The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle for Justice

The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle for Justice - Paperback

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The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle for Justice - Paperback

The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston's Struggle for Justice - Paperback

by Jan Brogan
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Shortlisted for the 2021 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction and the 2022 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Nonfiction Work

At the end of the 1976 football season, more than forty 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 a court system that allowed lawyers to strike potential jurors based purely on their racial or 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.
ISBN9781625346094
Author Jan Brogan
PublisherBright Leaf
GenreHistory and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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History Nonfiction Social Science True Crime

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