Undercover Narcotics Officer Accused Of Lying, Racism TULIA, Texas - Applause broke out in a packed courtroom Monday after 13 convicted drug offenders -- 11 of them black -- were released without bail by a judge who was told they had spent nearly four years behind bars because of a racist policeman who was a ``cancer'' within the justice system. ``It's good to be out,'' said a smiling Jason Jerome Williams, standing outside the Swisher County courthouse after being freed by visiting state District Judge Ron Chapman. ``I'm going to see my little girl tomorrow,'' Williams said. [continues 260 words]
Judge Releases 12 Convicted Of Drug-Dealing After They Served Nearly Four Years Indicted Former Narcotics Officer Who Built Cases Called 'Cancer' On Justice System TULIA - Applause broke out in a packed courtroom Monday after 12 people convicted of dealing drugs -- 11 of whom are black -- were released without bail by a judge who was told they had spent nearly four years behind bars because of a racist policeman who was a "cancer" within the justice system. "It's good to be out," said a smiling Jason Jerome Williams, standing outside the Swisher County courthouse after being freed by visiting state District Judge Ron Chapman. "I'm going to see my little girl tomorrow," Williams said. [continues 843 words]
FORT WORTH - It was Sept. 12, and the country was reeling from the terrorist attacks as Mohammed Jaweed Azmath and Ayub Ali Khan sat on a train rolling toward Fort Worth. As the train approached, local police and federal officers assembled at the downtown Amtrak station, preparing to question the men as to why they had purchased one-way train tickets at the last minute, with cash, in St. Louis. The officers said in a report that they were looking for drug dealers, not for terrorists tied to the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and outside Washington. [continues 1348 words]
Eight San Antonio police officers, a Bexar County sheriff's deputy and a reserve constable were arrested Thursday morning on federal warrants accusing them of stealing government money, protecting narcotics shipments and transporting a substance they thought was cocaine -- sometimes while they were armed and in uniform. Federal agents made the arrests after an investigation that the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in San Antonio started in 1997. "We are sickened and shocked by the inexcusable actions of these officers," said San Antonio Police Chief Al Philippus. [continues 519 words]
FORT WORTH -- Hours before he died in a Fort Worth prison cell, Whitewater witness James McDougal complained of dizziness and became ill, but he was never seen by a doctor, according to a federal government report. McDougal, a felon and one of the first to withdraw his allegiance from his pal, President Clinton, was also separated from his heart medication when he was placed in an isolated cell, known as "The Hole," at the Federal Medical Center prison in south Fort Worth. [continues 716 words]
