Tulia, Texas/
In 1999, undercover narcotics agent Thomas Coleman was called in by Tulia's sheriff to conduct a sting operation. Of the 46 people indicted for dealing cocaine, 39 were black. Eight were convicted and sentenced to jail terms of 20 to 99 years. Thirty-eight agreed to plea bargains. After three y...
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Format: | Electronic Video |
Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
2008.
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Series: | Black studies in video
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Drug hysteria
- Arrests
- Trials
- Crusading attorney
- Drug Task Force
- Town bigotry
- Campaigns to free convicted
- Coleman's credibility questioned
- Convicted released/Town response
- Conclusion and legacy.