“It is not an overstatement to describe the arrests in Tulia as an atrocity. The entire operation was the work of a single police officer who claimed to have conducted an 18-month undercover operation. 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.”
New York Times | Kafka in Tulia
More here Color of Justice and here: Round Two in Tulia
Jesus. Welcome to the 21st century ladies and gentlemen.

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“Best British Blog award”
I’m not taking part in this, I never even considered it. Even if I ran an in anyway readable decent blog I still wouldn’t even think about. The contraversy going on around it however has been interesting and this to and fro between some interested and involved parties is interesting. Check it out: Guardian Unlimited | Weblog competition a ‘bloody stupid idea’?