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Published: 11/9/09

In Fatal Texas Beating, Silence Was Not Golden

By  Judy Howard Ellis - Politics Daily
In Fatal Texas Beating, Silence Was Not Golden

Jonathan Bird of Wylie, Texas, had just returned from a fishing trip with his fiancee's eldest son late Saturday night when a truck came barreling through his neighborhood. Bird apparently yelled at the teen drivers to slow down. The teens should have taken his advice and driven on. And Sunday, the 28-year-old Bird should have spent the day sharing fishing stories. End of story. Instead, he was fatally beaten. Five male suspects are in custody. The oldest is 17. According to reports, witnesses in the small town northeast of Dallas saw Bird being beaten, and the Wylie News Web site has ...

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