🐙 Compañero Allende · @morpheo
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Texas Observer Lives! · @TexasObserver
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In one morning's work, a Panhandle prosecutor and his undercover narc busted three dozen black residents of #Tulia. ...
From the archives: Arguably one of our most important stories, an investigation into the shocking #racism of #police arrests in the tiny town of Tulia, #Texas: https://www.texasobserver.org/611-the-color-of-justice/
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Texas Observer · @TexasObserver
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Attorney Jeff Blackburn, a crusader for the innocent, fought injustices across #Texas in his improbable, utterly original, and often profane life.
A memorial for a social justice lawyer, from our senior writer Lise Olsen, who spoke to some of those who knew him best: https://www.texasobserver.org/remembering-a-social-justice-lawyer-extraordinaire/
(CW: Description of suicide)
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Allen Klosowski · @thebigklosowski
207 followers · 389 posts · Server toot.bldrweb.org@TexasObserver sad to hear. I remember this story well. Was living in Lubbock at the time and had many friends from #Tulia.
Texas Observer · @TexasObserver
10177 followers · 1615 posts · Server texasobserver.socialWe are saddened to learn about the death of Jeff Blackburn, the attorney who played such a vital role in #Tulia.
We wish all the best to his family and friends. May he rest in peace and power.
https://www.texasobserver.org/611-the-color-of-justice/
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