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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 0060780991
- EAN
- 9780060780999
- Date of Publication
- 20100615
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- The Fence: A Police Cover-Up Along Boston's Racial Divide
- Artist
- Lehr, Dick
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060780991
ISBN-13
9780060780999
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78836075
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fence : a Police Cover-Up Along Boston's Racial Divide
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, General, Law Enforcement, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Political Science, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
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"As gripping a tale as "The Fence" is, it should be mandatory reading for anyone looking to be a cop in Boston . . . or anyplace else.", "Lehr has vividly rendered two tragic stories, exposing a police culture of silence that victimized one of its own while also showing the "by any means necessary'' mentality of federal prosecutors that destroyed another innocent officer's reputation. Still missing here are truth and accountability.", The Fence is a monumental account of an urban travesty. Dick Lehr's depiction of one of the darkest chapters in recent Boston law enforcement history and the savage injustices perpetrated on two hero cops--one black, one white--has all the earmarks of a classic., The Fence should be required reading in . . . expanded integrity training courses for Boston Police supervisors., Jolting, nightmarish and potent, this true cop yarn bests any bogus reality show or overblown tabloid tale with its hardboiled spin., Dick Lehr gets inside the heads of cops, criminals, prosecutors and politics better than anyone I know. The Fence is a revealing expose of the blue wall of silence that endangers us all., Think Serpico translated to Boston. . . . A cautionary tale about the abuse of power and a timely civics lesson on the virtue of standing up to authority., This could be a case study in the perils of profiling. It isn't so much forgotten history, as buried. Perhaps this outstanding book can fix that., The Fence makes a compelling case . . . [it] is more than an account of crime, punishment and the blue wall. Lehr weaves the life stories of several key characters into the book., "This could be a case study in the perils of profiling. It isn't so much forgotten history, as buried. Perhaps this outstanding book can fix that." -- Adrian Walker, Boston Globe "The Fence is a monumental account of an urban travesty. Dick Lehr's depiction of one of the darkest chapters in recent Boston law enforcement history and the savage injustices perpetrated on two hero cops--one black, one white--has all the earmarks of a classic." -- Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River "Dick Lehr gets inside the heads of cops, criminals, prosecutors and politics better than anyone I know. The Fence is a revealing expose of the blue wall of silence that endangers us all." -- Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School "Jolting, nightmarish and potent, this true cop yarn bests any bogus reality show or overblown tabloid tale with its hardboiled spin." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "As gripping a tale as "The Fence" is, it should be mandatory reading for anyone looking to be a cop in Boston . . . or anyplace else." -- Peter Gelzinis, Boston Herald "Think Serpico translated to Boston. . . . A cautionary tale about the abuse of power and a timely civics lesson on the virtue of standing up to authority." -- Kirkus Reviews "The Fence should be required reading in . . . expanded integrity training courses for Boston Police supervisors." -- Boston Globe "Intriguing . . . an admirable, in-depth description of police corruption." -- Library Journal "Gripping. . . . Tackles a broad issue with the zeal of a seasoned investigative newspaper reporter." -- Lynet Holloway, Black Voices "The Fence makes a compelling case . . . [it] is more than an account of crime, punishment and the blue wall. Lehr weaves the life stories of several key characters into the book." -- Bay State Banner "Lehr has vividly rendered two tragic stories, exposing a police culture of silence that victimized one of its own while also showing the "by any means necessary'' mentality of federal prosecutors that destroyed another innocent officer's reputation. Still missing here are truth and accountability." -- Chuck Leddy, The Boston Globe, Gripping. . . . Tackles a broad issue with the zeal of a seasoned investigative newspaper reporter.
Dewey Decimal
364.155509744
Synopsis
"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., "The Fence is a monumental account of an urban travesty. Dick Lehr's depiction of one of the darkest chapters in recent Boston law enforcement history and the savage injustices perpetrated on two hero cops--one black, one white--has all the earmarks of a classic." -- Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River The Boston police officers who brutally beat Michael Cox at a deserted fence one icy night in 1995 knew soon after that they had made a terrible mistake. The badge and handgun under Cox's bloodied parka proved he was not a black gang member but a plainclothes cop chasing the same murder suspect his assailants were. Officer Kenny Conley, who pursued and apprehended the suspect while Cox was being beaten, was then wrongfully convicted by federal prosecutors of lying when he denied witnessing the attack on his brother officer. Both Cox and Conley were native Bostonians, each dedicating his life to service with the Boston Police Department. But when they needed its support, they were heartlessly and ruthlessly abandoned. A remarkable work of investigative journalism, Dick Lehr's The Fence tells the shocking true story of the attack and its aftermath--and exposes the lies and injustice hidden behind a "blue wall of silence.", " The Fence is a monumental account of an urban travesty. Dick Lehr's depiction of one of the darkest chapters in recent Boston law enforcement history and the savage injustices perpetrated on two hero cops--one black, one white--has all the earmarks of a classic." -- Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River The Boston police officers who brutally beat Michael Cox at a deserted fence one icy night in 1995 knew soon after that they had made a terrible mistake. The badge and handgun under Cox's bloodied parka proved he was not a black gang member but a plainclothes cop chasing the same murder suspect his assailants were. Officer Kenny Conley, who pursued and apprehended the suspect while Cox was being beaten, was then wrongfully convicted by federal prosecutors of lying when he denied witnessing the attack on his brother officer. Both Cox and Conley were native Bostonians, each dedicating his life to service with the Boston Police Department. But when they needed its support, they were heartlessly and ruthlessly abandoned. A remarkable work of investigative journalism, Dick Lehr's The Fence tells the shocking true story of the attack and its aftermath--and exposes the lies and injustice hidden behind a "blue wall of silence."
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