Murder of James Byrd Jr.
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murder-of-james-byrd-jr-165-15926298
title:
Murder of James Byrd Jr.
text:
James Byrd Jr. 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 behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road. Byrd, who remained conscious for much of his ordeal, was killed about halfway through the dragging when his body hit the edge of a culvert, severing his right arm and head. The murderers drove on for another 1+1⁄2 miles
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1998 hate crime in Texas
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr.
date created:
2003-04-22T06:03:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T13:15:15Z
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