- Jasper County Assistant District Attorney Pat Hardy displays the chain used by three white men, two of whom were known Neo-Nazis, to drag James Byrd Jr., a black man, to his death. The lynching of Byrd remains one of the most infamous hate crimes in modern American history, Texas, 1999 . Gallery
Jasper County Assistant District Attorney Pat Hardy displays the chain used by three white men, two of whom were known Neo-Nazis, to drag James Byrd Jr., a black man, to his death. The lynching of Byrd remains one of the most infamous hate crimes in modern American history, Texas, 1999 .