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"Tulia:
Race,
Cocaine,
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Corruption
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Small
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1/6/06
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One of the most cutting scandals
in the drug war in recent years was Tulia, where a rogue cop framed 40
people -- 10% of the African American population in the small Texas town
-- on drug charges, sending many of them to prison, only to be released
years later after nationwide media scrutiny forced authorities to review
the cases. Though Officer Tom Coleman was known to have broken the
law himself, his credibility was somehow considered sufficient by judge
and jury. The sordid episode led to legislation
by Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee to rein in federally funded drug task
forces and try to prevent such abuses from happening again.
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Three weeks ago Drug War
Chronicle reviewed "Tulia:
Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town," a devastating
volume by the Texas Observer's Nate Blakeslee, whose groundbreaking reporting
at the Austin Chronicle helped bring the Tulia story to national attention.
Chronicle editor Phil Smith calls Blakeslee's book "a page-turner" and
"a virtually seamless narrative that brings the characters to vivid life,
from the mostly young, mostly black men who were the real victims in Tulia
to the staunch, church-going sheriff who ordered their arrests and the
shiftless drifter with a badge and a racist attitude whose lies sent many
of them to prison." Blakeslee introduces us to the villains, to the
victims, and to the crusaders; and he shows us the town, the enforcers
who allowed Coleman to run amok, and the larger politics in the drug war
that helped to set it all in motion.
We are pleased to offer "Tulia"
as our newest membership premium -- donate $35 or more to DRCNet, and we
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Great Drug War: And Rational Proposals to Turn the Tide," also free
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Issue #417
-- 1/6/06
Editorial:
Arguments
Best
Set
to
Rest
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Feature:
Rhode
Island
Overrides
Governor's
Veto
to
Become
11th
State
Okaying
Medical
Marijuana
|
Feature:
Medical
Marijuana
Refugee
Running
Out
of
Time,
Options
|
Feature:
Congressional
Budget-Cutting
Extends
Even
to
Drug
War
Sacred
Cows
|
Feature:
Reformers
Focus
on
Colorado,
Nevada
to
Free
the
Weed
in
2006
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Methamphetamine:
Tennessee
Creates
Meth
Offender
Registry
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Sativex
Wins
FDA
Approval
for
Trials
in
US
|
Europe:
Ketamine
Now
Illegal
in
England
|
Latin
America:
DEA
to
Expand
into
Guyana
|
World-Wide:
This
Year's
Global
Marijuana
March
is
Coming
to
a
City
Near
You
May
6
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New
DRCNet
Book
Offer:
"Tulia:
Race,
Cocaine,
and
Corruption
in
a
Small
Texas
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Web
Scan:
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine
on
the
DEA
vs.
Oregon's
Right
to
Die
Law
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
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Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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