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Tulia, Texas / California Newsreel presents ; a film by Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen ; a co-production of Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced by Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coleman, Thomas Roland.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Texas--Tulia.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Discrimination in law enforcement--Texas--Tulia.
- Discrimination in law enforcement.
- Drug control--Texas--Tulia.
- Drug control.
- Drug traffic--Investigation--Texas--Tulia.
- Drug traffic.
- False imprisonment--Texas--Tulia.
- False imprisonment.
- Judicial error--Texas--Tulia.
- Judicial error.
- Police corruption--Texas--Tulia.
- Police corruption.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement--Texas--Tulia.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement.
- Trials (Perjury)--Texas.
- Trials (Perjury).
- Tulia (Tex.)--Race relations.
- Tulia (Tex.).
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (54 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2008.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Summary:
- In 1999, undercover narcotics agent Thomas Coleman was called in by Tulia's sheriff to conduct a sting operation. Of the 46 people indicted for dealing cocaine, 39 were black. Eight were convicted and sentenced to jail terms of 20 to 99 years. Thirty-eight agreed to plea bargains. After three years, attorneys finally won a hearing before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. On June 16, 2003, thirteen Tulia defendants were released from prison. Eventually, all the defendants were pardoned by the Governor. Coleman was found guilty of perjury, but was given a suspended sentence by the jury.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Broadcast as an episode of Independent Lens on February 10, 2009, on PBS.
- Originally produced as a documentary film in 2007.
- OCLC:
- 823894208
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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