by Drug Wars, Texas
Archive documenting the War on Drugs in Texas from the 1970s to the early 1990s, primarily focusing on law enforcement operations and arrests. These images, sourced from the Houston Chronicle and Associated Press archives, vividly capture the racialized enforcement of drug laws, showing interactions between police and suspects—many of whom appear to be people of color. Archive of 9 original silver gelatin press photographs with captions on verso.
A powerful image, likely from the 1980s, shows an undercover officer pinning a young Black man outside of an apartment complex to the ground, forcefully holding his chest down while pointing into the (truncated)
A powerful image, likely from the 1980s, shows an undercover officer pinning a young Black man outside of an apartment complex to the ground, forcefully holding his chest down while pointing into the (truncated)