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BEHIND THE SHIELD

Amid a national reckoning over systemic abuses within law enforcement, the Globe dispatched a team to examine the criminal justice system in Massachusetts. Reporters exposed widespread officer misconduct, racism within the ranks, and coverups within some of the state's largest and most venerated police agencies. Read their work below.

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