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The Untold Story of Tulia, Texas
The author investigated the outcome of FBI and Department of Justice investigations into a 1999 drug bust that caught 10 percent of the town's African American population and was labeled as racially motivated. The author found several inconsistencies in what the media published and what the FBI and DOJ said happened in their reports. Settlements were handed out but the reports were never released.
Tags: racism; FBI; Department of Justice; drugs; Tulia; Texas; unlawful arrest; FOIA; Tom Coleman; ethnic cleansing
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Town on Trial
"A small town sheriff in Tulia, Texas seeks to rid his town of drugs by hiring a lone white undercover police officer to sniff out drug dealers. The result: More than a third of the adult black population in the town, 41 in all, are thrown in jail. All claim they are innocent."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; racism; sheriff; law