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Murder of James Byrd Jr. James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an American Black 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 ...
Apr 25, 2019 · James Byrd Jr's killer executed for notorious 1998 hate crime. One of three men convicted for the murder in 1998 of James Byrd Jr, one of modern America's worst hate crimes, has been executed in ...
Sep 6, 2024 · Murder of James Byrd, Jr., killing of James Byrd, Jr., an African American man, on June 7, 1998, in the East Texas town of Jasper. Byrd was dragged to his death after being chained by the ankles to the back of a pickup truck by three white men (John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn Allen Berry).
- Lorenzo M. Boyd
Apr 24, 2019 · John King was convicted in the dragging death of a 49-year-old black man, one of the most gruesome hate crimes in modern U.S. history. Two decades later, Jasper residents struggle with what happened.
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Sep 25, 2015 · James Byrd Jr. was an African American man whose racially motivated murder in 1998 made national headlines and sparked legislative changes. ... Why the Menendez Brothers Killed Their Parents. Lyle ...
Apr 24, 2019 · CNN —. A man who helped carry out the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. – one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history – was executed by injection on Wednesday evening in a ...
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Apr 24, 2019 · John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on ...
