The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide

The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">“A monumental account of an urban travesty….[It] has all the earmarks of a classic.”<br />—Dennis Lehane, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New York Times </i>bestselling author of <em>Mystic River</em><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"> and </span>Shutter Island</em><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><em><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p><font face=Calibri> </font></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><font face=Calibri><em><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Dick Lehr’s </span></em><em><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Fence, </span></em><em><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">subtitled, “</span></em></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">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.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Respected journalist Lehr, winner of the Hancock Award, the Loeb Award, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and bestselling author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Black Mass </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Judgment Ridge,</i> sheds a brilliant light on all aspects of this powerful, disturbing event and its aftermath.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"></span></p>