Deleted Tweets From Mike Siegel, D-Texas

After @JohnCornyn won his election, the probe was quietly ended in April 2003 by none other than @GregAbbott_TX. Although the AG report was never made public, leaks showed the investigation concluded that racism was NOT a factor in the arrests!

“It’s an indictment of the War on Drugs, it’s the way the War on Drugs is being fought. Washington is passing out money, & nobody is supervising how it's being spent applying the standards to these undercover operations.” https://t.co/D7PFjm5Yhi

In April 2003, a Dallas judge threw out all 38 convictions, & the final 12 defendants were released that June. A $6M settlement was reached -- a paltry sum for families ruined by years wrongfully locked behind bars. https://t.co/Sw1qpWAIZJ

Judge Ron Chapman concluded Coleman “was the most devious, non-responsive law enforcement witness this court has witnessed in 25 years on the bench in Texas." Coleman got off with a lone perjury charge w/ 10 months probation & he was barred from law enforcement. https://t.co/xIPb1EWM1D

For YEARS, drug warrior @repmccaul actively delayed justice by COVERING UP for a racist cop who destroyed dozens of families. McCaul went to Congress to export drug wars internationally & co-architect the Muslim ban & family separation policy. #TX10 https://t.co/VUUAfsMfZt QT @RepMcCaul: Drugs smugglers, violent gangs like MS-13, human traffickers, and even potential terrorists are overwhelming our so… https://t.co/lbpAY0CR62)

Thanks to leadership from @repmccaul, @johncornyn, & @gregabbott_tx, racist policing continues unabated, fueling this New Jim Crow era of mass incarceration that has brought our country to a boiling point. Sadly, #Tulia was just one part of a wider story of systemic rot. https://t.co/9pjajbvSkq

As @grits4breakfast noted in 2004, a ‘Tulia-style’ bust of 72 alleged “crack dealers” took place in Anderson County: https://t.co/UvQ4m06Dth & we’re just now learning how #GeorgeFloyd was similarly targeted by a now-disgraced Houston cop: https://t.co/91X0Mbu3PH

Our campaign is taking on Mike McCaul because #BlackLivesMatter & because undoing institutional racism is the task at hand in this historic moment. As a civil rights attorney, I’ve fought against racist police policies & won. Help us replace him this November. #TX10

In April 2003, a Dallas Judge threw out all 38 convictions, & the final 12 defendants were released that June. A $6M settlement was reached -- a paltry sum for families ruined by years wrongfully locked behind bars. https://t.co/Sw1qpWAIZJ

Judge Ron Chapman concluded Coleman “was the most devious, non-responsive law enforcement witness this court has witnessed in 25 years on the bench in Texas." Coleman got off with a lone perjury charge w/ 10 months probation & he was barred from law enforcement. https://t.co/0Sfmgj59pl

For YEARS, drug warrior @repmccaul actively delayed justice by COVERING UP for a racist cop who destroyed dozens of families. McCaul went to Congress to export drug wars internationally & co-architect the Muslim ban & family separation policy. #TX10 https://t.co/VUUAfsMfZt QT @RepMcCaul: Drugs smugglers, violent gangs like MS-13, human traffickers, and even potential terrorists are overwhelming our so… https://t.co/lbpAY0CR62)

Thanks to leadership from @repmccaul, @johncornyn, & @gregabbott_tx, racist policing continues unabated, fueling this New Jim Crow era of mass incarceration that has brought our country to a boiling point. Sadly, #Tulia was just one part of a wider story of systemic rot. https://t.co/qy1vXBdMe2

As @grits4breakfast noted in 2004, a ‘Tulia-style’ bust of 72 alleged “crack dealers” took place in Anderson County: https://t.co/UvQ4m06Dth & we’re just now learning how #GeorgeFloyd was similarly targeted by a now-disgraced Houston cop: https://t.co/91X0Mbu3PH

Our campaign is taking on Mike McCaul because #BlackLivesMatter & because undoing institutional racism is the task at hand in this historic moment. As a civil rights attorney, I’ve fought against racist police policies & won. Help us replace him this November. #TX10

It wasn’t until @vanitaguptaCR at @NAACP_LDF got the attention of @BenHerbert at @nytimes that sufficient national attention finally materialized. Herbert began writing nearly a dozen articles on the case, starting with “Kafka in Tulia” in July of 2002. https://t.co/04lUnReaH1

The @ACLU rejected @repmccaul’s excuse noting: https://t.co/KHiSC71tDP https://t.co/K8eQ92zXea

In response to calls for state-level action, @repmccaul told @ACLU on Aug 1st, 2001 that any investigation by the Texas AG office would be “duplicative” of the DOJ. The ACLU called out the AG as “shirking his responsibility in the most shameless manner.” https://t.co/KHiSC71tDP

Unfortunately, soon after George W. Bush stole the 2000 election, the John Ashcoft-led DOJ effectively buried the #Tulia investigation.

Then in October, the @ACLU, @NAACP & the William Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice pushed the US Department of Justice to open a probe into the Panhandle Task Force. https://t.co/EBuhALCdgU

In July 2000, an article by @Nate_Blakeslee in the @TexasObserver exposed the #Tulia travesty. It was subsequently covered in @nytimes, @latimes, @thenation, @inthesetimesmag, @washingtonpost, @salon, @Harpers, @ap, @reuters, @democracynow & more https://t.co/Ml24OnC40k

After @JohnCornyn won his election, the probe was quietly ended in April 2003 by none other than @GregAbbott_TX. Although the AG report was never made public, leaks showed the investigation concluded that racism was NOT a factor in the arrests!

