Table of Contents
The Cast of Characters xiii
Map of Boston xv
Prologue: January 25, 1995 1
Part 1 Two cops and a Drug Dealer
1 Mike Cox 7
2 Robert "Smut" Brown 29
3 Kenny Conley 45
4 The Troubled Boston PD 64
5 Mike's Early Police Career 78
6 Closing Time at the Cortee's 93
7 The Murder and the Chase 102
8 The Dead End 123
Part 2 True Blue
9 "8-Boy" 139
10 No Official Complaint 158
11 Can I Talk to My Lawyer? 176
12 Dave, I Know You Know Something 197
13 Cox v. Boston Police Department 213
Part 3 Justice Denied, Then the Trial
14 The White Guy at the Fence 227
15 The Perjury Trap 248
16 A Federal Miscarriage of Justice 260
17 On His Own 272
18 The Trial 293
Epilogue 321
Acknowledgments 331
Author's Note on Sources 335
Notes 337
Appendix A Court Cases 361
Appendix B Books; Articles and Special Reports 363
Appendix C Boston Police Department Rules and Regulations
Boston Police Department Internal Investigations
Boston Police Department Labor Arbitration Proceedings
Suffolk County District Attorney's Office
United States Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts 365
Index 369