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"Given the fact that 38 were arrested in a sweep, almost all of them black, by a white cop, in Texas, no video, no audio -- and here come the international media along with every black advocate known to man who wouldn't miss the oppotunity."

You are leaving out the fact that some of the people he accused had solid alibis. At least one was acquitted at trial. Coleman's former boss declared on the stand that he was a liar. A prosecutor even testified that the man was a liar. He was the kind of guy who would run up debts and leave town without paying them. He even had a warrant issued against him for stealing gas which he took care of by paying the money he owed. At a motion for new trials hearing several of his former co-workers testified that he was racist, irresponsible, dishonest and paranoid. The judge at that hearing adjourned the trial before allowing Coleman to finish testifying. Later the judge announced that "Tom Coleman is simply not a credible witness under oath."

Coleman was convicted of perjury by a jury of his peers who had heard all of the evidence. He is a proven liar, and there were instances where the people he accused of making drug transactions with him were nowhere near where he claimed them to be at the time of the transactions. The people who were convicted were convicted on his word alone, the word of a liar. Many of them may have been dealing drugs, but if we allow people to be convicted on nothing but the word of liars, we're going to see alot of innocent people convicted in the end and there aren't many things worse that can happen to someone than to be forced to spend several years of their lives in prison because some man with a badge lied about them.

It is obvious that you don't care if innocent people go to prison as long as some drug dealers go along with them. To you, the ends justify the means.

"You are leaving out the fact that some of the people he accused had solid alibis."

42 arrests. Charges were dropped on some. 38 convictions.

"The people who were convicted were convicted on his word alone, the word of a liar."

Was he convicted of lying during those trials? Was he even charged with lying at those trials?

Nope and nope.

Plus, 27 people pled guilty without Coleman testifying.

"as long as some drug dealers go along with them"

Hmmmm. Some posters on this thread said none of them were guilty. Now you come along and say "some" were. Which ones?