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Sheriff real, unintentional star of 'Tulia' film

By Gritsforbreakfast

The slew of drug arrests in Tulia in 1999 set off a wave of legal wrangling and political action that turned the state's criminal justice establishment on its ear, and ultimately resulted in the pardoning of dozens of wrongfully convicted people and the dismantling of Texas 50+ Byrne-grant funded drug task forces.Now, nearly a decade later, those ripples from the legal and political world are steadily filtering into the cultural milieu.Yesterday afternoon I attended the premier of a new documentary - Tulia, Texas - which opened at the SXSW film festival. Tulia activist Freddie Brookins and his wife, parents of one of those wrongfully arrested, along with Nate Blakeslee, author of a book on the case, attended and answered questions afterward...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).