At 1:47 A.M., A Call From A Police Station Turned A Routine Arrest Into A Reckoning That Reached Boston

out in my courtroom too many times—someone with institutional authority manufacturing charges against someone more vulnerable, counting on the system to reflexively protect one of its own.

“His police buddies showed up and didn’t even listen to me,” Tyler said bitterly. “They just took his word for everything.”

“I’m coming right now.” I was already pulling continue reading …