The headlights a block behind Bud "Jimmy" Sawyer Jr. flashed from dim to bright to dim to bright again. At 12:40 in the morning, November 17, 1992, Jimmy was looking to buy crack cocaine, a plentiful commodity in his northeast Houston neighborhood where gunshots could be heard even before sunset. Jimmy had turned at the intersection of Parker Road and Shady Lane where dealers usually loitered in a convenience store parking lot and in the park... More >>>