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Dragging death

A dragging death is a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal, whether accidental or as a deliberate act of murder. If it is homicide, then it is also known as a dragging murder. An infamous example of a dragging murder is that of the African American James Byrd Jr., who was dragged to death by three White Supremacist men in Jasper, Texas in 1998. The case received extensive publicity around the world as a hate crime.

List of dragging death victims

  • Antonio Curcoa (1792)[1][2]
  • James Byrd Jr. (1998)
  • João Hélio (2007)
  • Brandon McClelland (2008)
  • Mido Macia (2013)
  • Tim Andrew Donnelly (2021)

See also

  • Keel-hauling

References

  1. ^ Barros Arana, Diego (2000) [1886]. "Capítulo XVII". Historia General de Chile (in Spanish). VII (2 ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Universitaria. p. 66. ISBN 956-11-1535-2.
  2. ^ Guarda, Gabriel (2016). La Edad Media de Chile: Historia de la Iglesia. Desde la fundación de Santiago a la incorporación de Chiloé 1541-1826 (in Spanish). Ediciones UC. p. 371.


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