Posted on Sep 16th, 2005

VIDEO: Hearne, Tx: Scenes from the drug war

Almost 15% of Hearne's young black male population was arrested in a swat-style drug raid in November 2000. As a result, 27 African Americans were charged with felony-level cocaine sales. A federally funded regional narcotics task force conducted the investigation against all of them using a schizophrenic, cocaine-addicted, criminal-turned-informant to make drug deals and testify against them. Once the informant admitted that he fabricated evidence and lied during his testimony, the DA was forced to dismiss charges against those who had not already pled guilty.