News (Media Awareness Project) - US TX: PUB LTE: Tulia Sting In A Nutshell |
| Title: | US TX: PUB LTE: Tulia Sting In A Nutshell |
| Published On: | 2004-03-25 |
| Source: | Amarillo Globe-News (TX) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-18 14:02:24 |
TULIA DRUG STING IN A NUTSHELL
Let me see if I have this right. The Tulia drug defendants (and their
lawyers) claim that Tom Coleman came to the town, opened the phone book and
began randomly selecting names.
After lengthy and exhaustive investigation (to determine that most of them
were black, not that they were selling drugs), he finally settled on an end
number of 46. Of this number (through racial profiling) he ensured that the
large majority (39 of the 46) were black.
Then, without any other evidence or corroboration, he announced that they
had sold drugs.
End of case.
Dennis DuBois
Amarillo
Let me see if I have this right. The Tulia drug defendants (and their
lawyers) claim that Tom Coleman came to the town, opened the phone book and
began randomly selecting names.
After lengthy and exhaustive investigation (to determine that most of them
were black, not that they were selling drugs), he finally settled on an end
number of 46. Of this number (through racial profiling) he ensured that the
large majority (39 of the 46) were black.
Then, without any other evidence or corroboration, he announced that they
had sold drugs.
End of case.
Dennis DuBois
Amarillo
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