Lehr’s The Fence, subtitled, “A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide,” is a shocking true
story of racism, brutality, official lies and negligence, when the truth about the savage beating of black plainclothes
policeman by white officers was hidden behind a “blue wall of silence.” Respected journalist Lehr, winner of the
Hancock Award, the Loeb Award, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and bestselling author of Black Mass and Judgment
Ridge, sheds a brilliant light on all aspects of this powerful, disturbing event and its aftermath.
Book Description
A riveting, true-life account of violence, racial injustice, and betrayal within the ranks of the
Boston Police Department
The Boston police officers who brutally beat Michael Cox at a deserted fence one icy night in
1995 knew right away that they had made a terrible mistake. The badge and handgun under
Cox's bloodied parka proved it: He was not a black gang member but a plainclothes officer who
had been chasing the same murder suspect they were.
While Cox was being beaten, Officer Kenny Conley chased down and captured the suspect.
Afterward, as Cox waited for an apology from his department, federal prosecutors accused
Conley of lying when he denied witnessing Cox's beating. Both Cox and Conley grew up in
Boston and had dedicated their lives to serving the Boston Police Department, but when they
needed its support, they were abandoned.
A remarkable work of investigative journalism, The Fence details the shocking story of the
attack, the attempted cover-up by police officers beholden to a "blue wall of silence," and the
bitter repercussions on the lives of those involved. It follows Cox's 1998 federal civil rights trial
against the Boston Police Department and features a diverse cast of characters, including the
victims, their families, the officers accused in the beating, city officials, and the actual murder
suspect—all set against the rich backdrop of Boston.
Like J. Anthony Lukas's 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Common Ground, The Fence
examines Boston's race relations and the unwritten police code of covering up through the
intimate lens of those who experienced the crime directly. By coming to know the officers and
criminals brought together that night at the fence—and the families whose lives were changed
forever as a result—we sense how deeply the strains of prejudice run in this city still haunted by
tribalism and racial tension.
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Police misconduct refers to inappropriate actions taken by police officers in connection with their
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New Orleans officers sentenced in post-Katrina killing

By the CNN Wire Staff

March 31, 2011 12:59 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Two New Orleans police officers convicted last year in the killing of a man during the
chaos following Hurricane Katrina were sentenced Thursday in federal court.
Former Officer David Warren got more than 25 years in prison, and current Officer Greg McRae
was sentenced to more than 17 years, the Justice Department said.
A jury in December found Warren guilty of manslaughter for killing Henry Glover, 31, on
September 2, 2005.
He was also found guilty of deprivation of rights under color of law -- a charge that relates to
abusing one's status as a police officer while breaking the law.
Prosecutors contended that Warren fired at Glover from the police station's balcony after he
allegedly saw Glover heading toward the station with something in his hand.
After Glover was shot, bystanders drove him to a nearby school looking for help. Instead, the
men were allegedly beaten by police officers at the school, who then left the school with a car
that had Glover's body in it.
McRae had been found guilty of using a fire to commit a felony -- specifically, burning the
Chevrolet Malibu with Glover's body inside. McRae burned the car near the police station where
Glover was shot, prosecutors said.
The jury also convicted him on three counts of deprivation of rights under the color of the law
and found him not guilty on one such count.
Earlier this month, a federal investigation found that the New Orleans Police Department has
engaged in patterns of misconduct in violation of the Constitution and federal law, the Justice
Department announced.
Among the findings are that the police department has used excessive force, made
unconstitutional stops and searches, and illegally profiled people based on race, ethnicity and
sexual orientation. The investigation also found a number of practices that contributed to the
illegal conduct, including failed systems for recruiting and promoting officers, poor training and
lack of supervision, among others.