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On 06/07/98, during the nighttime hours, the subject[John William King] and co-defendants, Lawrence Brewer and Shawn Allen Berry, murdered James Byrd Jr., a 49-

On 06/07/98, during the nighttime hours, the subject[John William King] and co-defendants, Lawrence Brewer and Shawn Allen Berry, murdered James Byrd Jr., a 49-year old black male, by dragging the victim behind their 1982 gray Ford pickup truck, located on Huff Creek Road, in Jasper, Texas. The subject and the co-defendants picked the victim up while he was hitchhiking in Jasper.

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vkou 4y ago
Would it be on-topic to point out that some prominent Texan politicians - who have direct responsibility for war crimes that have killed... A lot more people - are free men, today? There are a lot of awful people who have done a lot of awful things in the world. Despite being an awful person, he is quite correct in observing that not all of them get treated proportionally to the suffering and misery and pain that they have inflicted.
- calvinmorrison 4y ago
  the #1 cause of death in the world, in the entire history of the earth, is democide.
  - ashwagary 4y ago
    I agree but prefer the phrase "mass murder by a state".
- googlryas 4y ago
  Who are you speaking about specifically?
  - LarryMullins 4y ago
    The Bushes perhaps (who are from Connecticut.)
Zak 4y ago
Instead of taking Byrd home, the three men took Byrd to a remote county road out of town, beat him severely, spray-painted his face, urinated and defecated on him, and chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for about three miles (five kilometers) on Huff Creek Road (County Road 278). ... In a jailhouse letter to Brewer that was intercepted by jail officials, King expressed pride in the crime and said that he realized while committing the murder that he might have to die. "Regardless of the outcome of this, we have made history. Death before dishonor. Sieg Heil!" King wrote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr. I am against capital punishment, but John William King was a terrible person, and I am glad that he is dead.

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vkou 4y ago

Would it be on-topic to point out that some prominent Texan politicians - who have direct responsibility for war crimes that have killed... A lot more people - are free men, today? There are a lot of awful people who have done a lot of awful things in the world. Despite being an awful person, he is quite correct in observing that not all of them get treated proportionally to the suffering and misery and pain that they have inflicted.

calvinmorrison 4y ago
the #1 cause of death in the world, in the entire history of the earth, is democide.
- ashwagary 4y ago
  I agree but prefer the phrase "mass murder by a state".
googlryas 4y ago
Who are you speaking about specifically?
- LarryMullins 4y ago
  The Bushes perhaps (who are from Connecticut.)

Zak 4y ago

Instead of taking Byrd home, the three men took Byrd to a remote county road out of town, beat him severely, spray-painted his face, urinated and defecated on him, and chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for about three miles (five kilometers) on Huff Creek Road (County Road 278). ... In a jailhouse letter to Brewer that was intercepted by jail officials, King expressed pride in the crime and said that he realized while committing the murder that he might have to die. "Regardless of the outcome of this, we have made history. Death before dishonor. Sieg Heil!" King wrote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr. I am against capital punishment, but John William King was a terrible person, and I am glad that he is dead.