Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (54 min.)) : sound, color |
Contents |
Drug hysteria -- Arrests -- Trials -- Crusading attorney -- Drug Task Force -- Town bigotry -- Campaigns to free convicted -- Coleman's credibility questioned -- Convicted released/Town response -- Conclusion and legacy |
Summary |
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. (54 minutes) A streaming videorecording |
Notes |
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2007 |
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Broadcast as an episode of Independent Lens on February 10, 2009, on PBS |
Credits |
Editor, Linda Peckham, Kenji Yamamoto ; camera, Cassandra Herrman ; music composer, Mike Semple |
Performer |
Tom Coleman, Freddie Brookins Sr., Bobby Keeter, Sue Riddick, Larry Stewart, Mimi McBroom, Terri Brookins, Freddie Brookins, Charles Kiker, Michelle White, Ricky White, Pattie Brookins, Gary Gardner, Nate Blakeslee, Jeff Blackburn, Rev. Edwin Sanders, Ron Chapman, Alberta Williams, Rod Hobson |
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In English; closed-captioned |
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Videodisc (DVD) version record |
Subject |
Coleman, Thomas Roland.
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SUBJECT |
Coleman, Thomas Roland fast |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Texas -- Tulia
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Discrimination in law enforcement -- Texas -- Tulia
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Police corruption -- Texas -- Tulia
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False imprisonment -- Texas -- Tulia
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Drug traffic -- Investigation -- Texas -- Tulia
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Racial profiling in law enforcement -- Texas -- Tulia
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Drug control -- Texas -- Tulia
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
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Judicial error -- Texas -- Swisher County
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Trials (Perjury) -- Texas
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Crime and race -- United States
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Race discrimination -- Texas -- Swisher County
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Crime and race
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Economic aspects
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration
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Discrimination in law enforcement
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Drug control
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Drug traffic -- Investigation
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False imprisonment
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Judicial error
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Police corruption
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Race discrimination
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Race relations
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Racial profiling in law enforcement
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Trials (Perjury)
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SUBJECT |
Tulia (Tex.) -- Race relations
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Texas
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Texas -- Swisher County
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Texas -- Tulia
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Streaming video
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documentary film.
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Nonfiction films
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Nonfiction films.
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Streaming video.
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Documentary films.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Herrman, Cassandra, filmmaker.
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Whalen, Kelly, filmmaker.
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Independent Television Service, production company
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sponsoring body.
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California Newsreel (Firm), production company.
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Films Media Group.
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