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To: Bill who wrote (18555)	7/30/2002 7:25:27 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I find your defense of the conduct in this case fascinating and surprising, based on the kind of person I perceived you to be up until rather recently. One woman did this and the prosecutor dropped the charges. Nope, not right: "Billy Don Wafer, was able to prove — through employee time sheets and his boss's testimony — that he was working at the time he was alleged by Mr. Coleman to have been selling cocaine. And the local district attorney, Terry McEachern, had to dismiss the case against a man named Yul Bryant after it was learned that Mr. Coleman had described him as a tall black man with bushy hair. Mr. Bryant was 5-foot-6 and bald." From Arianna: "Since the bust, Coleman's credibility has come under withering fire. Branded a "compulsive liar" by former coworkers and unfit for law enforcement work by a sheriff he once served under, Coleman was even arrested for theft in the middle of the Tulia operation, but, amazingly, was still allowed to continue his undercover work. And the prosecution continued to trust him and rely on his word even after it was proven that he had perjured himself on the stand." A disconcerting quote: ".... "Well, there are whole task forces of Tom Colemans out there." (Not disconcerting to you, though, I'm sure.)

To: Bill who wrote (18555)	7/30/2002 7:56:41 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Oh, there's ever so much material on the man whose case you certainly do appear to be most anxious not to have doubt cast doubt on! He was recently fired from another narc job in Dallas County, accused of sexually harassing one of his informants, then revealing her name to drug suspects after she refused to give him sex. And it seems that Coleman's questionable past was barred from discussion during the trials! A shame, since his word was entirely uncorroborated, and was the sole basis for those people having their lives and families ruined! I wonder why no drugs, weapons or money were found when they raided those people. None. If they raided that many houses within a quarter mile of us in the nice neighborhood in which we live, I'm sure they'd find money, and a few guns, and, I dare say, some drugs, too!

To: Bill who wrote (18555)	7/30/2002 7:58:19 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

You posted this: "The arrests were made solely on the word of this officer, Tom Coleman, a white man with a wretched work history, who routinely referred to black people as "niggers" and who frequently found himself in trouble with the law." ~"I found no evidence to support the racial claims above."~ I see you glossed over the wretched work history and Coleman's frequent troubles with the law, and say "I found no evidence to support the racial claims above." Bill, what "evidence" were you seeking, and how did you go about conducting that investigation of yours as a result of which you appear to dismiss the "racial claims above"?

To: Bill who wrote (18555)	7/30/2002 8:13:44 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I'm helping you in your tireless investigation of the evidence! Here's a bit more detail. Odd circumstances!: From Coleman's testimony, undercover work sounds awfully unvarying. Almost uniformly, Coleman's 100-plus alleged drug buys during 18 months in Tulia were powder cocaine, the most expensive form; little crack or marijuana. Ninety-nine of the hundred were a uniform few grams each. Every sale was to Coleman directly, none to other parties witnessed by him. Even though many defendants lived in trailer homes or in public housing, almost all the alleged drug sales occurred within 1,000 feet of a school or park harvesting long jail-sentence convictions for several defendants and horrible plea bargains for others. All occurred in the throbbing burg of Tulia itself; not on the outskirts, not in fields, not on the highway. Defense attorneys have filed to get all the evidentiary cocaine tested. Falling under the beyond-the-bizarre column is the result that much of the "cocaine" has turned out to be powdered drywall. mapinc.org