As the soldiers moved through Houston, an open-topped car carrying a man in an olive-drab uniform approached them. Believing this to be the uniform of a mounted policeman, the soldiers opened fire only to discover later that they had killed Captain Joseph W. Mattes of the Illinois National Guard.[7]: 651 The killing of a military officer drove home the seriousness of their uprising and of the consequences faced by black men for attacking white people.[12]: 162 At this point, soldiers began to desert the group, and Sergeant Henry led the remainder on a march back to Camp Logan. Just outside the San Felipe district, Henry shook hands with the remaining soldiers and informed them that he planned to kill himself after they left.[10]: 1322 Henry's body was found in the area the next day, with his skull crushed and a bayonet or knife wound to his shoulder.
@@Joseph-Grabianowski Guilt? The guilt is already proven. Forgiveness. Is the question. Fire with fire. Nobody was dying. Until they made an act against HPD.
@@maestroop4102 A long that same line of thought: innocence until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the right to a fair trail by a jury of your peers. To be clear military men and women fall under laws in the following order: Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Federal Law State Law Some rights under the US Constitution are automatically waived when you take the oath which is why the UCMJ was invented in the first place. That said UCMJ was not a thing until 1950 several decades too late for the men serving in the 24th Cav. A long way to say 100+ men being put on trail with 1 non-lawyer representing all of them is the definition of a miscarriage of justice.
@@vulpesinculta3238 Yes I'm sure there was zero bias in the segregated Army of 110 years ago. Some of the soldiers were convicted simply for not being in bed at roll call.
Possibly because someone finally submitted the request. The people responsible wouldn’t have approved any such request 100 years ago. Then most people probably forgot or didn’t know they could submit once leadership turned over and the time had finally come.
As the soldiers moved through Houston, an open-topped car carrying a man in an olive-drab uniform approached them. Believing this to be the uniform of a mounted policeman, the soldiers opened fire only to discover later that they had killed Captain Joseph W. Mattes of the Illinois National Guard.[7]: 651 The killing of a military officer drove home the seriousness of their uprising and of the consequences faced by black men for attacking white people.[12]: 162 At this point, soldiers began to desert the group, and Sergeant Henry led the remainder on a march back to Camp Logan. Just outside the San Felipe district, Henry shook hands with the remaining soldiers and informed them that he planned to kill himself after they left.[10]: 1322 Henry's body was found in the area the next day, with his skull crushed and a bayonet or knife wound to his shoulder.
@@Joseph-Grabianowski Guilt? The guilt is already proven. Forgiveness. Is the question. Fire with fire. Nobody was dying. Until they made an act against HPD.
@@maestroop4102 A long that same line of thought: innocence until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the right to a fair trail by a jury of your peers.
To be clear military men and women fall under laws in the following order:
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Federal Law
State Law
Some rights under the US Constitution are automatically waived when you take the oath which is why the UCMJ was invented in the first place.
That said UCMJ was not a thing until 1950 several decades too late for the men serving in the 24th Cav.
A long way to say 100+ men being put on trail with 1 non-lawyer representing all of them is the definition of a miscarriage of justice.
"wrongly convicted"? No mention of the 16 innocent people they murdered. Disgusting.
😢🤔🫣☹️ Why so long!?
Because they did murder 12 people.
@@vulpesinculta3238 Yes I'm sure there was zero bias in the segregated Army of 110 years ago.
Some of the soldiers were convicted simply for not being in bed at roll call.
Possibly because someone finally submitted the request. The people responsible wouldn’t have approved any such request 100 years ago. Then most people probably forgot or didn’t know they could submit once leadership turned over and the time had finally come.
America has h£|| to pay.
Human arrogance