James Byrd Quotations

(We) were supposed to go hunting the morning he got killed. He was a heck of a hunter, a heck of a fisherman.

Basically we had the homes set up with seven different departure times in them, and you wanted to find the earliest one. Most said 'try again,' but when teams found a time, they could take that or try their luck with another.

We win...yet we lose, because we don't have him back

It was a crime against black Americans, and it was also a crime against humanity,

It was pretty rough We had to sign privacy statements, and then the night of the shoot we had camera crews out on the lot, which made the police show up asking what was going on. We just told them we were shooting a commercial.

I'm anxious to get over there and do my part. Being away from my family, that's probably going to be the toughest part.

I'm anxious to get over there and do my part, ... Being away from my family, that's probably going to be the toughest part of the deployment.

I gave it a lot of thought, and I talked it over with my family. I got a lot of great support from people in the community, but after talking to my wife and family, we just decided it would take too much time away from my family.