“It’s an indictment of the War on Drugs, it’s the way the War on Drugs is being fought. Washington is passing out money, & nobody is supervising how it's being spent applying the standards to these undercover operations.” https://t.co/D7PFjm5Yhi

In April 2003, a Dallas judge threw out all 38 convictions, & the final 12 defendants were released that June. A $6M settlement was reached -- a paltry sum for families ruined by years wrongfully locked behind bars. https://t.co/Sw1qpWAIZJ

Judge Ron Chapman concluded Coleman “was the most devious, non-responsive law enforcement witness this court has witnessed in 25 years on the bench in Texas." Coleman got off with a lone perjury charge w/ 10 months probation & he was barred from law enforcement. https://t.co/xIPb1EWM1D

For YEARS, drug warrior @repmccaul actively delayed justice by COVERING UP for a racist cop who destroyed dozens of families. McCaul went to Congress to export drug wars internationally & co-architect the Muslim ban & family separation policy. #TX10 https://t.co/VUUAfsMfZt QT @RepMcCaul: Drugs smugglers, violent gangs like MS-13, human traffickers, and even potential terrorists are overwhelming our so… https://t.co/lbpAY0CR62)

Thanks to leadership from @repmccaul, @johncornyn, & @gregabbott_tx, racist policing continues unabated, fueling this New Jim Crow era of mass incarceration that has brought our country to a boiling point. Sadly, #Tulia was just one part of a wider story of systemic rot. https://t.co/9pjajbvSkq

As @grits4breakfast noted in 2004, a ‘Tulia-style’ bust of 72 alleged “crack dealers” took place in Anderson County: https://t.co/UvQ4m06Dth & we’re just now learning how #GeorgeFloyd was similarly targeted by a now-disgraced Houston cop: https://t.co/91X0Mbu3PH

Our campaign is taking on Mike McCaul because #BlackLivesMatter & because undoing institutional racism is the task at hand in this historic moment. As a civil rights attorney, I’ve fought against racist police policies & won. Help us replace him this November. #TX10

In April 2003, a Dallas Judge threw out all 38 convictions, & the final 12 defendants were released that June. A $6M settlement was reached -- a paltry sum for families ruined by years wrongfully locked behind bars. https://t.co/Sw1qpWAIZJ

Judge Ron Chapman concluded Coleman “was the most devious, non-responsive law enforcement witness this court has witnessed in 25 years on the bench in Texas." Coleman got off with a lone perjury charge w/ 10 months probation & he was barred from law enforcement. https://t.co/0Sfmgj59pl

For YEARS, drug warrior @repmccaul actively delayed justice by COVERING UP for a racist cop who destroyed dozens of families. McCaul went to Congress to export drug wars internationally & co-architect the Muslim ban & family separation policy. #TX10 https://t.co/VUUAfsMfZt QT @RepMcCaul: Drugs smugglers, violent gangs like MS-13, human traffickers, and even potential terrorists are overwhelming our so… https://t.co/lbpAY0CR62)

Thanks to leadership from @repmccaul, @johncornyn, & @gregabbott_tx, racist policing continues unabated, fueling this New Jim Crow era of mass incarceration that has brought our country to a boiling point. Sadly, #Tulia was just one part of a wider story of systemic rot. https://t.co/qy1vXBdMe2

As @grits4breakfast noted in 2004, a ‘Tulia-style’ bust of 72 alleged “crack dealers” took place in Anderson County: https://t.co/UvQ4m06Dth & we’re just now learning how #GeorgeFloyd was similarly targeted by a now-disgraced Houston cop: https://t.co/91X0Mbu3PH

Our campaign is taking on Mike McCaul because #BlackLivesMatter & because undoing institutional racism is the task at hand in this historic moment. As a civil rights attorney, I’ve fought against racist police policies & won. Help us replace him this November. #TX10

It wasn’t until @vanitaguptaCR at @NAACP_LDF got the attention of @BenHerbert at @nytimes that sufficient national attention finally materialized. Herbert began writing nearly a dozen articles on the case, starting with “Kafka in Tulia” in July of 2002. https://t.co/04lUnReaH1

The @ACLU rejected @repmccaul’s excuse noting: https://t.co/KHiSC71tDP https://t.co/K8eQ92zXea

In response to calls for state-level action, @repmccaul told @ACLU on Aug 1st, 2001 that any investigation by the Texas AG office would be “duplicative” of the DOJ. The ACLU called out the AG as “shirking his responsibility in the most shameless manner.” https://t.co/KHiSC71tDP

Unfortunately, soon after George W. Bush stole the 2000 election, the John Ashcoft-led DOJ effectively buried the #Tulia investigation.

Then in October, the @ACLU, @NAACP & the William Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice pushed the US Department of Justice to open a probe into the Panhandle Task Force. https://t.co/EBuhALCdgU

In July 2000, an article by @Nate_Blakeslee in the @TexasObserver exposed the #Tulia travesty. It was subsequently covered in @nytimes, @latimes, @thenation, @inthesetimesmag, @washingtonpost, @salon, @Harpers, @ap, @reuters, @democracynow & more https://t.co/Ml24OnC40k