21 years ago James Byrd’s gruesome death shocked the nation and devastated his family. Byrd was viciously killed by John William King and two accomplices in Jasper, Texas in 1998., now tonight the ringleader in that murder to set to be executed.
Today Wednesday April 24, King, 44, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection in a Texas state prison.
King and his accomplices, Shawn Berry and Lawrence Brewer, encountered Byrd walking home after leaving a friend’s house in the early morning hours on June 7, 1998. Berry, who was driving, was familiar with Byrd from around town. He offered to drive Byrd home.
But instead of taking him home, the men took him to a secluded area on the outskirts of town. There they brutally beat him, and urinated and defecated on him before chaining him by the ankles to the back of their pickup truck.
They then dragged Byrd for nearly 3 miles along a paved road.
King and his accomplices are white. Byrd was Black. His death dominated the nation’s headlines for weeks and led to changes in the way local and federal governments prosecute hate crimes.
The details of Byrd’s murder are horrific and grueling but tonight we’re going to talk about it on “Conversations Of A Sistah“.
We hope you’ll join us in our studios at 6:30 p.m. EST…All links in the this post will access tonight’s podcast.
Hope to see you on the air but in the meantime sound off here!
Conversations Of A Sistah 
It took too long.
And why lethal injection? They should’ve put a bullet between his eyes.
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Exactly!!
Why should he die peacefully while James Byrd suffered? So wrong.
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It did.
Texas need to DO BETTER!!
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He should be executed the same way he killed James Byrd!
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That’s what I’m saying.
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Took a long time to kill his racist ass😡😡
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yes it did. way too long.
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Way too long. Just said the same thing downstairs.
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Good morning 😡
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Morning
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Good morning.
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Good morning Fam
Personally giving a killer the needle only puts him to sleep. No pain no suffering.
But what about James Byrd 😥 he wasn’t given that choice. He died horribly. they should too.
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Morning
Happy Hump Day Peoples
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Morning fam
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Happy Wednesday!
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Morning Fam
Whatz fucked up is we relive this horrible hate crime every time one of these racist fuckers go to the chair.
Did they get them all?
I hope so 😡
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Good morning Happy people!!
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Good morning.
Does anyone else believe the death penalty is the easy way out?
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Hey Fam.
This is 20 years overdue!
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Morning everyone.
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Good morning Family.
Are the details of this mans murder bad? I mean I’m really scared to read up on it.
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Good morning Y’all Wassup?
i wish this execution were live-streamed.
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Morning Good People.
Trust n believe Tracy will talk about the gruesome details of how James Byrd was killed.
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And I’m going to be there for it.
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Sup Fam
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Good almost afternoon everyone.
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Hey Y’all. MornTing!
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Hey Fam,
Always remember: the Klan don’t always wear white sheets. Watch out for the Corporate Klan. Every high five–ain’t your friend.
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Hello everyone.
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Happy Hump Day.
I owe to James Byrd to tune into tonight’s show for every time it’s highlighted it’s an opportunity never to forget the horrible way this man was murdered.
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Good afternoon
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The hate in this crime was real!
They ripped James Byrd to shreds by his flesh.
May they all ROT in hell 😡
Morning Fam
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Morning everyone
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👍🏾 Are tickets available?
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I remember this case well I was a sophomore in college when it happened. Horrible, horrible way to die. I don’t understand how they live with no conscious knowing that they took this man’s life for no reason.
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Tracy thank you for staying on this story. I never knew about this gruesome murder. I was only 9 years old back in 1998. Injection is too good for this racist bum. RIP to Mr. Byrd.
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They should torture his ass and do the same things to him that they did to that poor man…..why is it 21 years later that he is being executed???? Texas got a back log like that??? FOH!!! Damn shame
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I have no sympathy for him. None
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BITCH ASS! 😡
Somebody should PISS on his ass b4 he die! 😡
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Too bad his racist ass can’t be drugged behind a truck by his hair!!
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I’ve always believed the death penalty seems like an easy way out
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This is 20 years overdue!
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Long overdue!!
