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Archive for March 29th, 2007

29 Mar

Of Race and Justice

 
Some cases illustrate the most devastating effects of racism in the American justice system. Take what happened in Tulia, Texas, for example. In July 1999, 46 people, 43 of them black, were arrested based on the completely uncorroborated word of  Tom Coleman, a white, inexperienced, undercover narcotics officer, temporarily employed by the local police department. [...]