Lost in the awful shuffle of Troy Davis being executed yesterday was the killer of James Byrd also being executed in Texas ("oh yeah? Take THAT!" sed Rock Perry.)
Interestingly enough, a James Byrd went to my high school, and in my first road game on the jv basketball team at W&L, there was a contest at halftime of the varsity game wherein a random seat was drawn, and the person in that seat was given a chance to hit a half-court shot and win $50. A seat number was announced, onto the court walked James, and BLAMMO! he hit the fucker for $50. Probably the highlight of my jv basketball career, other than scoring over half our points against King William and watching Marvin Croxton hit a shot in the wrong basket. Of course, my varsity career was much more illustrious, including the greatest walk of all time.
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