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That man died an absolute gruesome death.. when I first read about it, I literally cried.. we all know how bad RUG BURN hurt.. so just imagine your flesh being purposely drug along concrete for hundreds of yards.. maybe even miles. It’s just sick.. idk how this man didn’t die in prison already
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They probably protected him. You know white privilege 😏
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Tracy got me scared to read up and look it up to read…..
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well buck up baby gurl because the details will have you either one of 2 things pissed and angry or pissed and crying.
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Oh well get ready because the details surrounding this man’s death ARE BAD!!! And whatz worse is his family has endured that pain.
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The details are gruesome. Tune into this show I guarantee you Trace is gonna cover it all.
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Read up on it Yasha. In fact I dare you! you’ll never be the same.
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well look it up oh and don’t Google the pictures of his remains strewn along the roadway. 😖
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They should be executed the same way they took the victim’s life!
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Well if you don’t read it hear it. because I’m sure Tracy is goin in on this tonight.
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I remembered this story when it happened…smh 😥 they treated him and killed him like an animal.
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Wish they did a firing squad instead but we’ll take it!
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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽way past due
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Hating people for the color of their skin is still the dumbest thing created. Now, disliking people for their actions or stupidity is something else.
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I remember this like it was yesterday. My Lord they tortured this man. My heart aches just thinking of the agony and pain Mr. Byrd was in. This right here is what evil looks like.
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This took too long. 21 years to kill him? FOH 😡 his ass should’ve been OFF’d in prison.
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What’s messed up is that they hate themselves more than this dude. Why would you throw your freedom and life away for something senseless. Dumb or stupid🤔
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Really such a painful way to die. They need give them (the ones alive) the same death penalty being dragged miles while cuffed to the back of a truck. They should give this type of punishment for pedos/rapists, and people who commit horrific crimes
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Lethal injection my foot. Fry his ass. Whyte peeple commit crimes way different than us. He looks like the sick bastard that he is. I hope they change their mind and fry his ass and forget to use Crisco.
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Every time somebody tells me the death penalty is immoral, I think of the James Byrd case. In this situation, the death penalty is 100% deserved and absolutely the moral thing to do.
#justice
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Him and the rest of the devils can roast. Ase!!! It has been too long for this injustice to go on!
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This is ridiculous!!
They should’ve killed his racist ass long time ago.
A Hate Crime? Drug Out 20 Years??’
Tracy you sounded so somber on last nights show. 😥
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They should burn his ashes and put him in hell with the devil.’
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I heard the show – but for those who haven’t, take a read of the below:
They then sprayed Byrd’s face with black paint and chained him by the ankles to the gray truck and dragged him down The Tram Road before turning left on to Huff Creek Road.
Autopsy results showed Byrd was still alive for roughly half the trip before his head struck a culvert.
His elbows, knees and backside were skinned to the bone. His genitals were ground away totally.
The three men then dumped his headless body outside a church cemetery and drove off to a barbecue.
The body was discovered some eight hours later, missing not only the skull but also its right arm.
A woman living on Huff Creek Road discovered the head and arm in a ditch outside her home. Police followed a brown trail of dried blood from the cemetery to the woman’s house and then up The Tram Road.
They discovered 81 separate pieces of Byrd’s body along the road. Where the blood trail ended they discovered items including Byrd’s wallet, a Kiss CD, a broken beer bottle, a wrench with the word ‘Berry’ scrawled on it and a cigarette lighter etched with a triangular Ku Klux Klan symbol and the word ‘Possum’ — King’s prison nickname.
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JESUS!!!!!! 😥 😥
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OMG!!!!
Yes I heard last night’s show but reading the details altogether different!!! 😥
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Lord Have Mercy 😡 😥
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A coward to the end..it was disgusting what he did..that poor man died a horrific death yet this coward had another 21 years of life. Death penalty should mean just that and ok I understand they can appeal.. but 21 YEARS???.. Lucifer has stoked his fires for this piece of shit
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I am so glad he has finally been killed. A piece of scum.
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Executions of death penalty should take 21 days not 21 years. They had to be protecting him in prison because I’m surprised he lasted until execution.
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He did not deserve a peaceful death after what he did. Hope he rots in hell!!! 😡
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