60 Minutes Rewind: Tulia, Texas – A Miscarriage of Justice Uncovered
Until the spotlight turned to Tulia, Texas, it was an unremarkable town. That changed when Tom Coleman, an undercover narcotics officer, arrested 46 people, nearly all Black, on cocaine dealing charges, resulting in a combined sentence of 750 years in prison. This remained until the Governor of Texas intervened, pardoning the accused after a judge labeled Coleman a liar who falsified evidence, a thief, and a racist.
Who is Tom Coleman? Coleman, a former rodeo cowboy with a checkered law enforcement history and no experience in undercover narcotics, was hired by the local
