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A Book That I Wanted to Like But Did Not - [27 Apr 2009]
This is a book about racism and the drug wars. I really wanted to like this book because the subject matter is so provocative and important. Instead, I was frustrated and bored to tears. The book should have focused on the profiling, crooked police, and...
subject matter is so provocative and important. Instead, I was frustrated and bored to tears...
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this is a really good book! - [08 Nov 2008]
This is one of those books that I could not put down. It was an entertaining true account of justice gone awry. The ending was very satisfying.
of justice gone awry. The ending was very satisfying.
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Great Investigative Reporting - [04 Aug 2008]
Nate Blakeslee's "Tulia" tells the story of dozens of people, mostly black, who were arrested in 1999 for selling cocaine in Tulia, Texas. There was insufficient evidence that the defendants were guilty, and the undercover narcotics investigator who brought...
in 1999 for selling cocaine in Tulia, Texas. There was insufficient evidence that the defendants...
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Great and thought provoking read. - [25 Dec 2007]
I don't usually read this kind of stuff but picked this up after talking with one of the characters in this book. Very readable and balanced. I'd never have intentionally read a book where lawyers and the ACLU were the good guys but this was an excellent...
in this book. Very readable and balanced. I'd never have intentionally read a book...
www.amazon.com/review/RFLCHZ1EBNGRK...
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Judicial Review of a small Texas town - [23 Aug 2007]
I am still reading this book, which requires the reader to really digest what is being said. Take about a miscarriage of justice, and the time it took to get it right. Every chapter I have read, I have said to myself "unbelievable." I suggest that everyone...
Take about a miscarriage of justice, and the time it took to get it right. Every chapter...
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Mixed Emotions - [21 Jul 2007]
Coming from a small South Arkansas town, I had mixed emotions reading this book. As a licensed attorney, the obvious abuses of criminal and constitutional law are indeed disturbing. I am not without empathy however for the jury members and town folks ...
attorney, the obvious abuses of criminal and constitutional law are indeed disturbing....
www.amazon.com/review/R105CI5DWX...
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Separate and unequal justice under law - [06 Feb 2007]
This is an excellent book. As the definitive treatment of the notorious cocaine stings in Tulia, Texas, it shocks our conscience by revealing how racism still plagues our society and how the unequal application of justice made famous in such books as ...
Tulia, Texas, it shocks our conscience by revealing how racism still plagues our society and...
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Perfect storm in Tulia . . . - [29 Nov 2006]
It's sometimes hard to think of books that look kindly on West Texas, from Dorothy Scarborough's "The Wind" to H. G. Bissinger's "Friday Night Lights." Add "Tulia" to the list. Its story of overzealous, small-town justice casts a harsh light of judgment...
s "The Wind" to H. G. Bissinger's "Friday Night Lights." Add "Tulia" to the list. Its ...
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Definitely Recommend - [30 Oct 2006]
A compelling account of a corrupt drug bust initiated by the panhandle town of Tulia, Texas. To summarize, in 1999 the city of Tulia hired a police officer to go undercover and initiate drug buys. The sheriff who hired him knew that the cop had a prior...
To summarize, in 1999 the city of Tulia hired a police officer to go undercover and initiate...
www.amazon.com/review/R45F52T7MB...
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...And justice for all - [17 Oct 2006]
What an amazing read; I had this book saved on my wish list entirely TOO LONG. I was intrigued when I first heard of the case on ABC's 20/20 program and Nate's book was a sparkling expose. I disdain using the word racism because it only seems to promote...
when I first heard of the case on ABC's 20/20 program and Nate's book was a sparkling ...
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