Pubdate: Thu, 25 Mar 2004
Source: Amarillo Globe-News (TX)
Copyright: 2004 Amarillo Globe-News
Contact:  http://amarillonet.com/
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Author: Dennis DuBois

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
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