The Combat Zone : murder, race, and Boston's struggle for justice / Jan Brogan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brogan, Jan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puopolo, Andy (Andrew P.), 1956-1976--Death and burial.

Puopolo, Andy.

Harvard University--Students--Crimes against.

Harvard University.

Murder--Massachusetts--Boston.

Murder.

Murder victims--Massachusetts--Boston.

Murder victims.

Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts--Boston.

Trials (Murder).

Red-light districts.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Massachusetts--Boston.

Red-light districts--Massachusetts--Boston.

Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Boston (Mass.).

Race relations.

Students--Crimes against.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]

Summary:

"At the end of the 1976 football season, more than thirty Harvard athletes went to Boston's Combat Zone to celebrate. In the city's adult entertainment district, drugs and prostitution ran rampant, violent crime was commonplace, and corrupt police turned the other way. At the end of the night, Italian American star athlete Andy Puopolo, raised in the city's North End, was murdered in a stabbing. Three African American men were accused of the crime. His murder made national news and led to the eventual demise of the city's red-light district. Starting with this brutal murder, The Combat Zone tells the story of the Puopolo family's struggle with both a devastating loss and a criminal justice system that produced two trials with opposing verdicts, all within the context of a racially divided Boston. Brogan traces the contentious relationship between Boston's segregated neighborhoods during the busing crisis; shines a light on the overtly racist court system that allowed lawyers to strike potential jurors based on their ethnic identity; and lays bare the deep-seated corruption within the police department and throughout the Combat Zone. What emerges is a fascinating snapshot of the city at a transitional moment in its recent past"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One A Night in "the Zone"

ch. Two Combat Medicine

ch. Three A Sexual Disneyland

ch. Four You Can't Back Down

ch. Five The Sleaze Factor

ch. Six Loyalty and Revenge

ch. Seven Ferocious Competitors

ch. Eight A Terrible Witness

ch. Nine Private Loss, Public Controversy

ch. Ten Wading through the Jury Pool

ch. Eleven A Noble Act

ch. Twelve State of Mind

ch. Thirteen The Color of Justice

ch. Fourteen Death Grants No Appeals

ch. Fifteen Landmark Decision

ch. Sixteen The Edge

ch. Seventeen Behind Locked Doors

ch. Eighteen A Brother's Responsibility

ch. Nineteen Furloughs and Escapes

ch. Twenty Hitman for Hire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Brogan, Jan. Combat zone

ISBN:

9781625346087

1625346085

9781625346094

1625346093

OCLC:

1249493101