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Originally posted by The_Dude
i really think we need extra laws on this.
here in texas, remember the black guy that got dragged (byrd i think his name was?)
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Yeah his name was James Byrd Jr. And the scumbags who did it are on death row <b>"one for life and the others awaiting the executioner’s needle for chaining Byrd’s ankles to a gray 1982 Ford pickup truck bumper in the early morning hours of June 7, 1998, and dragging him to pieces along rural Huff Creek Road."</b>
And Death Row in Texas actually means it. There was no 'hate crime law' in Texas when this happened
<b>“Everybody thinks we prosecuted a hate crime,” District Attorney said. “In our opinion, we were just prosecuting a real bad murder. We did nothing on this because of race. This was a bad case, and we worked it from Day One as hard as we could. We were prosecuting a terrible murder that turned out to be a hate crime.”</b>
I remember a Anti-Bush ad that showed, from a trucks headlight point of view driving down a road narrated by one of Byrds daughters saying that when Bush didn't sign that hate crime bill it felt like they were killing her father all over again. Her fathers killers were brought to justice! What would a hate crime law do for skells getting the death penalty? No alcohol swab before the needle I guess. It's like a child saying "guilty plus infinity"!
A crime is a crime.
<a target=new href="http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=23&ID=105621&r=0">Five years later, Jasper still dealing with Byrd killing - LINK</a>