Alleged intimidation of Hearne business owner by DA's investigator

A few days before the film "American Violet" was screened in Hearne, Texas, a local business owner says he was the target of intimidation by an investigator from the Robertson County District Attorney's office because of a poster advertising the film.

The business owner refused to take the poster down.

The film is based on real life events in which an African-American woman was wrongfully swept up in a military-style drug raid. The charges against her were dismissed and with the help of the ACLU she, and others, later sued the district attorney's office for racial discrimination.

For more about the film, visit www.americanviolet.com. For more about the real-life story the film is based on, visit www.reginakelly.com.

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[spunky6180]

THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED HANK IN HEARNE TEXAS ARE CRIMINALLY INSANE AND IT IS A COMPLETE FARCE THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN JAILED! ALLOWED TO WALK FREE! WHY IS IT THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM JOHN PASCHALL DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALLOWING IT? NOT UPHOLDING THE OATH THEY TOOK? HANK WAS A GREAT HUMAN BEING. SPINELESS COWARDS DESERVE DEATH PENALTY!

[MegaAbouttime]

You have the right and thank God you stood up for them

[kszoo1]

A courageous man. When enough people have the character and guts to stand up for whats right like this, real change will occur. Too many of us are afraid.