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September 22, 2011

The Murder of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas

The Smoking Gun, The Smoking Gun

The dragging death of James Byrd Jr., by three White Supremacists in Jasper, Texas.

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TAGGED: United States, crime, Texas

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