Tulia [electronic resource] : race, cocaine, and corruption in a small Texas town / Nate Blakeslee.
Blakeslee, Nate, 1970-
2005
HV8079.N3 B55 2005eb
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Title Tulia [electronic resource] : race, cocaine, and corruption in a small Texas town / Nate Blakeslee.
Author Blakeslee, Nate, 1970-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780786735464 (electronic book)
9781586484545
158648219X
9781586482190
Imprint New York : Public Affairs, c2005.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 456 p.) : ill.
Call Number HV8079.N3 B55 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 345.764/8380277
Summary Those familiar with the travesty of justice that led to multiple bogus drug arrests in the small Texas town of Tulia only from newspaper accounts will be outraged anew at this eye-opening narrative that bears comparison to such courtroom and litigation classics as A Civil Action. This devastating indictment of the toll taken by the war on drugs, viewed through the prism of one small community, is a masterpiece of true crime writing. Award-winning reporter Blakeslee broke the story for the Texas Observer in 2000 and has produced a definitive account, deftly weaving the history of the growth and decline of Tulia with the stories of those caught up in the racist frame by narcotics officer Tom Coleman.
Note Includes index.
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Prologue: March 20, 2003
Busted
The richest land and the finest people
Bootie's empire
The mayor of Vigo
"Deep cover"
Officer of the year
Donnie Smith
Freddie Brookins Jr.
One riot, one ranger
Black cards and white cards
The jump out boys
Sin and redemption
East meets west
Doing time
The tide turns
The "Dream Team"
The hearing
Negotiation
Out the front door
Epilogue: Summer 2005.

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