The Texas town where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death in 1998, sparking national outrage and new federal hate crime legislation, wants to 'move on'

The Texas town where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death in 1998, sparking national outrage and new federal hate crime legislation, wants to 'move on'

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Mylinda Byrd Washington, 66, right, and Louvon Byrd Harris, 61, hold up photographs of their brother James Byrd Jr. Byrd Jr. was the victim of what is considered to be one of the most gruesome hate crime murders in recent Texas history. AP Photo/Juan Lozano People in Jasper are in many ways still…

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