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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road.
April 24 (Reuters) - A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious U.S. hate crimes of modern ...
John William King was executed on Thursday for the killing of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, Texas, in 1998. White supremacist executed in Texas for brutal dragging death of black man [Video] Skip to ...
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was set to be executed Wednesday for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. nearly 21 years ago.
In some cases the desecration is racially motivated, like in the 2004 case of two white teens who desecrated the grave of James Byrd, Jr (a black man who was dragged to death) in Jasper, Texas. The teens were charged with criminal mischief after scrawling profanities on a steel plate and knocking over his grave marker. Grave reuse
James Byrd comment. On February 24, 1999, after a year at WARW (now WIAD), Tracht made a comment about James Byrd Jr., who was murdered in 1998 by being dragged behind a pickup truck by three white men, two determined to be white supremacists. The day before, jurors had convicted John William King of Byrd's murder.
Dragging death. Execution of Brunhilda of Austrasia. A dragging death is a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal, whether accidental or as a deliberate act of murder. [1]
The case of James Byrd Jr. dates back to 1998. Like Arbery, Byrd had been murdered by three white men. Byrd accepted a ride from Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer and John King, all of whom were white ...