Książka Tulia Nate Blakeslee

Tulia

Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2006
strony
480
EAN
9781586484545
ISBN
1586484540
Enbook ID
04825070
Waga
431
Wymiary
140 x 210 x 28

Pełny opis

In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. The operation, a federally-funded investigation performed in cooperation with the local authorities, was based on the work of one notoriously unreliable undercover officer. At trial, the prosecution relied almost solely on the uncorroborated, and contradictory, testimony of that officer, Tom Coleman. Despite the flimsiness of the evidence against them, virtually all of the defendants were convicted and given sentences as high as ninety-nine years. Tom Coleman was named a Texas Lawman of the Year for his work. Tulia is the story of this town, the bust, the trials, and the heroic legal battle that ultimately led to the reversal of the convictions in the summer of 2003. Laws have been changed in Texas as a result of the scandal, and the defendants have earned a measure of bittersweet redemption. But the story is much bigger than the tale of just one bust. As Tulia makes clear, these events are the latest chapter in a story with themes as old as the country itself. It is a gripping, marvelously well-told tale about injustice, race, poverty, hysteria, and desperation in rural America.

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