Army Overturns Convictions of Black Soldiers Charged With Mutiny in 1917 Houston Riot

[UTexasFight 9660]

 

hadn’t heard about this part of Texas history until a month or so ago reading Stephen Harrigan’s Big Wonderful Thing…and now see this:

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/army-overturns-convictions-of-black-soldiers-charged-with-mutiny-in-1917-houston-riot-1af69543?page=1

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by UTexasFight

[Brisketexan 105700]

 
hadn’t heard about this part of Texas history until a month or so ago reading Stephen Harrigan’s Big Wonderful Thing…and now see this:
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/army-overturns-convictions-of-black-soldiers-charged-with-mutiny-in-1917-houston-riot-1af69543?page=1
 

Justice, albeit much too late for the men who needed it. We have a shitload more chapters like this to reckon with.

[Nivek 17081]

I am torn. I get the feel good response for over turning injustice, but to do so after so long sometimes seems like a whitewashing of our historical bad behaviors. And it serves as a reminder that the courts do not equal justice no matter what veneer they try to put on.

See fake christian coach supreme court ruling among others.