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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.
Apr 25, 2019 · 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 Texas. Byrd, a black man, was beaten, chained to a truck...
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 · On Wednesday evening, John William King was executed at the Huntsville Prison in Huntsville, Texas, for his role in the gruesome and racist murder of James Byrd Jr. in the summer of 1998....
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Sep 25, 2015 · On June 7, 1998, James Byrd Jr. accepted a ride from three white men, who beat him, chained him to the back of a truck and dragged him to his death. His brutal murder made national headlines,...
Apr 24, 2019 · 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 Texas...
Apr 25, 2019 · John William King, who was white, received lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was chained to the back of a truck and dragged for nearly 3 miles along...
