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Fence 216: The police perjury, nicknamed ‘testilying,’ was believed to be a by-product of the stand-together police culture that was responsible as well for the blue wall of silence. [...] it was all about us versus them. Fence 66: [M]isconduct was no big deal—it rarely got them in trouble. Internal investigators either booted the investigation or did not look into the allegations at all. Fence 265: He’d rather have Kenny fold than actually take him to trial. Fence 88: ‘I loved the job, and it was more than what I expected,’ he said. Mike could almost sound golly-gee about it. Fence 70: The police perjury had a name: ‘testilying.’ The fabrications might be rooted in good intentions—to convict the guilty. Fence 139: She found Mike able to talk, but he was groggy and only ‘semi with it’. Fence 94: The ‘Jump-out Boys’ [plainclothes Boston P.D. Officers] and Smut did eventually have a memorable clash. Fence 98: Tiny had parked a 1994 gold Lexus, a ‘loaner’ from the [car] dealer. Fence 273: Kenny had what he called a ‘package on,’ meaning, ‘I was drinking.’ Since his sentencing, he’d been drinking hard—too hard. Fence 222: [He] was now seen by the commissioner as having the right stuff to uphold the department’s integrity and standards of conduct. Fence 94: Inside [a bag] was Smut’s stash—sixteen pieces of crack cocaine individually wrapped and ready for sale. Fence 254: Kenny had specifically told his twin sister [...] that he did not want a party. [...] But that was like asking them to deny their roots. Holding a ‘time’ for a friend was the Southie way; it was in their DNA.