Number	22381
Subject	Racial Profiling
Source	Austin Chronicle
State	TX
Year	2005
Publication Date	10/21/05
Summary	Police and the DA in Jackson County, Texas, ran a series of drug busts for minor infractions. All of the suspects were African-Americans and were intimidated into pleading guilty rather than face much harsher sentences. The entire sting operation was based on the testimony of a single confidential police informant. Civil rights lawyers are now involved in trying to remedy some of the most flagrant miscarriages of justice.
Category	Computer-Assisted Reporting
Pages	14
Keywords	Minorities;selective prosecution;racism;drug arrests; racial profiling
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