
Tulia
Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town
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James Boles
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Nate Blakeslee
Tulia is the story of the town, the bust, the trials, and the heroic legal battle to reverse the convictions that caught the attention of the nation in the spring of 2003. With a sure sense of history and of place, a great feel for the characters involved, and showdowns inside the courtroom and out.
Blakeslee's Tulia is contemporary journalism at its finest, and a thrilling read. The scandal changed the way narcotics enforcement is done in Texas, and has put the national drug war on trial at a time when incarceration rates in this country have never been higher. But the story is much bigger than the tale of just one bust. As Tulia makes clear, these events are the latest chapter in a story with themes as old as the country itself. It is a marvelously well-told tale about injustice, race, poverty, hysteria, desperation, and doing the right thing in America.
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"Tulia, in Blakeslee's rich and deeply satisfying telling, resembles nothing so much as a modern-day To Kill a Mockingbird, or would, that is, if the novel were a true story and Atticus had won." (The New York Times)
"Blakeslee's excellent and eminently readable book is a wonderful story of justice triumphant, but his vivid portrait of law enforcement gone wrong suggests that there are more Tulias than there are lawyers dedicated enough to expose them." (Washington Post)
"This devastating indictment of the toll taken by the war on drugs, viewed through the prism of one small community, is a masterpiece of true crime writing...this haunting work will leave many wondering how many other Tulias there are out there." (Publishers Weekly)
Nasty recording
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Stunning True-Life Courtroom Drama
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Story:
1) Hard to believe such blatant racism still defines many of our communities. Important reading for anyone concerned about rigged trials inflicted on minorities. Ridiculously draconian sentences meted out to nearly the entire black male population of poo-dunk Texas town inhabited by racist, cowardly, uninformed citizens and bigoted, avaricious, self-righteous district attorney and judge. An excellent companion to "The New Jim Crow."
2) Heartening that even in backwaters we find people who buck the system in support of marginalized people. These crusaders are my heroes. Now let's get some of those people to go after Trump. Maybe he will be impeached after all. Just need a few more representatives and senators with guts, which we seem to pitifully lack at present time.
3) Details--actually, too many details--make this story "textbook informative." Accordingly, an excellent reference, but light, casual reading it is not. Producer dropped the ball. This is not a dissertation or, at least for the lay public's needs, need (should) not be so. Could be cut about 30% with no loss in meaning. If such precious, minutely focused detail is necessary, then it could be presented in end notes, footnotes, glossary, or annotated elaborations.
4) An excellent candidate for summarizing overview and key points.
Injustice writ large.
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Would you listen to Tulia again? Why?
I will absolutely listen to this again. There is SO much information in this book. It gives the full picture of what happened here and why.Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The story of the Tulia scandal continued across the whole book, and there were some stops to backdate the history of certain parts of the story. It works very well to write a complex story in this way.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This is a sad and disheartening look at the dark and corrupt underbelly of this country. A very moving and depressing book. But necessary to read.Any additional comments?
This is probably the best true crime book I've read. The writing is lyrical, the narrator is fantastic. Great book.One of the best True Crime books I've ever read
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On a funny note, the interludes between chapters was a piano playing hymns. Because it is a predominantly church of Christ town and the main sleaze of corruption were members of the church of Christ yet the piano playing hymns was an extra blow as the church of Christ is Adamantly
This was a great one !
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Great read!
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A must listen.
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Nothing the Police ever does surprises me anymore
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Great and Important Book!
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It's still an astounding story and still worth listening to (or reading), but be prepared for a lot of players to be involved.
Can't tell the players without a program
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