Drug use was a fact of life in the African-American community of Tulia, Texas—but when it became common in white neighborhoods, too, civic leaders grew alarmed. In 1999 they brought in an undercover agent, later found to be a racist with a criminal record, to conduct a sting operation. Dozens of black citizens were rounded up, given perfunctory trials, and handed down unusually stiff sentences of up to 99 years behind bars. This program profiles the Texas sting operation that seemed to be more of a war on blacks than a war on drugs, examining the ties between race, poverty, and the criminal justice system that the incident implies.

Harry A. Sprague Library Collection

Coleman, Thomas Roland, Drug control -- Texas -- Tulia, Drug traffic -- Investigation -- Texas -- Tulia, Police corruption -- Texas -- Tulia, False imprisonment -- Texas -- Tulia, Judicial error -- Texas -- Tulia, Discrimination in law enforcement -- Texas -- Tulia, Racial profiling in law enforcement -- Texas -- Tulia, Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Texas -- Tulia, Tulia (Tex.) -- Race relations, Trials (Perjury) -- Texas

Herrman, Cassandra (director), Whalen, Kelly (producer), ., Mike (composer), Peckham, Linda (editor), Independent Television Service (producer)

00:53:38 (HH:MM:SS)

English

higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

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2008-01-01

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