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).
4/24/2019 · 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 .
4/24/2019 · John William King Executed For 1998 Murder Of James Byrd Jr . 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 …
4/25/2019 · News 2008: James Byrd Jr .’s dragging death changes a Texas town Billy Rowles, who led the investigation when he was sheriff of Jasper County, met with Brewer a week before he was put to death .
The 1998 death of James Byrd Jr . was one of the most gruesome hate crimes in US history, and it gave the company president pause in the discussions about where to locate his firm’s newest facility. Local clergy and community leaders made their case that the town of 7,600 people is not defined by a murder that happened almost 21 years ago.
4/25/2019 · April 24 (Reuters) – A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr . in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious U.S. hate crimes of modern …
6/13/2014 · The KKK held a rally to denounce the dragging death of James Byrd Jr . (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP/STF Show More Show Less 62 of 98 James Byrd Sr.
left, and his daughter, Mary …
4/24/2019 · John William King, who is white and an avowed racist, was put on death row for chaining James Byrd Jr . to the back of a truck and dragging his.
8/9/2017 · Brewer is the second of three white men charged with capital murder in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr . near Jasper, Texas. (AP Photo/Pool, Butch Ireland), James Byrd Jr. was born on May 2, 1949, in Jasper County, Texas, the third of nine children, to Stella Mae (1925–2010) and James Byrd Sr. (1924–2020).
He graduated from Jasper Rowe High School in 1967, the last segregated class.
He was paroled in 1991.
After violating his parole conditions in 1994, Brewer was returned to prison.
James Byrd, Jr. died on June 07, 1998 in Jasper, United States.
