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Tom Coleman, a seven-year CHP veteran, died instantly in the morning collision, which occurred two days after another highway patrol motorcycle officer was seriously hurt during a traffic stop on the 405 Freeway on L.A.'s Westside. That officer remains in critical condition Friday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Lord grant Eternal Peace to Officer Tom Coleman, and may Your Light shine upon him, forever. My deepest condolences to the family of Officer Tom Coleman; the California Highway Department; co-workers, and the community he served, on their tragic loss. Rest in Peace, Officer Coleman...You may now stand-down.
Former Texas state narcotics agent Tom Coleman goes on trial in Lubbock, accused of perjuring himself in criminal proceedings against pepole he arrested on drug charges in Tulia in late 1990's; 35 of the 38 defendants he arrested were granted pardons in 2003 by Gov Rick Perry after cases collapsed under judicial scrutiny; defendants are black and Coleman is white
$5-million civil settlement will end case involving arrest of 46 people, mostly black, on fabricated drug charges in Tulia, Texas; narcotics task force responsible for arrests will also be disbanded; Gov Rick Perry pardoned defendants, whose arrests were based on work of discredited undercover agent Tom Coleman; photo