Pubdate: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 Source: Amarillo Globe-News (TX) Copyright: 2002 Amarillo Globe-News Contact: http://amarillonet.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/13 Author: Joseph A. Graham THERE'S MORE TO TULIA DRUG BUST THAN HAS BEEN IN THE PAPERS Ruben Navarrette, in his Aug. 31 column, says the drug bust in Tulia was just racist and not an effort to rid a town of drugs. Some people in Tulia said the arrest of several underage people drinking beer was racist because most had Hispanic surnames. The prosecutor in Tulia must have been good to get juries to send people to prison for a very long time just on the word of a stranger. There had to be more that is not making the papers. I might be naive, but why would 34 of the 46 arrested plead guilty to crimes they did not commit? I do agree with Navarrette that Texas Attorney General John Cornyn opened an investigation into the arrests because he thinks he is losing votes in his bid for the U.S. Senate. Joseph A. Graham Amarillo - --- MAP posted-by: Beth