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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (46358)	10/14/2000 9:55:20 PM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 769667

What's Bush got to say about this in his own backyard.......... ACLU, NAACP files complaint with Department of Justice on drug bust By Natalie Gott Associated Press AUSTIN -- Two civil rights groups on Friday filed a complaint with the Department of Justice over a 1999 drug bust in Tulia that some say was racially motivated. The complaint by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union was announced at news conferences in Amarillo and in Austin. Of the 43 people arrested in the bust, 40 were black and the other three, two whites and a Hispanic, are said to have ties to the black community. Tulia is a farming community of about 5,000, of which approximately 246 are black. "To have these numbers in a town of 246 African Americans, to have 40 adults . . . that have allegedly engaged in drug trafficking would suggest something to you about Tulia that we know is not true," said Gary Bledsoe, president of the NACCP of Texas. "We don't think Tulia is the drug haven of the world." The compliant alleges that Swisher County sheriff Larry Stewart and other law enforcement officials selectively targeted the black community in the sting. The arrests, all at dawn on July 23, 1999, came after an undercover police officer alleged that he made over 100 purchases of illegal narcotics, mainly cocaine, the complaint said. However, no drugs, money or weapons were seized in the roundup, the complaint said. The complaint noted that there is no information to back up the undercover agent's word that he bought the drugs. The agent, Tom Coleman, did not wear a wire, no video surveillance was conducted and no other officer backed up his reports, the complaint said. "The result has been the ethnic cleansing of young male blacks of Tulia," the compliant said. "Dozens of children have been left parentless and are being raised by other family members." Of those arrested in the bust, 17 have pleaded guilty and 11 have been convicted. Last month, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of Yul Bryant, who was arrested in July 1999 for allegedly selling cocaine just a few months earlier. His case was dropped when Swisher County District Attorney Terry McEachern found out that Coleman was not 100 percent sure that he had purchased cocaine from Bryant. Stewart did not immediately return telephone messages left by The Associated Press.

To: ColtonGang who wrote (46358)	10/14/2000 9:57:02 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769667

This desperate attempt by Gore lovers to paint Texas a wasteland won't work. The public has already seen two debates where Gore looked like a simple-minded fool. And the worst thing for your team is, there is one more debate left. Better luck in 4 years.