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A man was lynched in east Texas by dragging him behind a truck, that was in the news in our lifetime (in 1998.) I was surprised they prosecuted the killers beca
by stevenwoo 6y ago
A man was lynched in east Texas by dragging him behind a truck, that was in the news in our lifetime (in 1998.) I was surprised they prosecuted the killers because prior to this, no white person even went to prison in Texas for killing a black person post reconstruction.
- SaintGhurka 6y ago>> no white person even went to prison in Texas for killing a black person post reconstruction That's astounding. Do you have a source for this?
- stevenwoo 6y agoYou can choose your own news sources but here's the wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr. It was pretty sickening to read the headlines in the newspapers at the time.