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Beating of Michael Cox

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Years of service
  
1989–2009


Name
  
Beating Michael

Born
  
June 17, 1965 (age 58) (
1965-06-17
)
Boston, Massachusetts

Department
  
Boston Police Department

Rank
  
Deputy Superintendent Sworn in as an officer - 1989

In 1995, police officer Michael Cox of the Boston Police Department was severely beaten by fellow officers while working in plain clothes. His story was the subject of the book The Fence, written by author and former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr.

In November 2013, it was reported that the police officer, Michael A. Cox Sr., is the father of former UMass Minutemen and New York Giants running back Michael Cox.

References

Beating of Michael Cox Wikipedia