Lawrence Russell Brewer, the White supremacist gang member who dragged the body of James Byrd Jr. on the back of his pick-up truck, was executed Wednesday evening.
As Reported By The Associated Press:
Byrd, 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy asphalt road in one of the most grisly hate crime murders in recent Texas history.
Brewer, 44, was asked if he had any final words, to which he replied: “No. I have no final statement.”
He glanced at his parents watching through a nearby window, took several deep breaths and closed his eyes. A single tear hung on the edge of his right eye as he was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m., 10 minutes after the lethal drugs began flowing into his arms, both covered with intricate black tattoos.
SOURCE: AP.
It is sad to see that racial hatred and prejudice still exist in our society. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Byrd family as they try to get some closure from Brewer’s execution.
