The Resume

(November 3, 1974-April 24, 2019)
Born in Atlanta, Georgia
White supremacist
One of three men who lynched James Byrd, Jr. (June 7, 1998)
Convicted of murder and sentenced to death
Executed by lethal injection

Why he might be annoying:

His tattoos included Nazi symbols, the words ‘Aryan Pride,’ and a black man hanging from a tree.
Prior to Byrd’s murder he spent time in prison for burglary and violating parole.
He was described by the other defendants as the ‘ringleader’ in Byrd’s lynching.
He and his accomplices beat Byrd with a baseball bat, then tied him behind a pickup truck and dragged him for three miles.
Byrd was killed halfway through the dragging when he was decapitated by a culvert.
The three killers then dropped Byrd’s remains in front of an African-American church and went off to a barbecue.
Then-governor George W. Bush used the fact that he was sentenced to death to argue that the state did not need a hate-crime law.
One of his defense witnesses ended up testifying in court that King complained about black people ‘taking over everything.’

Why he might not be annoying:

He claimed to have been gang raped by black inmates while in prison.
Byrd’s son Ross opposed his execution.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 71]
• Criminals
• Executed by the State
• I am a Karen
• I Died in 2019 (Ranked: 44)
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 45251-45500 (Ranked: 45391)
• Raped

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 205 Votes: 50.73% Annoying